Activity 2

There is / There are

These expressions are used to express the amount of objects or people that are in a certain place.
Both forms mean "there". The difference is that the former is used for singular and second plural.
There is a chair in the bedroom.
There is a chair in the bedroom.

There are two chairs in the bedroom.
There are two chairs in the bedroom.
In the first case, referring to a chair, so should be used singularly.
In the second case, refers to more than one seat, therefore the plural form is used.

Quantifiers

QTY quantifiers indicate a name. They are responses to the question "How many?". Like articles, quantifiers define a name and are always placed before the name. Some may be used only with countable nouns, others only with countless names and others with both.

Quantifier	Contable	Incontable
Many	X
Much		X
Some	X	X
Any	X	X
No, none	X	X
A lot of/Lots of	X	X
Little/A little		X
Few/A few	X

Quantifiers used to express the idea of ​​quantity or number. In the following overview you can study how and when to use them.

1. Is (be) there a public hospital in your town?
2. Check the timetable because I don't think there are (be) any trains after eleven o'clock.
3. How much sugar is (be) there in the box?
4. At this time of night there are(not be) many people in the street.
5. There is (be) a lot of money in this account.
6. Nowadays there is (be) a lot of ways to study English.
7. There is (be) very little interest in this project.
8. Is (be) there many women in your class?
9. There are (be) five books missing from the shelf.
10. There aren’t (not be) any milk in the fridge.

There a lot of fruit on the table.
There three bananas in the fruit bowl.
There (not) many people on the beach.
There nobody in the car.
There two mice in the cup.