一、基本用法

There be 句型是英語中最為常用的句型之一， 主要用來表示“人或事物的存在”或“某地有某物”。

There在此結構中是引導詞，已經沒有副詞“那裡”的含義。be後的名詞是句子的主語。其基本用法結構為：

There be+名詞主語（人或物）+地點

其中，be的形式隨著後面的名詞時單數還是複數而變化，即：當be後面接的是單數可數名詞，則採用is；當be後面接的是複數可數名詞，則採用are。如：

There is a man under the tree.

There are some apples on the table.

1、否定句

There be的否定句一般是直接在be後加not，not可以縮略為't。如果原句中還有some，一般要改為any。如：

There isn't a man under the tree.

There aren't any apples on the table.

還有一種否定表達方式是通過no來表達，此時的no相當於not...any。如：

There is no water in the bottle.

There isn't any water in the bottle.

There are no pictures on the wall.

There aren't any pictures on the wall.

2、一般疑問句

There be句型要改為一般疑問句，只要把be提到句首即可。其肯定回答為：Yes, there is/are，否定回答為：No, there isn't/aren't。如果原句中含有some，也要改為any。如：

- Is there a man under the tree?

- Yes, there is. / No, there isn't.

- Are there any apples on the table?

- Yes, there are. / No, there aren't.

3、特殊疑問句

There be 句型的特殊疑問句主要有how many和how much做引導詞兩種情況。如：

There are five thousand students in our school. （就five thousand提問）

How many students are there in your school?

There is a little money in my wallet. （就a little提問）

How much money is there in your wallet?