Asking about existence (preguntar existencia)
Asking about existence
 | ¿Sabes qué significan THERE IS y THERE ARE? ¿Sabes cuándo se usan? Observa las siguientes oraciones. |
A: Excuse me. Is there a bakery near here? B: Sure. There is a bakery across from the library. There is another one in front of the theater. There are two bakeries in town. |  |
You use there + be to express existence.
Both THERE IS and THERE ARE mean HAY.
There is se utiliza cuando nos referimos a un solo objeto o a una lista de objetos que comienza mencionando uno en singular.
There are se utiliza cuando nos referimos al plural, o sea dos o más objetos.
Por otra parte
How many ... significa ¿Cuántos, cuántas?
Sandra: How many hotels are there in your place?
Sonia: There are only two hotels in my neighborhood.
Sandra: and, how many schools are there?
Sonia: There is a secondary school and two elementary schools.
