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Engelse grammatica

there is en there are

there is and there are

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De regel

Om te zeggen dat er iets is, begint het Engels met there is (één) of there are (meer): There is a fire in the kitchen. There are a lot of people in the shop. Voor een vraag draait u het om: Is there a toilet on the train?

Patroon

There is a … · There are two … | Is there a …? · Are there any …?

Voorbeelden

  1. There is a fire in the kitchen.

    Er is brand in de keuken. — één ding → is

  2. There are a lot of people in the shop.

    Er zijn veel mensen in de winkel. — meervoud → are

  3. Is there a toilet on the train?

    Is er een toilet in de trein?

  4. There is a delay of ten minutes.

    Er is tien minuten vertraging.

Veelgemaakte fouten

  • Fout: Is a toilet here?

    Goed: Is there a toilet here?

    there mag niet weg; het Engels heeft het nodig om zo'n zin te beginnen.

  • Fout: There is many people.

    Goed: There are many people.

    Meer dan één → are.

Oefenvragen

Probeer elke vraag eerst zelf en open dan „Toon antwoord” voor de oplossing en de reden.

  1. 1Vul het gat in.

    There _____ a fire in the kitchen.

    1. have
    2. has
    3. are
    4. is
    Toon antwoord

    Antwoord: D There is a fire in the kitchen.

    Eén brand → is.

  2. 2Vul het gat in.

    There _____ a lot of people in the shop.

    1. are
    2. have
    3. is
    4. has
    Toon antwoord

    Antwoord: A There are a lot of people in the shop.

    people is meervoud → are.

  3. 3Kies de juiste zin.

    1. Is a supermarket near here?
    2. There is a supermarket near here?
    3. Does there a supermarket near here?
    4. Is there a supermarket near here?
    Toon antwoord

    Antwoord: D Is there a supermarket near here?

    In de vraag wisselen is en there van plaats.

  4. 4Kies de juiste zin.

    1. There does not have hot water.
    2. There is no hot water.
    3. Not there is hot water.
    4. There not is hot water.
    Toon antwoord

    Antwoord: B There is no hot water.

    De ontkenning is there is no of there is not a.

  5. 5Vul het gat in.

    _____ there a toilet on the train?

    1. Are
    2. Is
    3. Does
    4. Has
    Toon antwoord

    Antwoord: B Is there a toilet on the train?

    Eén toilet → Is there.

  6. 6Vul het gat in.

    There _____ sixty minutes in an hour.

    1. have
    2. has
    3. are
    4. is
    Toon antwoord

    Antwoord: C There are sixty minutes in an hour.

    Zestig minuten is meervoud → are.

  7. 7Zet de woorden in de juiste volgorde.

    There is a delay of ten minutes

    Toon antwoord

    Antwoord: There is a delay of ten minutes.

    There, is, dan wat er is.

  8. 8Zet de woorden in de juiste volgorde.

    Is there a queue here

    Toon antwoord

    Antwoord: Is there a queue here?

    De vraag begint met Is.

  9. 9Deze zin klopt niet. Kies de verbetering.

    Welke zin is fout?

    1. Is there a pharmacy near here?
    2. There is a pharmacy near here.
    3. There is no pharmacy near here.
    4. Is a pharmacy near here?
    Toon antwoord

    Antwoord: D Is a pharmacy near here?

    there mag niet weg.

  10. 10Kies de juiste zin.

    1. Do there any free seats?
    2. Are any free seats?
    3. Are there any free seats?
    4. Is there any free seats?
    Toon antwoord

    Antwoord: C Are there any free seats?

    Bij meervoud in een vraag: Are there any.

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