Verb there to be

 

Conjugação

O verbo there to be significa haver, existir. Ele é usado da seguinte maneira:

(sing) = singular  /   (pl) = plural

Verb tense Affirmative Negative Interrogative
Present  

there is (sing)

there are (pl)

 

 there isn't

there aren't

 is there....?

are there...?
Past simple  

there was (sing)

there were (pl)

 

 there wasn't

there weren't

 was there...?

were there...?
Present perfect  

there has been (sing)

there have been (pl)

 

 there hasn't been

there haven't been

 has there been...?

have there been...?
Past perfect  

there had been

 

 there hadn't been had there been...?
Future simple  

there will be

 

 there won't be will there be...?
Future be going to  

there's going to be (sing)

there are going to be (pl)

 

 there isn't going to be

there aren't going to be

 is there going to be...?

are there going to be...?
Conditional  

there would be

 

 there wouldn't be would there be...?

 

Modal verbs Affirmative Negative Interrogative
 

Must
(logical deductions)

 

  

there must be

 

 there can't be not common
May  

there may be

 

 there may not be may there be...?
Might  

there might be

 

 there mightn't be Might there be...?
Could  

there could be

 

 there couldn't be could there be...?

 

O verbo to have (ter, possuir) jamais significa haver, existir. Assim, frases do tipo Have many people in São Paulo estão ERRADAS. Para dizer que há muitos teatros em São Paulo, diga There are  a lot of theaters in São Paulo ou São Paulo has a lot of theaters - orações em que there are significa existem, há, e has significa tem, possui.

Concordância

Como esse verbo possui formas diferentes no singular e no plural em alguns tempos, você precisa prestar atenção, pois o verbo concorda com o sujeito mais próximo:

There is a man and two women over there.

There are two women and a man over there.

There was a boy, three girls, nine babies.

There were three girls, a boy, nine babies.

There has been a lot of violence recently.

There have been a lot of terrorist attacks recently.

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