THERE BE

Significa 'haber' (de existir). There + be se utiliza para hablar acerca de la existencia de algo, por lo tanto, ubicamos el sujeto real después del verbo.

There is - hay (singular)
There are - hay (plural)
There was - hubo, había (singular)
There were - hubo, había (plural)

There has been - ha habido (singular)
There have been - ha habido (plural)
There had been - había habido

There will be - habrá
There will have been - habrá habido
There would be - habría
There would have been - habría habido

There can be - Puede haber
There could be - podría / pudo haber
There may be - Puede haber
There might be - podría haber

There should be - debería haber
There must be - debe haber

There could have been - podría/pudo haber habido
There might have been - podría haber habido
There should have been - debería haber habido
There must have been - debe haber habido

There has to be - tiene que haber (singular)
There have to be - tiene que haber (plural)
There had to be - tuvo/tenía que haber (plural)

There has to have been - tiene que haber habido (singular)
There have to have been - tiene que haber habido (plural)
There had to have been - tuvo/tenía que haber habido

There is going to be - va a haber (singular)
There are going to be - va a haber (plural)
There was going to be - Iba a haber (singular)
There were going to be - Iba a haber (plural)

There is (singular) - hay
There are (plural) - hay
There was (singular) - hubo, había
There were (plural) - hubo, había

• 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 (singular) - ha habido
There have been (plural) - ha habido
There had been - había habido

• 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 - habrá
There will have been - habrá habido
There would be - habría
There would have been - habría habido

• 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 - Puede haber
There could be - podría / pudo haber
There may be - Puede haber
There might be - podría haber

• 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 - debería haber
There must be - debe haber

• 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 - podría/pudo haber habido
There might have been - podría haber habido
There should have been - debería haber habido
There must have been - debe haber habido

• 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 - Tiene que haber (singular)
There have to be - Tiene que haber (plural)
There had to be - tuvo / tenía haber

• 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 - tiene que haber habido (singular)
There have to have been - tiene que haber habido (plural)
There had to have been - tuvo/tenía que haber habido

• 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 - va a haber (singular)
There are going to be - va a haber (plural)
There was going to be - Iba a haber (singular)
There were going to be - Iba a haber (plural)

• 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.