Materi There is/are (there + be) dan Contohnya

In English, we use “there is” or “there are” to show something that we can see. Do you know that “there is” or “there are” has different function?

“There is” is used with countable and uncountable nouns. The amount of noun is one thing or the nouns that are uncountable.

              Example: 

·                 There is a pen in the box.

·                 There is a man on the street.

·                 There is water in my bowl.

·                 There is a teacher in the office.

·                 There is money on the table.

“There are” is used with plural and countable nouns. We know the sum of the nouns, such as, more than one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and many more.

Example:

·                 There are some books on my bookshelf.

·                 There are many children in the park.

·                 There are five students in the class.

·                 There are many cars in the parking area.

·                 There are some flowers in the garden.

Look this table bellow, to understand ‘There is’ or ‘there are’ clearly!

There + be		Function	Example
There	Is	Used with a countable and uncountable nouns.	There is a pen in the box.   There is a man on the street. There is water in my bowl.
	Are	Used with plural and countable nouns	There are some books on my bookshelf.   There are many children in the park.    There are five students in the class.

The formula or patterns ‘There is’ or ‘there are’

•        Positive Form

              There + be

       Example               : There is a child in the play ground. 

•       Negative Form

              There + be + not

       Example               : There is not  a child in the play ground.

•        Interrogative form

           Be + there +  . . . ?

      Example               : Is there a child in the play ground?

**Rule "be":

 “Be” form is used in certain time and the noun is followed.

Example:

·         We used “be”  in present form, (am, are, is).

·         We used “be”  in past form  (was, were).

Example:

•    There is a girl in the park every morning.
•   There was a beautiful girl in the hotel last night.
•   There are three cows in the field every day.
•   There were many children in the canteen yesterday.
•  There have been several dance competitions since I worked here.

So...’there is’ or ‘there are’ is  different, see the summary below!

Rules
Using ‘There is’ for one Item  (countable noun)	·         There is a man in the shop. ·         There is a student in the class. ·         There is a book on the table.
Using ‘There is’ for group nouns (un-countable noun)	·         There is a milk on the ground. ·         There is a coffee on the pan. ·         There is a water on my cup.
Using ‘There are  for  more than one Item  or many items (plural nouns)	·         There are many women on the supermarket. ·         There are seventeen students in the yard. ·         There are some pencils on the bag.

Present Continuous Tense

”What are you doing now?”

 I am studying English now.

            The  above sentences are the example of continuous tense. Well...  Talk about an activity that we do at the moment; we must use the Simple Present Continuous Tense.  Simple Continuous Tense has same meaning with Simple Present Progressive Tense. Another family tenses; Present Continuous, Past Continuous, and Future Continuous. (Present Progressive, Past Progressive, and Future Progressive.)

Definition

Present Continuous Tense is a sentence that an action is in progress in that particular time.  The tenses say that an action is begin before or still in progress, and it will continue after that time.

Function

1.      To describe an action in progress at the moment.

2.      To describe actions which are happening aroun now, even though it is not spoken.

            Time Signals

1.      Now

2.      At this moment

3.      At present

            Form: To  be + V-ing (present participle)

To know, Simple Present Continuous clearly, look the patterns below!

(+)	Subject  + To be + Verb-ing
( - )	Subject + Tobe + not + Verb ing
( ? )	Tobe + Subject + Verb-ing?

To be               : Am, are, is

Subject            :

1.      I

2.      You

3.      We

4.      They

5.      He

6.      She

7.      It

Pronoun	To be	Example
I (singular)	Am	I am eating now.
You (singular)	Are	They are studying English at the moment.
We
They
He	Is	She is cooking in the Kitchen.
She
It
Jhon		John is singing.
You (Plural)	Are	You are working at present.
Gabs and John (Plural)

Example :

·         Positive           : I’m writing a descriptive text now.

Negative          : I’m not writing a descriptive text now.

Interrogative   : Am I writing a descriptive text now?

                                    The answer of interrogative form is yes/no.

                                    Yes, I am.

                                    No,  I am not.

Note on –ing ending

1.      Verb ending in vocal ‘e’, the ‘e’ must be omitted.

Example :

·                         take   –  taking

·                         Give   –  giving

·                         Write  –  writing

·                         Make  –  making

2.      Verb with one syllable, ending with one vowel and one consonant, the consonant is doubled.

Example :

·                      Dig      –          digging

·                      Sit        –          sitting

·                      Run     –          running

3.      Verb ending in ‘ie’, the ‘ie’ is changed into –y.

Example    :

·                      Die      –          dying

·                      Lie       –          lying

4.      Verb with no changes.

Example    :

·                      Cry                  –          crying

·                      Go                   –          going

·                      Show               –          showing

·                      Bloom             –          blooming

·                      Work               –          working

·                      Read                –          reading

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You can see this exercise bellow!

Fill the blanks, and change the positive, negative, or interrogative form!

Example          :

**   I ______________ (dance) with my brother now.

·          (+) I am dancing with my brother now.

·          ( -) I am not dancing with my brother now.

·         ( ? ) Am I dancing with my brother?

1.      He  ______________ (run)  for 5 km now.

 (+) He _____________________________.

 ( -) He _____________________________.

 ( ? ) _________________________________?

2.      She  ______________ (cry)  right now.

 (+) She  _____________________________.

 ( -) She _____________________________.

 ( ? ) _________________________________?

3.      They  ______________ (walk)  to their office at this time.

 (+) They _____________________________.

 ( -) They _____________________________.

 ( ? ) ________________________________?

4.      Clark  ______________ (sleep)  at the moment.

 (+) Clark _____________________________.

 ( -) Clark _____________________________.

 ( ? ) _________________________________?

5.      My mother and My father  ______________ (Work)  now.

 (+)My mother and My father    _____________________________.

 ( -) My mother and My father  _____________________________.

 ( ? ) __________________________________________________?

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