EF4/5 here and there

Here is a book.

There is a tree.

Here are your books.

There are some trees.

here / there singular or plural
not subjects, they point to the subject

Here is your sister.
Here comes your sister.
There goes your sister.

Here are your sisters.
Here come your sisters.
There go your sisters.

subject verb agreement


There is a new table, a new lamp, and a new chair in the living room.

There are two new tables, a new lamp, and a new chair in the living room.

There is a new table, two new lamps, and a hundred million new chairs in the living room.

another (singular)

other (plural)

Here is another cookie.

Here are some other cookies.

Here are some others.

We have six other students waiting.

We have six others waiting.

We had six students waiting last month.


There is a time and a place...
time and place...

is are - present
is - singular
are - plural

was were - past
was - singular
were - plural

Is there another teacher for Level 1?
Are there other teachers for Level 1?
We have 20 students for Level 2. Are there others for Level 1?

I ate a lot of food last night.
We tried a lot of different kinds of food at the buffet.

a lot of 
lots of

alot      a lot

There are a lot of different kinds of food at the buffet.

There are lots of different kinds of food at the buffet.