Free lesson Level A1 · Lesson · Unit: Home, Sweet Home

There is, there are

There is / There are

We use there is and there are to say what exists in a place. Use there is with one thing, and there are with two or more things. This lesson helps you describe rooms in a home.

There is a kitchen in the house.

There are two bedrooms in the flat.

Singular and plural

Use	Form	Example
one thing	there is	There is a bathroom.
two or more things	there are	There are three rooms.
negative, one thing	there isn't	There isn't a kitchen.
negative, two or more things	there aren't	There aren't two bathrooms.
question, one thing	Is there ...?	Is there a living room?
question, two or more things	Are there ...?	Are there two bedrooms?

After there is, we often use a or an with one thing: There is a bedroom. After there are, we often use a number or a plural noun: There are four rooms.

Negative forms

To say something does not exist, use there isn't for one thing and there aren't for more than one thing. These are short, common forms in everyday English.

There isn't a bathroom upstairs.

There aren't three bedrooms in this flat.

Questions

To ask about one thing, use Is there ...? To ask about two or more things, use Are there ...? We often answer with Yes, there is/are or No, there isn't/aren't.

Is there a kitchen?

Are there two bathrooms?

Question	Short answer
Is there a bedroom?	Yes, there is. / No, there isn't.
Are there two bedrooms?	Yes, there are. / No, there aren't.

Words in this lesson

Word	Meaning	Example
house	house	My house has two bedrooms.
flat	flat	Their flat is small but nice.
room	room	There are five rooms in the house.
kitchen	kitchen	There is a big kitchen downstairs.
bathroom	bathroom	Is there a bathroom upstairs?
bedroom	bedroom	There are two bedrooms in the flat.
living room	living room	There is a living room near the kitchen.
home	home	Our home is very small.
upstairs	upstairs	There is a bathroom upstairs.
downstairs	downstairs	There is a kitchen downstairs.

Exercises

This lesson has 10 exercises in the app:

multiple choice: 3
fill the gap: 3
match the pairs: 1
build the sentence: 1
translate the sentence: 1
listen and type: 1

Try the first one

Choose the correct sentence.

There is a living room.
There are a living room.
There is living room.

The answer, the other exercises, the audio and your progress are in the app – free at A0 and A1.

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