One thing or many: which opener fits
There is a bakery on our street.
There are two banks near the station.Look at the noun phrase after each gap and decide whether it names one thing or more than one. Then complete the gap with the matching form of the verb.
1. There ___ a big supermarket in my town.
2. There ___ three bedrooms in our flat.
3. There ___ some apples in the kitchen.
4. There ___ a good film on TV tonight.
5. There ___ a lot of people at the market today.Show the answers
1. is
2. are
3. are
4. is
5. areItems 1 and 4 name a single thing, so they take the singular form. Items 2, 3 and 5 name more than one, so they take the plural form. Item 5 is the trap: the phrase begins with a little word that looks singular, but the noun it introduces is plural - count the noun, not the first word.