There is There are

• L’uso di there is o there are dipende dal sostantivo che li segue direttamente. Si usa there is se il sostantivo è singolare, there are se il sostantivo è plurale

There is an apple on the table.

There are some apples on the table.

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• Contractions are possible, but they are mostly used informally in speech.

There's a fly in my soup.

• Other forms of "be" can also be used with there is/there are.

There will be a party at Bill's house on Saturday.

There were four witnesses at the crime scene.

• Since the expression there is/are usually has no equivalent in other languages, students sometimes use have instead.