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26. Fill in the blanks with prepositions and adverbs where necessary:

1. This is the first trip ….. the States for Gloria.

2. Herman has to catch …. another flight …. about an hour.

3. They still have to go …. customs.

4. Ladies and gentlemen, please make sure all your forms are filled …. and ready along …. your passport.

5. The carts are …. the other side … the hall under the sign.

6. A cart costs … a dollar fifty.

7. Is there anything Herman can help Gloria ….?

8. The problem is you’re standing …. the wrong carousel.

Unit 4 grammar: Конструкция there is / are

Предложения с конструкцией there is / are употребляются, чтобы указать на наличие или отсутствие какого-либо лица или предмета в определенном месте. Переводить такую конструкцию следует с обстоятельства места, например:

There is a newspaper on the table. На столе газета (есть, имеется, находится, лежит).

Образование утвердительной, отрицательной и некоторых вопросительных форм конструкции there is / are:

positive

negative

interrogative

There is a notebook on the table.

There is a notebook and two pencils on the table.

There is not (isn’t) a notebook on the table. There is no notebook on the table.

Is there a notebook on the table?

What is there on the table?

There are some notebooks on the table.

There are not (aren’t) any notebooks on the table. There are no notebooks on the table.

Are there any notebooks on the table?

В данную конструкцию кроме глагола to be могут входить и некоторые другие глаголы, например: to exist существовать, to come приходить, наступать и т.д.:

There exist many different ways to liquify gases. Существует (есть) много способов сжижения газов.

Если в предложении с конструкцией there is подлежащее определяется инфинитивом, то инфинитив переводится личной формой глагола, т. е. сказуемым с модальным оттенком: There are many measurements to be made. Следует сделать много измерений.

Запомните значение следующего сочетания: There is no question of ... – He может быть и речи о...

Grammar exercises

1. Read and translate the following sentences paying special attention to the usage of the construction there is / are:

1. There is quite a number of private – fee-paying primary and secondary schools in our country. 2. There are a lot of good equipped laboratories in our university. 3. There is a lot of noise in this room. 4. Is there anything worrying you? 5. How many continents are there on the map? – There are six continents and four oceans on it. 6. There are nine million bicycles in Beijing. 7. Are there many contemporary entertainments in your city? 8. What is there on the table? – There’re some textbooks and pencils on it. 9. In his car there is a climate control system, a CD player, a videocassette recorder, a phone and fax machine. 10. There are a lot of problems with this theory. 11. There is some discrepancy in the results obtained. 12. There is no question of anything solid or liquid or living surviving on the incandescent surface of the Sun. 13. There are several available books dealing with the current use of rockets for high-altitude research.