Описательные обороты There is (There are) — (есть, имеется, находится) ставятся в начале предложения, а переводится такое предложение с конца. Рассмотрим следующую таблицу, которая отражает изменение выражений there is и there are во временах группы Simple :
present | Утверждение | Вопрос | Отрицание |
There is (There are) | Is there... ? (Are there. .. ?) | There is no… (There are no…) There isn’t any... (There aren’t any...) |
|
There is a photograph on the wall. There are some photographs on the wall. |
Is there a photograph on the wall? Are there any photographs on the wall? What is there on the wall? How many photographs are there on the wall? |
There is no photograph on the wall. There isn’t any photograph on the wall. There are no photographs on the wall. There aren’t any photographs on the wall. |
|
past | There was (There were) | Was there… ? (Were there… ?) | There was no… (There were no…) There wasn’t any... (There weren’t any...) |
There was a photograph on the wall.There were some photographs on the wall. | Was there a photograph on the wall? Were there any photographs on the wall? What was there on the wall? How many photographs were there on the wall? | There was no photograph on the wall. There weren’t any photographs on the wall. There was no photograph on the wall. There weren’t any photographs on the wall. |
|
future | There will be | Will there be…? | There will be no… There won’t be any… |
There will be photograph on the wall. There will be photographs on the wall. |
Will there be a photograph on the wall? Will there be photographs on the wall? What will be there on the wall? |
There will be no photograph(s) on the wall. There won’t be any photograph(s) on the wall. |
Внимание: помните о согласовании между первым существительным, которое описывается, и глаголом «to be».
There is a pen and 2 books on the table. HO! There are 2 books and a pen on the table.
There was a pen and 2 books on the table. HO! There were 2 books and a pen on the table.
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