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Practise singular, plural, questions and negatives with instant explanations.","There Is There Are Game","Look around the scene and choose the form that fits what exists.",{"questions_per_round":21,"lives":22,"seconds_per_question":23},12,3,15,[25,37,43,50,55,62,66,71,76,82,87,93,97,105,110,115,120,125,129,134,139,144,149,154,158,164,169,174,183,188,192,198,203,208,213,218,222,227,232,237,242,247,251,256,261,266,271,276,279,286,291,297,307,316,320,328,333,339,348,354,358,363,368,373,378,383,387,396,405,410,419,425],{"id":26,"difficulty":27,"format":28,"prompt":29,"answer":30,"rule":31,"tag":32,"options":33},"th-001","easy","multiple-choice","There ___ a cat on the sofa. (one animal)","is","Use there is before one singular noun.","singular-plural",[30,34,35,36],"are","am","be",{"id":38,"difficulty":27,"format":39,"prompt":40,"answer":41,"rule":42,"tag":32},"th-002","gap-fill","There ___ two cats on the sofa. (two animals)",[34],"Use there are before a plural noun.",{"id":44,"difficulty":27,"format":45,"prompt":46,"answer":47,"rule":48,"tag":32,"correction":49},"th-003","right-or-wrong","There are an apple in the bag. (one apple)",false,"An apple is singular, so use there is.","There is an apple in the bag. (one apple)",{"id":51,"difficulty":27,"format":28,"prompt":52,"answer":34,"rule":53,"tag":32,"options":54},"th-004","There ___ three apples in the bag. (three apples)","Three apples is plural, so use there are.",[34,30,35,36],{"id":56,"difficulty":27,"format":39,"prompt":57,"answer":58,"rule":60,"tag":61},"th-005","___ there a bus stop near here? (one stop)",[59],"Is","Start a singular there is question with Is.","questions",{"id":63,"difficulty":27,"format":45,"prompt":64,"answer":8,"rule":65,"tag":61},"th-006","Are there any chairs in the room? 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(uncountable water)","Water is uncountable, so use there is.",[30,34,35,36],{"id":88,"difficulty":27,"format":39,"prompt":89,"answer":90,"rule":91,"tag":92},"th-011","There ___ not a pen in the box. (one pen)",[30],"One pen needs singular there is not.","negatives",{"id":94,"difficulty":27,"format":45,"prompt":95,"answer":8,"rule":96,"tag":92},"th-012","There are not any students outside. (plural students)","Plural students needs there are not.",{"id":98,"difficulty":27,"format":28,"prompt":99,"answer":59,"rule":100,"tag":61,"options":101},"th-013","___ there a hospital in this town? (one hospital)","Use Is there for a singular countable noun.",[59,102,103,104],"Are","Am","Be",{"id":106,"difficulty":27,"format":39,"prompt":107,"answer":108,"rule":109,"tag":61},"th-014","___ there any eggs left? 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(plural bowls)",[34],"Several bowls is plural, so use are.",{"id":170,"difficulty":160,"format":45,"prompt":171,"answer":47,"rule":172,"tag":92,"correction":173},"th-027","There aren't any butter in the fridge. (negative; uncountable)","Use there isn't any before uncountable butter.","There isn't any butter in the fridge. (negative; uncountable)",{"id":175,"difficulty":160,"format":28,"prompt":176,"answer":177,"rule":178,"tag":92,"options":179},"th-028","There ___ any clean plates left. (negative; plural)","aren't","Use there aren't any before plural plates.",[177,180,181,182],"isn't","don't","doesn't",{"id":184,"difficulty":160,"format":39,"prompt":185,"answer":186,"rule":187,"tag":80},"th-029","___ there any information about the train? (uncountable)",[59],"Information is uncountable: Is there any information?",{"id":189,"difficulty":160,"format":45,"prompt":190,"answer":8,"rule":191,"tag":61},"th-030","Are there any messages for me? 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(first item: notebooks)",[34],"With a list, there are agrees with the first plural noun.",{"id":292,"difficulty":281,"format":45,"prompt":293,"answer":47,"rule":294,"tag":295,"correction":296},"th-051","There must is a way to solve this problem. (one way)","After modal must, use the base form be.","modal-be","There must be a way to solve this problem. (one way)",{"id":298,"difficulty":281,"format":28,"prompt":299,"answer":300,"rule":301,"tag":302,"options":303},"th-052","There ___ more seats next year. (future prediction)","will be","Will takes the base form be in there will be.","future-existence",[300,304,305,306],"will is","will are","will being",{"id":308,"difficulty":281,"format":28,"prompt":309,"answer":310,"rule":311,"tag":302,"options":312},"th-053","There ___ a meeting here tomorrow. (use going to for a fixed plan)","is going to be","There is going to be matches one planned meeting.",[310,313,314,315],"are going to be","is going to is","is go to be",{"id":317,"difficulty":281,"format":45,"prompt":318,"answer":8,"rule":319,"tag":302},"th-054","There are going to be two meetings here tomorrow. (fixed future plan)","There are going to be matches plural meetings.",{"id":321,"difficulty":281,"format":28,"prompt":322,"answer":323,"rule":324,"tag":325,"options":326},"th-055","There ___ a power cut last night. (one past event)","was","A singular past event takes there was.","past-existence",[323,327,30,34],"were",{"id":329,"difficulty":281,"format":39,"prompt":330,"answer":331,"rule":332,"tag":325},"th-056","There ___ several power cuts last night. 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