curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/learn-conversation-starters-in-the-break-room/657ddaaf8d89b4a56e3fdf78.md
Maria mentions that she doesn't know of any theater in the area. When you want to express that something does not exist or is not present somewhere, you use there isn't for singular nouns or there aren't for plural nouns.
There isn't is a contraction of there is not.
There aren't is a contraction of there are not.
Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.
BLANK any theater around here that I know of. The bookstores I remember are all downtown.
There isn't
It's a short form of there is not, used to say that something does not exist or is not present.
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