[要素一]There be句型常表示某处有某人或某物。例如:
　　There are more than fifty students in our class.
　　[要素二]There与be中间可插入一些表推测的情态动词、表时态的短语和一些动词短语。例如:
　　There must be a pen in the box.
　　There happened to be some money in my pocket.
　　注意:be不能换成have及have的变化形式;但be可以使用其变化形式,如been等。
　　[要素三]There be句型常与过去时间状语连用,构成一些固定句型,用于故事发生的开头,交代故事发生的时间。例如:
　　Many years ago, there was such a fisherman.
　　[要素四]There be句型也可以换成There live/lie/stand,表某处有某人或某物。例如:
　　There lies a city to the east of the hill.
　　[要素五]There be句型可换成There come/go,以引起注意,加强语气。例如:
　　There comes the bus.
　　[要素六]There be句型可换成There seem/appear,以表示某地似乎有某人或某物。例如:
　　There seems no students in the classroom.
　　[要素七]There being+名词,构成独立主格结构,可用来作原因状语。例如:
　　There being no bus, we had to walk home.
　　[要素八]There be句型或There加其他动词的句型的动词单复数,常采用就近一致的原则。例如:
　　There is a desk, two chairs and three benches in the room.
　　[要素九]There be或There加其他动词,其反意疑问句一律用…there? 例如:
　　There is a cat in the garden, isn’t there?
　　There used to be no school here, used there/did there?
　　(过去这儿没有学校,是吗?)