1. There [pronoun] Introduces the fact that something or some oerson or some person exists. There’s a market on Saturdays. Ther’s someone at the door. Will there be music? [adverb] in or to or at that place: I know Belfas very well: I used to live there. Grammar patterns 1. There was water all over the world There arent’t any tickets left 2. There +is/was a young woman sitting next to me. 3. There must be a light switch somewhere. There seems to be a hole in it. there used to be a forest here, but they cut it down. 4. Can you see Mary anywhere?

2. there Collocations There are is followed by numbers, amounts, quantities, e.g. lots of, a few, hundreds, some, two, many etc. e.g. There were hundreds of people at the airport. Thereis /are is often followed by impersonal pronouns: no one, nothing, someone, anyone, anything. e.g. We called by, but there was nobody home.

3. there Set phrases Hi there …/ hello there …. e.g. hi there, beverly, how are things? Is,[…] there? Yes? ~Hello. Is mark there? ‘There you are …’ That’ll be $1.40 ~there you are. ~thanks