There be 后面的名词是句子的主语,属倒装结构。疑问句形式是将be或will/have/can/must等助动词、情态动词提至there之前,否定形式则直接在be或助动词、情态动词后加not。因此要表达“某个地方或某个时间存在什么事物或人”的时候常用“There be + 名词+ 地点(时间)这一句型。
There be句型的特殊疑问句主要有how many和how much做引导词两种情况。句式:特殊疑问词+be(is/are)+there+其它。
例句:
How many students are there in your school?你们学校有多少学生?
How much money is there in your pocket?你口袋里有多少钱?
there be句型使用方法
1、There be句型中的be应和其后出现的补充语在单复数上保持一致,即“就近原则”,如:There is a lamp on the table.
2、如果主语是复数名词,却表示一笔金额或一个总数或表达一个单个概念时,则仍用单数be形式,如:There is five hundred dollars to pay.
3、There be中的be有时可以是lie,stand,used to be,seem to be,appear to be等,如:There lies a river to the south.
4、There is(was)+not +doing结构相当于It is(was) impossible to +动词原形,如:There is not going home. =It is impossible to go home.