Some More Prepositions of place

Have a look at this bird. Where is it?

Now, check the prepositions:

Now, where is the mouse? Now you are ready to play this game.

There is/ There are revision

We already published a post on there is/ there are, but let’s remember how they work:

RULES:

1. Use there IS for singular countable nouns (one item) + a/an. 2. Use there IS for non-countable items + some. 3. Use there ARE for many items (plural nouns).

See information on countable and uncountable nouns here.
There is a spider on the wall.
There is some milk on the floor.
There are pencils on my desk.

The negative and interrogative form follows verb TO BE forms. Have a look at these examples:

There is not a book. - There isn’t a book.
There are not books. - There aren’t books.

For questions, remember you need an inversion.

Is there a book? Are there any books?
Yes, there is. Yes, there are.
No, there isn’t. No, there aren’t

You had some exercises on the previous post. Now try this exercise on there is/there are to talk about singular/plural nouns or uncountable nouns and another one to practise the negative form.
And also exercises in the past! 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Countable/uncountable nouns

There are two kinds of nouns in English, countable and uncountable.

Countable = Countable nouns are easy to recognize. They are things that we can count. For example: “pen”. We can count pens. We can have one, two, three or more pens.

Countable nouns can be singular or plural:

• My dog is playing.
• My dogs are hungry.

We can use the indefinite article a/an with countable nouns:

• A dog is an animal.

When a countable noun is plural, we can use it alone, I like oranges, or we can use some and any, I have some dollars, Do you have any pens?

“People” is countable. “People” is the plural of “person”. We can count people: There is one person here – There are three people here.

Uncountable = Uncountable nouns are substances, concepts, etc that we cannot divide into separate elements. We cannot “count” them. For example, we cannot count “milk”. We can count “bottles of milk” or “litres of milk”, but we cannot count “milk” itself.

Drinks (coffee, water, orange juice) are usually uncountable. But if we are thinking of a cup or a glass, we can say (in a restaurant, for example):

• Two teas and one coffee please.

We treat uncountable nouns as singular. We use a singular verb. For example: Your luggage looks heavy.

Uncountable nouns can’t be plural: butter, meat NOT
two butters , three meats.

We use some and any with uncountable nouns:

• I’ve got some money.
• Have you got any rice?

REMEMBER: we use some in positive sentences and any in negative sentences + questions. Examples:
I have some friends - Do you have any cheese? – He doesn’t have any friends in Chicago.
Try now some exercises: 1, 2, 3
We use How much …? with uncountable nouns and How many …..? with plural countable nouns. Exercises 1, 2, 3,
Finally you can listen and watch the song and complete the lyrics.