Lesson 1 Plural forms of nouns. Irregular nouns

Will there be a meeting tonight? Yes, there will. No, there won’t.
Bu oqshom majlis bo‘ladimi?
Have there been any letters from him lately? Yes, there have. No, there haven’t.
Keyingi paytlarda undan xat bo‘ldimi?
6. Bo‘lishsiz gaplar ikki yo‘l bilan yasaladi:
a) theredan keyingi birinchi yordamchi fe’ldan keyin not inkor yuklamasi qo‘yiladi va undan keyin birlikdagi donalab sanaladigan otlarnoaniq artikl bilan keladi, ko‘plikdagi donalab sanaladigan otlar va donalab sanalmaydigan otlar any olmoshi bilan keladi. Bo‘lishsiz gaplarda quyidagi qisqartirmalar ishlatiladi: isn’t, aren’t, wasn’t, weren’t, hasn’t, haven’t, hadn’t, won’t va boshqalar:
There isn’t a telephone in this room. Bu xonada telefon yo‘q.
There aren’t any chairs in the room. Xonada stullar yo‘q.
There wasn’t any water in the bottle.- Shishada suv yo‘q.
There hasn’t been any rain for ten days. O‘n kun (davomida) yomg‘ir bo‘lmadi.
There won’t be any meeting tonight. - Bu oqshom hech qanday majlis bo‘lmaydi.
b) there isdan keyin no olmoshi qo‘yiladi va undan keyin artikl ham, any olmoshi ham ishlatilmaydi:
There is no telephone in this room.
There was no water in the bottle.
There are no chairs in the room.
No bilan yasalgan bo‘lishsiz gaplar ko‘proq ishlatiladi; bo‘lishsizlik ma’nosini kuchaytirish maqsadida not ishlatiladi.
7.There dan keyin to be, can, must, may, ought to va boshqa modal fe’llar bilan ham kelishi mumkin:
There must be a dictionary on the shelf. -Tokchada lug‘at bo‘lishi kerak.
There ought to be more books on this subject in our library. –
Kutubxonamizda bu sohada ko‘proq kitoblar bo‘lishi kerak.
There can be no doubt about it.- Bunga shubha bo‘lishi mumkin emas.
8. There dan keyin to be ma’nosida kelgan to live -yashamoq, to existmavjud bo‘lmoq,to standturmoq, to lie yotmoq fe’llari ham kelishi mum- kin:
There lived an old doctor in the village. Qishloqda qari bir doktor yashar edi.
There exist different opinions on this question. Bu masalada turli fikrlar mavjud.
THERE + BE
(a) There is –for singular countable and uncountable nouns
(b) There are- for only countable plural nouns
There + be is used to say that something exists in a particular place.
Notice: The subject follows be:
there + is + singular noun there + are + plural noun
There's a bird in the tree.-Daraht ustida qush turibdi
There’re four birds in the tree. –Daraht ustida to’rtta quslar turibdi.
There is milk in the bottle- Bankada sut bor
There is water in the pail. Paqirda suv bor
Exercise 1

1. There	is	a grammar book on my desk.	yes	no
2. There	are	many grammar books in this room.	yes	no
3. There		comfortable chairs in this classroom.	yes	no
4. There		a nice view from the classroom window.	yes	no
5. There		interesting places to visit in this area.	yes	no
6. There		a good place to eat near school.	yes	no
7. There		fun activities to do on weekends in this area.	yes	no
8. There		difficult words in this exercise.	yes	no

Exercise 2. Work with a partner. Complete each sentence with words from the box or your own words.

a book	a map	a notebook
books	papers	notebooks
tall buildings	a park	restaurants
a bulletin board	a pen	a sink
a calendar	a pencil	stores
chairs	a pencil sharpener	students
a chalkboard	people	a teacher
a clock	a picture	a whiteboard
a coffee shop	pictures	a window
desks	a post office	windows

A: There is . . . on this desk.
B: There are . . . on that desk.
A: There are . . . on that wall.
B: There is . . . on this wall.
A: There are . . . in this room.
B: There is also ... in this room.
A: There is . . . near our school.
B: There are also . . . near our school.