Утвердительное предложение, которое начинается с обстоятельства места ( где? ),в английском языке начинается с конструкции  
There is  или  There are . 
There is  + 
В комнате ребёнок .- There is  a child in the room. 
There are  + 
В комнате дети .- There are children in the room . 
    
Если английское предложение начинается с конструкции There is  или There  are  на русский язык такое предложение следует переводить начиная с конца. 
 
There are four books in the bag . –  В сумке четыре книги . 
 
Если в предложении несколько подлежащих, то выбор формы глагола ( is  или are ) определяется тем подлежащим, которое стоит первым. 
 
There is  a pen , two books and a pencil in the bag . 
 
There are  two books ,  a pen and a pencil in the bag. 
    
Образование отрицательных 
предложений 
There is a flower in the vase.  
no  
There are   cats on the roof. 
no 
    
There is  a book on the table.  
Is there a book on the table ? 
There are children in the room . 
Are there children in the room ? 
    
Is there a book on the table ? 
Yes, there is . / No, there is n’t.  
Are there children in the room ? 
Yes, there are . / No, there are n’t. 
    
Вопросы , начинающиеся с вопросительного слова   what. 
What  
+  
is  there 
on the table ? 
+  
Вопросы , начинающиеся с вопросительного 
слова   How many. 
books 
are there 
on the table ? 
+  
+  
How many 
+  
    
Ex. 1. Use the right form (there  is / are ).  
is  
1.There ____ a big park in our city. 
2.There _____ three roses in the vase. 
3.There ____ a pencil in the box. 
4.There _____ a fox in the zoo. 
5.There ____ two birds on the tree. 
are  
is  
is  
are  
    
Ex. 2. Make these sentences negative. 
no 
- There is a dictionary on the shelf.  
 
2. There is a tree in the garden. 
3. There are seven books in the bag. 
4. There is a chair in her room. 
5. There are ten plates in the cupboard. 
no 
no 
no 
no 
    
Ex. 3. Make questions and answer them. 
1.There is a book on your table. 
2.There is a fish on teacher’s table. 
3.There are ten pupils in the classroom. 
Yes, there is. 
No, there isn’t. 
No, there aren’t. 
    
Ex. 4 .  Look at the picture and ask your classmate: 
Is there… ? Are there… ? What is there… ? 
    
Ex. 5. Make  sentences  from these words. 
bread 
the 
is 
1. 
. 
table 
on 
There 
no 
little white 
the 
? 
in 
Is 
2. 
a 
cloud 
sky 
there 
is 
a 
There 
. 
piano 
3. 
in 
the hall 
    
Ex. 6.  What is there in the room? 
    
Ex. 7. Find mistakes and correct them.  
is 
- There are a sofa in the room and two little lamps on the wall. 
 
2. There is no a little brown coffee-table in our room. 
3. What there is on the floor? 
4. How many children is there in the yard? 
5. There are two bedrooms, a living-room, a bathroom and a kitchen in the flat. 
are 
OK 
    
The lesson is over. 
 Goodbye