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There is a lighthouse on the beach.

• Hay un faro en la playa.

There is a store round the corner.

• Hay una tienda a la vuelta de la esquina.

There are two houses near the station.

• Hay dos casas cerca de la estación.

There are three schools in this town.

• Hay tres escuelas en esta ciudad.

There was a party last night.

• Hubo una fiesta anoche.

There was a kitten in the basket.

• Había un gatito en la canasta.

There were many people at the concert.

• Había mucha gente en el recital.

There were many accidents last night.

• Hubo muchos accidentes anoche.

There has been a hurricane.

• Ha habido un huracán.

There has been a burglary.

• Ha habido un robo en la casa.

There have been two calls.

• Ha habido dos llamados.

There have been some problems lately.

• Ha habido algunos problemas últimamente.

There had been many robberies in this neighborhood.

• Había habido muchos robos en este barrio.

There had been lack of communication between Sam and Linda.

• Había habido falta de comunicación entre Sam y Linda.

There will be a party tonight.

• Habrá una fiesta esta noche.

There will be five guests to dinner tomorrow.

• Habrá cinco invitados a cenar mañana.

There will have been much money in the safe.

• Habrá habido mucho dinero en la caja fuerte.

There will have been a letter from Anne in the mail.

• Habrá habido una carta de Anne en el correo.

There would be a live orchestra at the wedding.

• Habría una orsta en vivo en el casamiento.

There would be some news from the summit meeting.

• Habría noticias de la reunión cumbre.

There would have been many musicians playing Carmen.

• Habría habido muchos músicos interpretando Carmen.

There would have been many people at the zoo.

• Habría habido mucha gente en el zoológico.

There can be a fire.

• Puede haber un incendio.

There can be an earthquake in San Francisco.

• Puede haber un terremoto en San Francisco.

There could be many injured people.

• Pudo haber muchos heridos.

There could be no answer from Helen.

• Podría no haber respuesta de Helen.

There may be a storm.

• Puede haber una tormenta.

There may be a flood in this area.

• Puede haber una inundación en esta zona.

There might be blackouts tonight.

• Podría haber apagones esta noche.

There might be a food shortage next week.

• Podría haber una escasez de alimentos la semana próxima.

There should be a warning.

• Debería haber una advertencia.

There should be someone watching that child.

• Debería haber alguien vigilando a ese niño.

There must be a way out.

• Debe haber una salida.

There must be a mistake.

• Debe haber un error.

There could have been a mistake.

• Podría haber habido un error.

There could have been a failure in the airplane.

• Pudo haber habido una avería en el avión.

There might have been an explosion.

• Podría haber habido una explosión.

There might have been a car crash.

• Podría haber habido un choque.

There should have been warnings.

• Debería haber habido advertencias.

There should have been a report from the chairman.

• Debería haber habido un informe del presidente.

There must have been an error.

• Debe haber habido un error.

There must have been a theft.

• Debe haber habido un hurto.

There has to be a solution.

• Tiene que haber una solución.

There has to be some news from Jack.

• Tiene que haber noticias de Jack.

There have to be several solutions.

• Tiene que haber varias soluciones.

There have to be many good ideas.

• Tiene que haber muchas ideas buenas.

There had to be a cause.

• Tuvo que haber una causa.

There had to be a reason.

• Tenía que haber una razón.

There has to have been a reason.

• Tiene que haber habido una razón.

There has to have been a doubt.

• Tiene que haber habido una duda.

There have to have been many reasons.

• Tiene que haber habido muchas razones.

There have to have been many questions.

• Tiene que haber habido muchas preguntas.

There had to have been a purpose.

• Tuvo que haber habido un propósito.

There had to have been an ulterior motive.

• Tenía que haber habido un motivo oculto.

There is going to be a celebration.

• Va a haber una celebración.

There is going to be a tango show next weekend.

• Va a haber un espectáculo de tango el fin de semana viene.

There are going to be many guest speakers at the conference.

• Va a haber muchos oradores invitados en la conferencia.

There are going to be many workers at the construction site.

• Va a haber muchos trabajadores en la obra en construcción.

There was going to be a party yesterday.

• Iba a haber una fiesta ayer.

There was going to be an exhibition last week.

• Iba a haber una exposición la semana pasada.

There were going to be a host and a hostess at the cocktail.

• Iba a haber un anfitrión y una anfitriona en el cóctel.

There were going to be many booths at the trade show.

• Iba a haber muchos puestos en la feria.