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There + to be and short answers
There + to be and Short Answers
THERE IS/ARE
EXERCISE 1
Complete the sentences with “there is” or “there are”.
e.g. There’s a bathroom on the ground floor.
There are two bathrooms in the house.
____________ eight rooms in the house.
____________ a kitchen on the ground floor.
____________ a bathroom upstairs.
____________ two armchairs in the living room.
____________ an old mirror in the bedroom.
EXERCISE 2.
Rewrite the affirmative sentences in exercise 1 to make questions.
e.g. Is there a bathroom on the ground floor?
Are there two bathrooms in the house?
EXERCISE 3.
Rewrite the sentences in exercise 2 in the negative form.
e.g. There isn’t a bathroom on the ground floor.
There aren’t two bathrooms in the house.
EXERCISE 4.
Answer the questions with short answers.
e.g. Is there a bathroom downstairs?
Yes, there is.
Is there a bedroom downstairs?
No, there isn’t.
Are there three bedrooms upstairs?
Yes, there are.
Are there two kitchens downstairs?
No, there aren’t.
Is there a kitchen upstairs?
No, ______________
Are there three sofas in the living room?
No, ______________
Are there two armchairs?
Yes, _____________
Is there a garden?
Yes, _____________
Is there a dog in the garden?
No, ______________
EXERCISE 5
Look at the pictures of the house and answer the questions with short answers.
1. Is there a sofa in the living room? _____________________
Are there three bedrooms in the house? _____________________
3. Is there a kitchen upstairs? _____________________
4. Are there two bathrooms upstairs? _____________________
5. Is there a table downstairs? _____________________
THERE WAS/ THERE WERE
EXERCISE 1.
Fill in the blanks using there was/wasn’t or there were/weren’t
E.g. There were many dead bodies in the scene of the crime.
At the station ___________ only one direct train.
___________ a bank robbery yesterday.
___________ fingerprints all over the place.
___________ any fingerprints in the knife.
___________ an inspector who interviewed all the suspects.
___________ any wounds on the victim’s body.
___________ many people in the underground yesterday.
___________ a special offer on first class tickets.
___________ enough time to hear the suspects alibi.
___________ a winner in last night’s lottery.
PRESENT PERFECT OF THERE IS/THERE ARE
EXERCISE 1.
Correct the following sentences, using the present perfect.
e.g. There is a lot of interest in the stock exchange since the 1920’s.
There has been a lot of interest in the stock exchange since the 1920’s.
There are many accidents in the underground since 1995.
In the last 50 years, there is an increase in the price of train tickets.
There are many changes in my timetable since I started working.
There are some special offers in the mall since last summer.
In my neighbourhood there are some robberies lately.
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