There is / are ... . Английская грамматика.

Present Simple / Настоящее простое время

Конструкция there is / there are

Предложения с этим оборотом употребляются, чтобы указать на наличие или отсутствие какого-либо лица (лиц) или предмета (предметов) в определенном месте.

	ед. число	мн. число
Утверждение	There is ... . – (Там) есть (один) ... .	There are ... . – (Там) есть (несколько) ... .
Отрицание	There is not (isn't) ... . – (Там) нет (одного) ... .	There are not (aren't) ... . – (Там) нет (нескольких) ... .
Общий вопрос	Is there ... ? – Есть ли (там) (один) ... ?	Are there ... ? Есть ли (там) (несколько) ... ?
Специальный вопрос	What is there ... ? – Что есть (там)?	What is there ... ? – Что есть (там)?
Примеры	There is an apple on the table. – На столе яблоко. Is there an apple on the table? – Есть ли на столе яблоко? There isn't an apple on the table. – На столе нет яблока. What is there on the table? – Что есть на столе ?	There are three apples on the table. – На столе три яблока. Are there three apples on the table? – Есть ли на столе три яблока? There aren't three apples on the table. – На столе нет трех яблок. What is there on the table? – Что есть на столе?

The simple present	The simple past
There is a man at the door.	There was someone to see you.
There are two men at the door.	There were some people to see you.
The present perfect	The past perfect
There has been an accident.	He said there had been an accident.
There have been a lot of enquiries.	He said there had been a lot of enquiries.
The simple future	The future perfect
There will be a letter for you tomorrow.	There will have been a definite result before Friday.
Tag questions
There is a big match on TV tonight, isn t there?
There has been some awful weather lately, hasn't there?

Common contractions - Принятые сокращения
Полная форма	Сокращенная форма	Пример
There is	There's	There's a man at the door.
There has	There's	There's been an accident.
There have	There've	There've been a lot of accidents round here.
There had	There'd	He told me there'd been an accident near here.
There would	There'd	There'd be fewer accidents if drivers took care.
There will	There'll	There'll be a good harvest this year.

Обратите внимание на совпадение сокращений от There is и There has: There's.
There would и There had также имеют общую сокращенную форму: There'd