Is...the thirteenth today?b.. I’m not going to buy this blouse.. centre to the station?. ...isn’t a sports centre here... the existence of something.Be agrees with the following noun..
Trang 1There + be : To talk about There or it? a Is the thirteenth today?
b Take a taxi .’s a long way home.
c .was a car outside
looked very expensive d was cold yesterday e .’s a train at 9 o’clock
is a fast train f I’m not going to buy this blouse is very expensive g oh! ’s something in my eye h Is anything on TV? i .is a letter on the floor
Is for you? .
j Look! ’s a photo of Brad Pitt .
in this magazine
k We can walk home isn’t far .
l .’s dark in this room Can you .
turn on the light? .
m Is a bus from the city
centre to the station? .
n .isn’t a sports centre here.
o Look! is snowing
p is late.
Trang 2the existence of something.
Be agrees with the following
noun E.g There is a plane but
there are some planes.
We use it for a thing, an idea,
an action or a situation.
E.g The car is fast It is blue (it = the car)
We use it to mean “the unknown person” E.g Did someone ring?
– Yes, it was Peter
We use it for time, the weather and distance.E.g It’s sunny today.
There or it? We often use there
when we mention something for the first time.
We use it when we talk about the details E.g There was a dog It was brown.