1. Translate the sentences into Russian.

1. There is a garden near the house. 2. There are some newspapers on the table. 3. There is some chalk in the box. 4. Is there anybody in the corridor? 5. There are no mistakes in your test. 6. There was a concert at the University last Sunday. 7. There won’t be many exams in winter. 8. There are a lot of problems to solve. 9. There will be a lot of people at the conference. 10. There will be a lot of fruit in our garden.

2. Complete the sentences with the right form of the verb to be.

1. There______ two men at the door. 2. There_______ a good clothes shop not far from here. 3. There_______ a lot of people at the concert today. 4. There__________ a police woman over here. 5. There_________ a dog and a cat in the garden. 6.  There ________no money in my bank account. 7. There___________ four people in my family. 8. There_________ no news from my friends.

3. Complete the sentences with there is(isn’t)/there are(aren’t) constructions.

1.______a train to Manchester? 2. ________a new disco near the college? 3. _______a good restaurant in this street? 4. ________two hospitals in this town. 5.________many children in the pool? 6. __________three families in this house. 7. ___________a television in the flat? 8. ________a big grey cloud over there.

4. Write sentences using there is/there are with the help of the words given below. Choose for a word from each column to make up a sentence.

Example: There are seven days in a week.

seven letters September

nine players the USA

fifteen planets a rugby team

twenty-six days the Solar system

thirty days a week

fifty states the English alphabet

5. Ask questions to the following statements then answer them according to the example.

There is a good programme on TV tonight.

• Is there a good programme on TV tonight? - No, there isn 't.

There aren't any theatres in my town.

• Are there any theatres in your town? - Yes, there are.

1. There is a cat in the window. 2. There are a few changes in the text. 3. There are plenty of glasses in the cupboard. 4. There were a lot of people at the stadium. 5. There isn't anything on the plate. 6. There wasn't anybody in the room. 7. There are difficult exercises in this book. 8. There is something on the shelf. 9. There will be some interesting programmes on TV tomorrow. 10. There are several empty seats in the room. 11. There weren't any pears on the plate.

6. Use "there is (are)" construction in the necessary tense form.

1. Look! ........their telephone number in the letter. 2. Chichester is a very old town. …… many old buildings. 3. Excuse me, ………a restaurant near here? 4. How many students……….in your group? 5. I was hungry but………anything to eat. 6………..a football match on TV last night. 7………..many people at the meeting? 8. Look! ......... an accident. Call the ambulance! 9. …24 hours in a day. 10. This box is empty. ……………. nothing in it. 11. ……..somebody at the airport to meet you when you arrive tomorrow. 12. When we arrived at the cinema……..a long queue outside.