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THERE IS AND THERE ARE
Kamu mungkin sudah tahu kalau pilihan antara is vs are bergantung pada sebuah noun (kata benda). Biasanya, noun muncul sebelum verb (kata kerja). Namun dalam kalimat yang dimulai dengan there is dan there are, noun nya muncul belakangan. Kita menggunakan there is dan there are untuk merujuk pada keberadaan seseorang atau sesuatu. Sederhananya berarti “ada.” Gunakan there is jika kata bendanya tunggal (“There is a cat”) dan gunakan there are jika kata benda jamak (“There are two cats”).
- There Is digunakan ketika kata bendanya tunggal
Rumus:
There is + singular noun + keterangan
E.g:
(+) There is a book on the table (ada sebuah buku di atas meja)
(-) There is not a book on the table (tidak ada sebuah buku di atas meja)
(?) Is there a book on the table? (apakah ada sebuah buku di atas meja?)
Yes, there is
No, there is not
The other examples:
There is a cat on the porch.
There’s a letter on your desk. Julia brought it from the mail room.
Note:
There is and there’s keduanya merupakan bentuk tunggal. Kita menggunakan there’s lebih umum di informal speaking:
There is a new cafe in the centre of town which sells Indonesian food.
She’s very determined and there’s no chance she will change her mind.
- There Are digunakan ketika kata bendanya jamak
Rumus:
There are + plural noun + keterangan
E.g:
(+) There are a lot of people in this elevator (ada banyak orang di elevator)
(-) There are not a lot of people in this elevator (tidak banyak orang di elevator)
(?) Are there a lot of people in this elevator? (apakah ada banyak orang di elevator?)
Yes, there are
No, there are not
The other examples:
There are three Japanese students in my class.
There are two new buildings next to the school. They are both science buildings.
Untuk menanyakan “berapa banyak”, kita pakai pertanyaan dengan “how many”.
Rumus:
How many + noun + are there + keterangan
E.g:
How many teachers are there at Homie English Pekanbaru? (ada berapa banyak guru di Homie English Pekanbaru?
Perlu diingat, dalam menggunakan kata benda jamak ada yang disebut irregular noun yang artinya kata bendanya jamak tapi tidak ditambahkan -s seperti pada umumnya, book-books, teacher-teachers, dll. Oleh karena itu sangat diwajibkan untuk menghafal beberapa kata benda yang masuk kategori irregular ini. Perhatikan tabel di bawah ini:
Irregular Nouns
knife knives pisau Singular (-f, -fe) life lives kehidupan Plural (-ves) wife wives istri calf calves anak sapi leaf leaves daun Exceptions roof roofs atap (pengecualian) proof proofs bukti potato potatoes pisau Singular (-o) tomato tomatoes kehidupan Plural (-oes) hero heroes istri torpedo torpedoes anak sapi veto vetoes daun Exceptions piano pianos piano (pengecualian) canto cantos nyanyian photo photos foto zero zeros nol foot feet kaki Singular & Plural tooth teeth gigi (vowel change) goose geese angsa man men pria woman women wanita mouse mice tikus Irregular nouns die dice mati that ox oxen lembu change child children anak-anak substantially person people orang-orang penny pence (in British) uang sen sheep sheep domba fish fish ikan Singular/ Plural moose moose rusa (amerika utara) (no change) swine swine babi buffalo buffalo kerbau shrimp shrimp udang trout trout ikan forel focus foci (also focuses) fokus radius radii (also radiuses) radius fungus fungi jamur Nouns ending in-us, nucleus nuclei inti change -us to -i cactus cacti kaktus alumnus alumni* lulusan octopus octopuses (or octopi) gurita hippopotamus hippopotami (or hippopotamuses) kuda nil Irregular formation axis axes (this is also the plural of ax and axe) sumbu of nouns ending in analysis analyses analisis -is to -es crisis crises krisis thesis theses tesis Irregular formation phenomenon phenomena fenomena of nouns ending in
-on to -a.
criterion criteria kriteria datum data data Irregular formation memorandum memoranda nota of nouns ending bacterium bacteria bakteri in -um stratum strata lapisan curriculum curricula (also curriculums) kurikulum Singular (-ex, -ix) index indices (or indexes) indeks Plural (-ces, -xes) appendix appendices (or appendixes, in a medical context) lampiran vortex vortices (or vortexes) pusaran
Quiz:
Results
#1. There ____ two books
#2. There ____ one car
#3. There ____ three rooms
#4. There ____ a man
#5. There ____ children
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References:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/there-is-there-s-and-there-are
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/irregular-plural-nouns/
