2. Dummy Subject (Introductory) “There.”

There is used as dummy/ introductory subject to express existence/ presence of someone or something.

Present Perfect

There + has/have been + noun + period of time/ point of time

  • There has been a meeting since morning.
  • There has not been a meeting since morning.
  • Has there been a meeting since morning?
  • Has there not been a meeting since morning?
  • There have been meetings for two days.
  • There have not been meetings for two days.
  • Have there been meetings for two days?
  • Have there not been meetings for two days?

There + has/have been + adjective + noun + period of time/ point of time

  • There has been a good result since yesterday.
  • There has not been a good result since yesterday.
  • Has there been a good result since yesterday?
  • Has there not been a good result since yesterday?
  • There have been good results for many years.
  • There have not been good results for many years.
  • Have there been good results for many years?
  • Have there not been good results for many years?

There + has/have been + adverb + adjective + noun + period of time/ point of time

  • There has been a very good result since last week.
  • There has not been a very good result since last week.
  • Has there been a very good result since last week?
  • Has there not been a very good result since last week?
  • There have been very good results for a long time.
  • There have not been very good results for a long time.
  • Have there been very good results for a long time?
  • Have there not been very good results for a long time?

Past Perfect

There + had been + noun + period of time/ point of time

  • There had been a problem since last year.
  • There had not been a problem since last year.
  • Had there been a problem since last year?
  • Had there not been a problem since last year?
  • There had been problems for many years.
  • There had not been problems for many years.
  • Had there been problems for many years?
  • Had there not been problems for many years?

There + had been + adjective + noun + period of time/ point of time

  • There had been a serious issue since 2020.
  • There had not been a serious issue since 2020.
  • Had there been a serious issue since 2020?
  • Had there not been a serious issue since 2020?
  • There had been serious issues for a long time.
  • There had not been serious issues for a long time.
  • Had there been serious issues for a long time?
  • Had there not been serious issues for a long time?

There + had been + adverb + adjective + noun + period of time/ point of time

  • There had been a very serious issue since 2015.
  • There had not been a very serious issue since 2015.
  • Had there been a very serious issue since 2015?
  • Had there not been a very serious issue since 2015?
  • There had been very serious issues for many years.
  • There had not been very serious issues for many years.
  • Had there been very serious issues for many years?
  • Had there not been very serious issues for many years?

Future Perfect

There + will have been + noun + period of time/ point of time

  • There will have been a meeting for two hours by evening.
  • There will not have been a meeting for two hours by evening.
  • Will there have been a meeting for two hours by evening?
  • Will there not have been a meeting for two hours by evening?
  • There will have been meetings for many days by next week.
  • There will not have been meetings for many days by next week.
  • Will there have been meetings for many days by next week?
  • Will there not have been meetings for many days by next week?

There + will have been + adjective + noun + period of time/ point of time

  • There will have been a good improvement for two months by next year.
  • There will not have been a good improvement for two months by next year.
  • Will there have been a good improvement for two months by next year?
  • Will there not have been a good improvement for two months by next year?
  • There will have been good improvements for many years by 2030.
  • There will not have been good improvements for many years by 2030.
  • Will there have been good improvements for many years by 2030?
  • Will there not have been good improvements for many years by 2030?

There + will have been + adverb + adjective + noun + period of time/ point of time

  • There will have been a very good improvement for three months by next June.
  • There will not have been a very good improvement for three months by next June.
  • Will there have been a very good improvement for three months by next June?
  • Will there not have been a very good improvement for three months by next June?
  • There will have been very good improvements for many years by the end of this decade.
  • There will not have been very good improvements for many years by the end of this decade.
  • Will there have been very good improvements for many years by the end of this decade?
  • Will there not have been very good improvements for many years by the end of this decade?

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