Créer un test
Connectez-vous !
Cliquez ici pour vous connecter
Nouveau compte
Des millions de comptes créés sur nos sites

100 % gratuit !
[Avantages]


- Accueil
- Accès rapides
- Imprimer
- Livre d'or
- Recommander
- Signaler un problème


Recommandés :
- Jeux gratuits
- Nos autres sites



Publicités :
   


There has/ there have

Forum > English only || Bottom

[POST A NEW REPLY] [Subscribe to this topic]


There has/ there have
Message from mohammad51 posted on 18-01-2018 at 23:49:31 (D | E | F)
Hello
Please, if any one could explain this?
fill by the correct tense of the verb between brackets
This year there ...... a lot of traffic accidents in this country. (to be)

I chose has been and the answer goes correct online.
I know that traffic is uncountable noun which is treated as a singular noun( verb - subject agreement) and even if it is followed by the word- noun (accidents) which it is plural countable noun, but either we depend on the first noun which comes after the form ( there has been ) or both words are referred to one thing to deal with as a unit ..... Is there another explaining?
Here are more examples:
There has been a change of plans.
There has been a lot of speculation over who the new minister will be.
There was a lot of tension in the air.
There is some milk on her whiskers.
There has been a fight.
There hasn’t been much noise.

-------------------
Edited by lucile83 on 19-01-2018 08:57


Re: There has/ there have from tanin5, posted on 19-01-2018 at 01:48:55 (D | E)
Hello everybody. The answer should be: have been, because we are talking about ( accidents) and traffic is a modifier for that. Like: car accidents, road accidents. In this way even the first noun comes in singular form( rarely can be plural) . For example we say car accidents, not cars accidents.
I hope it helps, regards



Re: There has/ there have from mohammad51, posted on 19-01-2018 at 06:17:33 (D | E)
Hello
Thank you mah
What is this then?
If this is wrong, we never can depend on the internet exercises .....This is the link please try it:
Fill in the sentences with the simple past or the present perfect
Link




Re: There has/ there have from lucile83, posted on 19-01-2018 at 09:11:14 (D | E)
Hello,
This year there have been a lot of traffic accidents in this country. ...is the only possible option.
May I advise you to take the tests on this site? They are reliable Link




Re: There has/ there have from gerondif, posted on 19-01-2018 at 10:21:21 (D | E)
Hello,
There is some milk on her whiskers.(the "mustache" of a cat or dog)

When there is a plural noun after there is , then the plural should be used:
There were seven people killed. There have been a lot of car-accidents this year.

But when there is first a singular noun and then a plural one, sometimes, there is will take the singular:
There was one woman and three men injured.

Maybe the chap that made your test got that confused, or took a singular part of a compound-noun (car-accidents) as an object.



Re: There has/ there have from bgcervantes, posted on 24-01-2018 at 06:52:46 (D | E)
Hello,
I see "traffic" in this sentence as an adjective which is modifying the noun "accidents".
You can think: There are a lot of accidents.
Then, you can see how they are talking about the accidents. "Traffic" is simply saying what kind of accidents.
I hope this helps.

This is the first time I have come to the forums.
I never knew how to find them.

-------------------
Edited by lucile83 on 24-01-2018 07:23




[POST A NEW REPLY] [Subscribe to this topic]


Forum > English only

Partager : Facebook / Twitter / ... 


> INDISPENSABLES : TESTEZ VOTRE NIVEAU | GUIDE DE TRAVAIL | NOS MEILLEURES FICHES | Fiches les plus populaires | Aide/Contact

> COURS ET TESTS : Abréviations | Accords | Adjectifs | Adverbes | Alphabet | Animaux | Argent | Argot | Articles | Audio | Auxiliaires | Chanson | Communication | Comparatifs/Superlatifs | Composés | Conditionnel | Confusions | Conjonctions | Connecteurs | Contes | Contraires | Corps | Couleurs | Courrier | Cours | Dates | Dialogues | Dictées | Décrire | Démonstratifs | Ecole | Etre | Exclamations | Famille | Faux amis | Films | Formation | Futur | Fêtes | Genre | Goûts | Grammaire | Grands débutants | Guide | Géographie | Heure | Homonymes | Impersonnel | Infinitif | Internet | Inversion | Jeux | Journaux | Lettre manquante | Littérature | Magasin | Maison | Majuscules | Maladies | Mots | Mouvement | Musique | Mélanges | Métiers | Météo | Nature | Nombres | Noms | Nourriture | Négations | Opinion | Ordres | Participes | Particules | Passif | Passé | Pays | Pluriel | Politesse | Ponctuation | Possession | Poèmes | Pronominaux | Pronoms | Prononciation | Proverbes | Prépositions | Présent | Présenter | Quantité | Question | Relatives | Sports | Style direct | Subjonctif | Subordonnées | Synonymes | Temps | Tests de niveau | Tous les tests | Traductions | Travail | Téléphone | Vidéo | Vie quotidienne | Villes | Voitures | Voyages | Vêtements


> NOS AUTRES SITES GRATUITS : Cours d'anglais | Cours mathématiques | Cours d'espagnol | Cours d'allemand | Cours de français | Outils utiles | Bac d'anglais | Learn French | Learn English | Créez des exercices

> INFORMATIONS : Copyright - En savoir plus, Aide, Contactez-nous [Conditions d'utilisation] [Conseils de sécurité] Reproductions et traductions interdites sur tout support (voir conditions) | Contenu des sites déposé chaque semaine chez un huissier de justice | Mentions légales / Vie privée | Cookies .
| Cours et exercices de néerlandais 100% gratuits, hors abonnement internet auprès d'un fournisseur d'accès .