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There is - There are

Positive Sentences

We use there is for singular and there are for plural.

• There is one table in the classroom.
• There are three chairs in the classroom.
• There is a spider in the bath.
• There are many people at the bus stop.

We also use There is with uncountable nouns:

• There is milk in the fridge.
• There is some sugar on the table.
• There is ice cream on your shirt.

Negative Form

The negative is formed by putting not after is or are:

• There is not a horse in the field.
• There are not eight children in the school.
• There is not a tree in the garden.
• There are not two elephants in the zoo.

There aren't with ANY

When we want to indicate that a zero quantity of something exists we use there aren't any.

• There aren't any people at the party.
• There aren't any trees in my street.

We also use this structure with uncountable nouns:

• There isn't any water in the swimming pool.
• There isn't any sugar in my coffee.

Questions

To form a question we place is / are in front of there.

Again we use any with plural questions or those which use uncountable nouns.

We also use there is / are in short answers.

• Is there a dog in the supermarket? - No, there isn't.
• Are there any dogs in the park? - Yes, there are.
• Is there a security guard in the shop? - Yes, there is.
• Are there any polar bears in Antarctica? - No, there aren't.
• Is there any ice-cream in the freezer? - Yes, there is.

How Many with Are There

If we want to find out the number of objects that exist we use How many in the following form:

How many + plural noun + are there (+ complement).

• How many dogs are there in the park?
• How many students are there in your class?
• How many countries are there in South America?
• How many Star Wars films are there?

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

There was - There were

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

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Simple Present Revision

Exercise 1 and Explanation

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Exercise 4 and Explanation               

Exercise 5 and Explanation

Exercise 6 and Explanation

Exercise 7 and Explanation

Simple Past

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Infinitive	Simple Past	Past Participle	Spanish
answer	answered	answered	responder
arrive	arrived	arrived	llegar
ask	asked	asked	preguntar
be i	was / were	been	ser
borrow	borrowed	borrowed	tomar prestado
break i	broke	broken	romper
buy i	bought	bought	comprar
catch i	caught	caught	atrapar
clean	cleaned	cleaned	limpiar
climb	climbed	climbed	escalar
collect	collected	collected	colleccionar
come i	came	come	venir
compose	composed	composed	componer
cook	cooked	cooked	cocinar
cut i	cut	cut	cortar
dance	danced	danced	bailar
describe	described	described	describir
discover	discovered	discovered	descubrir
do i	did	done	hacer
drink i	drank	drunk	beber
drive i	drove	driven	conducir
eat i	ate	eaten	comer
enjoy	enjoyed	enjoyed	disfrutar
fall i	fell	fallen	caer
feel i	felt	felt	sentir
find i	found	found	encontrar
fly i	flew	flown	volar
forget i	forgot	forgotten	olvidar
give i	gave	given	dar
go i	went	gone	ir
happen	happened	happened	suceder
have i	had	had	tener
help	helped	helped	ayudar
hurt i	hurt	hurt	herir, doler
invent	invented	invented	inventar
invite	invited	invited	invitar
kill	killed	killed	matar
know i	knew	known	saber
lend i	lent	lent	prestar
leave i	left	left	dejar
lie i	lay	lain	yacer
like	liked	liked	gustar
live	lived	lived	vivir
look	looked	looked	mirar
love	loved	loved	amar
make i	made	made	hacer
meet i	met	met	conocer, encontrar
miss	missed	missed	perder, extrañar
open	opened	opened	abrir
pack	packed	packed	empacar
pay i	paid	paid	pagar
phone	phoned	phoned	llamar por teléfono
play	played	played	jugar
prefer	preferred	preferred	preferir
prepare	prepared	prepared	preparar
push	pushed	pushed	empujar
put i	put	put	poner
rain	rained	rained	llover
read i	read	read	leer
remember	remembered	remembered	recordar
rent	rented	rented	alquilar
rescue	rescued	rescued	rescatar
return	returned	returned	volver, devolver
ring i	rang	rung	llamar por teléfono
save	saved	saved	ahorrar
say i	said	said	decir
search	searched	searched	buscar
see i	saw	seen	ver
sell i	sold	sold	vender
sit i	sat	sat	sentarse
skate	skated	skated	patinar
ski	skied	skied	esquiar
sleep i	slept	slept	dormir
smell	smelled	smelled	oler
speak i	spoke	spoken	hablar
spend i	spent	spent	gastar
start	started	started	comenzar
stay	stayed	stayed	quedarse
stop	stopped	stopped	detener
study	studied	studied	estudiar
survive	survived	survived	sobrevivir
swim i	swam	swum	nadar
take i	took	taken	tomar
talk	talked	talked	hablar
teach i	taught	taught	enseñar
tell i	told	told	decir
think i	thought	thought	pensar
throw i	threw	thrown	lanzar
touch	touched	touched	tocar
try	tried	tried	intentar
understand i	understood	understood	entender
use	used	used	usar
visit	visited	visited	visitar
wait	waited	waited	esperar
walk	walked	walked	caminar
want	wanted	wanted	querer
wash	washed	washed	lavar
watch	watched	watched	mirar
wear i	wore	worn	llevar puesto
work	worked	worked	trabajar
write i	wrote	written	escribir

Simple Past Revision

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Exercise 4

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Verb to Be; I and You

Verb to Be: he, she, it

Verb be: we, you, they; negatives (all persons)

Singular and plural nouns; a / an, the

my, your, his, her, etc.; possessive´s

Adjectives

Present Simple: I and You

Present Simple: We, You and They

Present Simple: He, She and It

Adverbs of frequency, present simple

Word order in question words, question words

The Time

How to tell the time in English?

There are two common ways of telling the time in English. For 2:40 you can use one of these two ways.

• Digital: the easier way - "Two forty "
• Classical: you say the minutes first then the hour - "twenty to three"

Here are the different ways to ask for and tell the time.

Asking about the time:

What	time is it?
	's the time?
	time do you ... ?
Have you got	the right time?

Telling the time:

Digital	It's ...	It's ...
2.00	two o'clock	two
2.06	six minutes past two	two oh six
2.09	nine minutes past two	two oh nine
2.12	twelve past two	two twelve
2.15	a quarter past two	two fifteen
2.20	twenty past two	two twenty
2.25	twenty-five past two	two twenty-five
2.30	half past two	two thirty
2.35	twenty-five to three	two thirty-five
2.40	twenty to three	two forty
2.45	a quarter to three	two forty-five
2.50	ten to three	two fifty
2.55	five to three	two fifty-five
2.57	three minutes to three	two fifty-seven
2.58	nearly three o'clock	two fifty-eight
3.00	three o'clock	three

Example:

Question:	What's the time, please?
Answer:	It's two o'clock.

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

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