Question

1. Fill in with there is/there are 1. There are thirty students in my class. 2. There _____ a pencil-box and some books in my bag. 3. There _____ a girl in the yard. 4. There _____ some computers in the library.

Answer 1

Ответ:

1. There are thirty students in my class.

2. There is a pencil-box and some books in my bag.

3. There is a girl in the yard.

4. There are some computers in the library.

Объяснение:

Оборот there is используется, если речь идет об одном предмете, а there are — о нескольких.

Когда в предложении перечисляются несколько предметов, при этом первый стоит в единственном числе, а второй во множественном (или наоборот), то оборот there + to be согласуется в числе с существительным, которое идет сразу после него (см. предложение 2).
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Answer 2

1. There are thirty students in my class. 2. There is a pencil-box and some books in my bag. 3. There is a girl in the yard. 4. There are some computers in the library.

In the first sentence, "there are" is used because there are multiple students in the class. "Thirty" is used to specify the exact number of students.

In the second sentence, "there is" is used because there is only one pencil-box and some books in the bag. The word "and" is