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7 There are three rooms on the second deck

When we talk about places and location, we often use there is and there are.

Example: There is a hospital on the ship.	(singular)
There are cabins on the 4th deck .	(plural)

Read this. The Captain describes the MV Transitor in detail.

Pay attention to there is / there are.

On the MV Transitor there are five decks. The engine room is below the first deck. There are three rooms on the first deck: the galley, the laundry and the storeroom. Above the laundry there is a hospital. It is on the second deck next to the ratings' messroom. To the right of the ratings' messroom is an office. There are no cabins on this deck but there are cabins on the third deck. There is one cabin for the Pilot and one for the Chief Officer. Between them is the officers' messroom. There is a cabin for the Master on the fourth deck between the radio room and the Chief Engineer's cabin. The radio room is to the left of the Master's cabin. The bridge is on the fifth deck.

Write sentences using there is or there are.

storeroom / first deck:

three rooms / first deck:

messroom / second deck:

two cabins / fourth deck:

galley / first deck:

two cabins / third deck:

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