[要素一]There be句型常表示某處有某人或某物。例如:

There are more than fifty students in our class.

[要素二]There與be中間可插入一些表推測(cè)的情態(tài)動(dòng)詞、表時(shí)態(tài)的短語和一些動(dòng)詞短語。例如:

There must be a pen in the box.

There happened to be some money in my pocket.

注意:be不能換成have及have的變化形式;但be可以使用其變化形式，如been等。

[要素三]There be句型常與過去時(shí)間狀語連用，構(gòu)成一些固定句型，用于故事發(fā)生的開頭，交代故事發(fā)生的時(shí)間。例如:

Many years ago， there was such a fisherman.

[要素四]There be句型也可以換成There live/lie/stand，表某處有某人或某物。例如:

There lies a city to the east of the hill.

[要素五]There be句型可換成There come/go，以引起注意，加強(qiáng)語氣。例如:

There comes the bus.

[要素六]There be句型可換成There seem/appear，以表示某地似乎有某人或某物。例如:

There seems no students in the classroom.

[要素七]There being+名詞，構(gòu)成獨(dú)立主格結(jié)構(gòu)，可用來作原因狀語。例如:

There being no bus， we had to walk home.

[要素八]There be句型或There加其他動(dòng)詞的句型的動(dòng)詞單復(fù)數(shù)，常采用就近一致的原則。例如:

There is a desk， two chairs and three benches in the room.

[要素九]There be或There加其他動(dòng)詞，其反意疑問句一律用…there? 例如:

There is a cat in the garden， isn’t there?

There used to be no school here， used there/did there?

(過去這兒沒有學(xué)校，是嗎?)