THERE BE

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Affirmative form
singular …….there is … há , existe
Ex: There is a woman in the car.
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plural ………there are… há , existem
Ex: There are two women in the car.
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Observação: O verbo muda de There is para there are de acordo com o seu complemento:woman é singular e two women é plural.
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Você também poderá usar a forma contraída there’s e there’re.
Exs: There’s a woman in the car.
There’re two women in the car.
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Negative form
singular… there is not…. não há, não existe
Ex: There is not a beach in this place.
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plural…… there are not … não há , não existem
Ex: There are not beaches in this place.
Você também poderá usar a forma contraída There isn’t e there aren’t.
Exs:
There isn’t a beach in this place.
There aren’t beaches in this place.
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Interrogative form
singular ….is there…?….. há…? existe…?
ex:Is there a Portuguese teacher in the classroom?
No, there isn’t. There is an English teacher.
plural ……are there…?….. há…? existem…?existem…?
Ex: How many students are there in the classroom?
Resuminho:
There to be ( presente, passado e futuro)
Para dizer “haver” no sentido de existir, em inglês usa-se a expressão:
There + uma forma de to be.
No presente:
afirmativa
singular – there is
plural – there are
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negativa
singular – there is not ( there isn’t)
plural - there are not ( there aren’t)
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interrogativa
singular – Is there...?
plural – Are there…?
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No passado:
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afirmativa
singular – There was
plural – There were
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negativa
singular-there was not ( there wasn’t)
plural - there were not ( there weren’t)
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interrogativa
singular – Was there …?
plural - Were there...?
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No futuro
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afirmativa
there will be
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negativa
there will not be ( there won’t)
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interrogativa
Will there be...?
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