There be
👉"There be" se utiliza para expresar que algo existe. Cuando digo "there is a car parked outside", "a car" es el sujeto real al que hace referencia "there".
👉Contables e incontables
Es sabido que se suele utilizar esta expresión tanto para "countable" como para "uncountable nouns".
▪️"There is a bottle of water" (countable/singular)
▪️"There are 3 bottles of water" (countable/plural)
▪️"There is water in the bottle" (uncountable)
👉Se utiliza en todos los tiempos verbales
▪️Presente: "There is book in my backpack" "There are books"
▪️Past: "There was money on the table" "There were many cars"
▪️Present perfect: "There has been a problem" "There have been a lot of people there"
▪️Past perfect: "There had been problems before we went"
▪️Future: "There will be no problem" "There is going to be some breaking news"
"Be going to": "There is/was going to be a party here" "There are/were going to be a lot of meeting"
👉"There be" with modals
✅"There can be some mistake"
✅"There could be a good reason"
✅"There should be some explanation"
✅"There might be a new boss"
✅"There must be more than one involved"
👉"There be" with "have/has to"
✅"There has to be a reason for that"
👉Modals in the past (to review modals in the past click HERE)
✅"There could/might/should/must have been a good reason"