21. Make the sentences interrogative and negative

1. There's a blackboard in our classroom. 2. There are some English books on the table.3. There were very many mistakes in your dictation. 4. There's a new grammar rule in Lesson Four. 5. There was a telegram on the table.6. There was too little ink in my pen to write two letters.

22. Choose the right form of the verb to be from the brackets

1. There (is, are) a large table in my room. 2. There (is, are) three windows in my classroom. 3. There (is, are) a table and four chairs in my sister's room. 4. There (is, are) a blackboard, four tables and five chairs in our classroom. 5. There (is, are) a text-book and two exercise-books on my table. 6. There (wasn't, weren't) a school here in 1920. 7. There (was, were) very many children in the park yesterday.

23. Answer the questions:

1. What is there on the table?

2. How many books are there on the table?

3. What kind of books are there on the table?

4. Is there a blackboard in your classroom?

5. Are there many tables in your classroom?

6. How many tables are there in your classroom?

7. Are there many chairs in this room?

8. How many chairs are there in this room?

9. What is there in your classroom?

10. How many mistakes were there in your last dictation?

11. Were there many children in the theatre yesterday?

12. Was there an institute in your home town ten years ago?

13. How many institutes are there in your home town now?

14. How many theatres are there in Kyiv?

15. How many cinemas are there in the centre of Kyiv?

16. How many pages are there in this book?

24. Put the questions to the words given in bold type:

I. There's a nice park in our city. (1)2. There are five chairs in the room. (1)3. There are some English text-books on my table. (2) 4. There are a lot of mistakes in your exercise-book. (1)5. There were three mistakes in my dictation. (2) 6. There's a new cinema near my house. (1)7 Mary teaches her children to play the piano. (2)

25. Translate the sentences:

1. У нашому місті багато шкіл і п'ять інститутів. 2. Торік у нашій групі було двадцять студентів, а зараз тільки п'ятнадцять. 3. На тому столі багато журналів? — Ні, тільки два. 4. У цій кімнаті два вікна. 5. Які книги на тому столі? - На ньому російські й англійські книги.6.У нас на заводі багато інженерів. 7. На цьому столі нема (ніяких) зошитів.8. П'ять років тому біля нашого будинку не було школи, а тепер тут велика нова школа.

26. Answer the following questions:

1. How many days are there in January? 2. How many minutes are there in an hour? 3. How many rooms are there in your flat? 4. How many students are there in your group? 5. How much money is there in the box? 6. How much water is there in the kettle? 7. What is there on the table? 8. In whose room are there two windows? 9. Will there be many people in the park on Sunday?

27. Form questions to the words given in bold type.

1. There is a big park in the centre of the city. 2. There are two armchairs in the room. 3. There are twelve months in a year. 4. There was a school near my house before the war. 5. There were 50 hrivnas in his bag. 6. There will be no wars in future. 7. There will be a party tomorrow.

28. Make up sentences of your own using the construction there is / are.

1. traffic lights, at every corner, of the street.

2. a few English books, in our library.

3. a lot of parks and gardens, there.

4. time, to visit the museum, no.

5. some years ago, only, a few new houses, in our street.

6. time, to do this work, tomorrow?

7. an institute, in your town, five years ago?

8. in three years, a theatre, near my house?

29. Translate the sentences into English using the construction there is/are.

1. У нашому місті багато шкіл та інститутів. 2. На столі багато журналів і газет? - Ні, на столі мало журналів і газет. 3. У нашій групі було 14 студентів торік. 4. У Києві багато вокзалів? 5. Десять років тому недалеко від нашого будинку не було школи. 6. У цьому місті багато історичних пам'ятників. 7. Чи є хтось у кімнаті? - Там нікого немає. 8. За кілька хвилин буде фільм. 9. Ви можете йти додому. Сьогодні не буде більше занять

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