09/04/2023 - 09/08/2023 Idioma Moderno I: Inglés GG A & GR/GLI A1, A2, A3

 GG A: Intro, Swan & Walter, unit 1; Hancock, unit 1.

GR/GLI A1, A2, A3: Pathways, unit 1.

These are a few examples of sentences that present (1) the structure there + modal+ be, and (2) the structure  there + modality + be. Observe that they are completely analogous to sentences with a subject other than there:

(1)

THERE WILL BE NO DOUBT

THERE MAY BE A DESIGN ERROR

THERE WOULD BE NO PROBLEM

THERE SHOULD BE A FEW PEOPLE WORKING HERE

THERE CAN BE NO WATER ON THAT TYPE OF PLANET

(2)

THERE USED TO BE A CINEMA IN THE VILLAGE

THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME WATER ON THE SURFACE

THERE HAVE TO BE SOME PEOPLE WHO KNOW THIS TECHNIQUE

THERE ARE GOING TO BE A FEW DRAWBACKS

Think of the word there as a subject (in fact it is, and is called a 'dummy subject'). Or, to put it in a different way, imagine something like:

...is going to be here in a few seconds.

This chunk requires a subject in front of it. In this case, something like "he", "she", or "it". Now, if we have something like:

...is going to be a lecture in this hall.

Here, we also need a subject, and in this case we have to use be "there".