there be结构作为初中的一个重点句型，在教育部新颁布的《英语课程标准》中，作为简单句的基本句型列入其中，在各地中考试卷中也频频亮相。
　　
考点一：对there be基本理念的考查

　　1.—What did¹ you see on the desk then?
　　　—There ________ a bottle of orange.
　　[03北京宣武区]
　　A. was² B. were C. has D. had³

　　2. There ________ an English film here tomorrow. [04武汉]
　　A. has B. is going⁴ to be C. will have

　　3. There used⁵ to have few⁶ tall buildings around our village. (找错并改正)
　　　　　　　A 　B 　C 　D
　　[03陕西]

　　4.—What’s on the plate?
　　—There ________ some bread on it.
　　[03吉林]
　　A. is B. are C. has D. have

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　　根据句子的时间状语或上下文暗示、衔接等，在初中阶段be的形式不外乎有这么几种：
　　①现在时(is / are)、过去时(was / were)、将来时(will be)、完成时(have / has / had been)；
　　②可以与情态动词连用，组成there +情态动词+be的形式，表推测语气；
　　③可与seem, appear⁸, used to等状态词连用，构成there seems⁹ / appears¹⁰ / used to be...；

　　答案要点：

　　1.题中的问句用了过去时，又因为答语中为“一瓶桔子汁”，故答案为A。
　　2.题中有一个表示将来的tomorrow，又因为there be的形式中不能用助动词have，故答案为B。
　　3.题错误之处为C，应改为be。
　　4.题中some bread为不可数名词，应选A。

　　考点二：考查there be句型的临近一致性

　　1. There ________ a pencil on the desk and you may use it. [03北京石景山区]
　　A. is B. are C. was D. were

　　2. There ________ two knives in the pencilbox. [03哈尔滨]
　　A. are B. be C. is D. am

　　3. There ________ a pair of shoes under the bed. The shoes ________ mine. [04兰州]
　　A. is；are B. is；is C. are；is D. are；are

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　　be的形式受后面靠近它的主语在人称和数上的制约，必须采取就近原则，与临近的主语保持一致，必须看清楚there后跟的是可数名词，还是不可数名词。还必须注意既有可数名词又有不可数名词的时候，be的形式的临近一致性。如:There is a bag of rice, two baskets of apples and three people under the tree.

　　答案要点：

　　1. a pencil为可数名词单数形式，可从A、C中选，又从and you may use it可以得出，选择A。
　　2.句中有two knives，名词复数，故选A。
　　3. a pair of修饰可数名词复数时，谓语动词要用单数形式，而shoes是可数名词复数，故答案为A。

　　考点三：考查there be和have/has表示“有”的含义时的区别

　　1. There ________ two pictures on the wall.
　　[03北京大兴区]
　　A. is B. have C. are D. has

　　2. There ________ a football game in our school next week. [03新疆生产建设兵团]
　　A. has B. is going to be C. have D. is going to have

　　3. There________ a football match on TV this evening. [04陕西]
　　A. will have B. is going to be C. has D. is going to have

　　4. There is going to have a football match next Friday afternoon.
　　　　　　　　A 　　　B 　　　　　　　　　C 　　　D 
　　　(找错并改正)[04南京]

　　[扫描3]

　　英语中表示“有”的含义时可以用there be句型,也可以用have/has(got¹¹)表达，但二者在用法上有根本的区别：

　　there be句型表示存在，即某处有某物；have/has (got)表示所有、拥有，即某人(物)有……。如：
　　They have a beautiful home.
　　I’ve got an idea.

　　在there be句型中be的形式不能用have/has替代。

　　答案要点：根据以上分析可得：1. C 2. B 3. B 4. B(应把have改成be)

　　考点四：考查there be的反意疑问句

　　1. There is a beautiful clock on the wall, ________? [03桂林]
　　A. isn’t there B. is there C. isn’t it D. doesn’t it

　　2. There is little milk in the bottle, ________? [03广东]
　　A. isn’t it B. is it C. isn’t there D. is there

　　3. There was no time for the twins to go shopping, ________ ________?(完成反意疑问句) [03哈尔滨]

　　[扫描4]

　　there be句型的反意疑问句必须用there进行反问，这时需要注意的是there be句型中是否有seldom, hardly¹², little, few, no, nothing, nobody之类的否定词或半否定词，若有，则该部分应看成是否定的，反意疑问部分必须用肯定式。如果there be中带有否定的前缀的词，则该部分应看成肯定式，反意疑问部分仍要用否定形式。如: There was an unusual¹³ bike under the tree, wasn’t there?

　　答案要点：根据扫描4可得，1. A 2. D 3. was there