XII. Six speakers are telling about the things they do at home. Note, what room or part of the house each of them describes.

speaker 1
speaker 2
speaker 3
speaker 4
speaker 5
speaker 6

1. Open the brackets and choose the correct form:

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.

8. There (are, is) a huge garden behind the house.

9. There (are, is) block of flats in the multistory house.

10. There (are, is) fridge, two cabinets and a table in the kitchen.

2. Put in there is/there are:

1. … 12 students in our group. 2. … a pen on the table. 3. … no water in the glass. 4. … flowers in your garden? 5. … many people in the airport. 6. … no books in the library. 7. … an officer in the car. 8. … any questions? 9. … 5 notebooks in the computer class. 10. … an apple, bananas, and some cheese in the fridge. 11. … a credit card in my pocket. 12. … many talented boys in our school. 13. … no wild animals in the forest. 14. … little dog in the house. 15. … many doctors in the hospital?

3. Поставити наступні речення в негативну та запитальну форми.

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.

4. Розкрийте дужки, вибравши потрібну форму дієслова , підкресліть підмет і присудок.

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.

5. Поставити запитання до виділених слів.

1. 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)