Interrogative and negative forms

Is therea telephone in your room?–No,there isn’t.

No,there is notelephone in my room.

Was therea meeting at the institute?–No,there wasn’t.

Will there bemany people there? –No,there won’t.

No,there won’t beany people there.

Exercise 10. 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 there. 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. 13. _______ much snow in Moscow last winter. 14. _____ a storm yesterday. 15. _____ no sunshine tomorrow. 16. How many pages ______ in the book? 17. On the table _____ two exercise books and a textbook.

Exercise 11. Ask questions to the following statements, then answer them according to the pattern.

Pattern: There is a good programme on TV tonight.

- Is there a good programme on TV tonight?

- Yes, there is.

There aren’t any theaters in my town.

- Are there any theatres in your town?

- No, there are not / there aren’t.

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. 12. There are twelve months in a year. There are four seasons in a year. 13. There is much snow in winter. 14. There isn’t any butter on the plate. 15. There is little milk in the bottle.

Exercise 12. Agree with the following statements using “there is/are”.

Examples: You’ve got three members in your family. – Yes, there are three members in my family.

You can see a boy in the picture. – Yes, there is a boy in the picture.

1. You’ve got a book in front of you. 2. She’s got many foreign books in her library. 3. They’ve got many pets at home. 4. She’s got three mistakes in her test. 5. You’ve got no laboratory on the first floor. 6. You can see a farm near the forest. 7. You can see a lot of interesting pictures in this book. 8. You can see a TV set in the hall. 9. You can see a large family in this picture. 10. You can see many difficult words in this text. 11. You can see many countries on this map. 12. You can see two sentences on the blackboard.

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