English grammar
Plurals: add -s
Talk about more than one thing at home.
From the scene The plates
In short
Add -s for more than one, or -es after s, x, ch, sh. Use there is for one, there are for more.
Your turn
Which one goes with glass → glasses?
Options: there is one table · glass → glasses · plate → plates
Show answer
glass → glasses → glass → glasses
How it works
Most nouns add -s for more than one: plate → plates. After s, x, ch or sh, add -es: glass → glasses.
Your turn
Pick the word that fits the line.
Yes, there are four (blank).
Options: glasses · glass
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Yes, there are four glasses.
Sí, hay cuatro vasos.
Good to know
Use there is for one thing and there are for more than one: there are four glasses, never "there is four glasses".
Your turn
Pick the word that fits the line.
One table? In my flat there are three (blank).
Options: tables · table
Show answer
One table? In my flat there are three tables.
¿Una mesa? En mi piso hay tres mesas.
plate → plates plate → plates
glass → glasses glass → glasses
Your turn
What goes with glass → glasses?
Options: one thing · glass → glasses · plate → plates
Show answer
glass → glasses → glass → glasses
one thing there is one table
more than one there are two chairs
Nuria
There are two chairs... and one table.
Hay dos sillas... y una mesa.
Your turn
What fills the gap?
(blank)... and one table.
Options: There are two chairs · Plate → plates · Glass → glasses
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Nuria
There are two chairs... and one table.
Hay dos sillas... y una mesa.
question Are there glasses? / Is there coffee?
Elena
And the glasses? Are there glasses?
¿Y los vasos? ¿Hay vasos?
Your turn
What fills the gap?
And the glasses? (blank)?
Options: Glass → glasses · Are there glasses · Plate → plates
Show answer
Elena
And the glasses? Are there glasses?
¿Y los vasos? ¿Hay vasos?
Common mistake
Not Is here. Glasses = more than one.
And the glasses? Are there glasses?
¿Y los vasos? ¿Hay vasos?
Practise it in the story
Meet this rule inside a short animated scene. Answer as it plays, then say the lines yourself.
Practise free in the appSee all forms
| plate → plates | plate → plates |
|---|---|
| glass → glasses | glass → glasses |
| one thing | there is one table |
| more than one | there are two chairs |
| question | Are there glasses? / Is there coffee? |
More lines from the story
- NuriaYes, there are four glasses.Sí, hay cuatro vasos.
- ElenaOne table? In my flat there are three tables.¿Una mesa? En mi piso hay tres mesas.
- ElenaFor me! Is there coffee?¡Para mí! ¿Hay café?
- NuriaThere are plates. Four plates.Hay platos. Cuatro platos.