There is / There are

Lerne, wie man 'there is' und 'there are' verwendet, um zu sagen, dass etwas existiert oder an einem Ort vorhanden ist.

Was ist There is / There are?

Wir verwenden there is / there are, um zu sagen, dass etwas an einem Ort existiert oder vorhanden ist. Das Subjekt kommt nach dem Verb.

	Positiv	Negativ	Frage
Singular	There is a cat.	There isn't a cat.	Is there a cat?
Plural	There are two cats.	There aren't any cats.	Are there any cats?
Nicht-zählbar	There is some water.	There isn't any water.	Is there any water?

Hinweis

Wähle is oder are basierend auf dem Substantiv, das nach there folgt:

There is → einzelnes Substantiv oder nicht-zählbares Substantiv
There are → Pluralsubstantiv

some vs. any

	Positiv	Negativ / Fragen
zählbar (Plural)	some books	any books
nicht-zählbar	some water	any water

There is some milk in the fridge. Is there any milk in the fridge? There isn't any milk left.

Vergangenheitsform: there was / there were

	Form
Singular (Vergangenheit)	There was a park here.
Plural (Vergangenheit)	There were some trees.

Häufige Sätze mit There is/are

There is a problem with the computer.
There are 30 students in the class.
Is there a bus stop near here?
There is no need to worry.
There were hundreds of people at the concert.

1
Entscheide: Ist das Substantiv singular, plural oder nicht-zählbar?
Singular / nicht-zählbar → is. Plural → are.
2
Verwende some in Positiven, any in Negativen und Fragen
There is some / There isn't any / Is there any?
3
Für die Vergangenheit: was/were verwenden
Gleiche Regeln wie oben.

Praxisbezug: Hotelbeschreibung auf einer Website

There is a swimming pool on the top floor. There are two restaurants and a spa in the hotel. There isn't a gym, but there are fitness classes every morning. Is there a car park? Yes — there are 50 spaces available.

Praxisbezug: Wohnungsinserat

There are three bedrooms and a large kitchen. There is some storage space in the hallway. There isn't a garden, but there is a shared roof terrace. Were there any previous tenants? Yes — there were two families before.

Tipp There is / there are erscheint in Hotel- und Immobilienbeschreibungen, Speisekarten ("There are three options today"), Reiseführern ("There is a market every Saturday") und Sicherheitshinweisen ("There are no lifts — please use the stairs"). Verwende is für eine Sache, are für mehr als eine.

Fülle aus: ___ a lot of traffic on the road this morning.

There was a lot of traffic on the road this morning.

Übungsaufgaben

Fülle aus: ___ three apples in the bowl.

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There are three apples in the bowl.

Fülle aus: ___ any sugar left?

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Is there any sugar left?

Bilde die Verneinung: There is a cinema in the town.

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There isn't a cinema in the town.

Fülle aus (Vergangenheit): ___ a big tree in the garden, but it was cut down.

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There was a big tree in the garden, but it was cut down.