Exercise 11 Translate the sentences.

1. There are a lot of English books and dictionaries in our library. 2. There is no place like home. 3. There will be some relatives at our wedding. 4. There exist many interesting books on this subject. 5. There stands a new house at the corner of the street. 6. There may be many ways of solving this problem. 7. There were many children in the street walking to school with flowers in their hands. 8. There is a wide network of railways in our country. 9. Without transportation there could be no civilization. 10. There were no mistakes in her test paper.

Exercise 12 Say these sentences in the Past and Future Simple.

1. There are twelve students in our group. 2. There is a letter for him on the table. 3. There is an underground station nearby. 4. Is there anything I can do for you? 5. There is no bread left. 6. There is nothing to add. 7. There is some flour on the shelf. 8. There are different sources of energy.

Exercise 13 Fill in the gaps with there + to be in the appropriate tense.

1.... some celebrities at his birthday party last night. 2.... many students and teachers in the club tomorrow. 3.... a new underground station in this district in a year? 4.... an invisible magnetic field between the poles of the magnet. 5.... a meeting at the University yesterday. 6.... some pictures on the wall. 7.... somebody in the corridor when I entered. 8.... an opposition to the party in power. 9.... a lot of guests at his wedding yesterday. 10.... a lot of sights in Kiev. 11. When he explained everything,... a long pause. 12.... any milk left?

Exercise 14 Fill in the blanks with it is or there is.

1.... warm in the room. 2.... a theatre in our street. 3.... a lot of work to do. 4.... five o’clock in the afternoon. 5.... so nice seeing you again. 6.... nothing to be done about this. 7.... often a rainbow after rain. 8.... a lot of snow this year. 9.... very strange that he is late. 10.... a ‘Who, Where, When’ contest at our Academy today. 11.... cold today;... a strong wind. 12.... dark;... no moon. 13.... time to begin our lesson. 14.... no time to explain everything. 15.... too early to leave yet.

Exercise 15 Change the sentences according to the model.

Model: He has a TV set in his room. – There is a TV set in his room.

1. She has a few English books in her library. 2. The list includes only volunteers. 3. She had a message in her e-mail. 4. They have no conveniences in their country house. 5. I had no money left on my account. 6. He didn’t have any furniture in his flat. 7. I have some facts to prove it in my report. 8. We’ll have a new seminar next week.

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