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There Is and There Are: Present Tense
23-1 
1. There are many meatballs and red peppers in the sauce. 2. There is a whiteboard in my classroom.
3. There are rocks in my boot. 4. There is a phone book on her desk. 5. There are gigantic footprints in 
the snow. 6. There is a fire hydrant at the corner of my street. 7. There are many caterpillars on the 
tree. 8. There is a black stallion in the field. 9. There are four piglets and three colts in the barn.
10. There is a quilt on my bed. 11. There are many seagulls on the beach. 12. There is a new keyboard
in the box. 13. There are two sponges in the bucket. 14. There are many dirty plates in the sink.
15. There are six diamonds on my ring. 16. There are a few gray squirrels in the tree.
23-2 
1. are 2. is 3. is 4. is 5. are 6. is 7. is 8. is 9. are 10. is 11. are 12. is 13. is
14. are 15. is 16. is 17. are 18. is 19. are 20. is 21. are 22. is 23. are 24. is 25. are
26. is 27. is 28. are 29. is 30. are
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There Is and There Are: Present Tense: Negative Form
24-1 
1. There is not a lot of shade in the backyard. There isn’t a lot of shade in the backyard. 2. There are not 
three gold buttons on my coat. There aren’t three gold buttons on my coat. 3. There are not two yellow 
folders on my desk. There aren’t two yellow folders on my desk. 4. There is not a tricycle on the sidewalk. 
There isn’t a tricycle on the sidewalk. 5. There is not a thermometer in the bathroom. There isn’t a 
thermometer in the bathroom. 6. There are not three white rabbits in the cage. There aren’t three white 
rabbits in the cage. 7. There is not a turtle on the log. There isn’t a turtle on the log. 8. There are not 
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many angels in the picture. There aren’t many angels in the picture. 9. There is not a scarecrow in the field. 
There isn’t a scarecrow in the field. 10. There are not many dimes and nickels in the wishing well. There 
aren’t many dimes and nickels in the wishing well. 11. There are not five quarters and a penny in my back 
pocket. There aren’t five quarters and a penny in my back pocket.
24-2 
1. isn’t 2. isn’t 3. aren’t 4. isn’t 5. aren’t 6. isn’t 7. isn’t 8. isn’t 9. aren’t 10. isn’t
11. isn’t 12. aren’t 13. isn’t 14. aren’t 15. isn’t 16. aren’t 17. isn’t 18. aren’t 19. isn’t
20. isn’t 21. isn’t 22. aren’t 23. isn’t 24. aren’t 25. isn’t 26. aren’t 27. isn’t 28. isn’t
29. aren’t 30. isn’t 31. aren’t