There is/are

1. Fill in the blanks with a suitable form of the verb to be:

1. Soon there … … a new film on.

2. There … a new cloth on the table.

3. There … 7 days in a week.

4. There … many large cities in our country.

5. There … much work last week.

6. … there a lamp over the table? Yes, there … .

7. … there … a flight for Moscow tomorrow? – Yes, there … .

8. There … a lot of stars and planets in space.

9. Some years ago there … many old houses in our street.

10. When I came into the room there … nobody there.

2. Rewrite the following sentences in the past and in the future:

1. There are many new books in our library.

2. There is little milk in the bottle.

3. There is much snow in winter.

4. There are three rooms in our flat.

5. There are 5 theatres in our city.

3. Fill in the blanks with “there is, there are, there was, there will be, there would be”:

1. “… a bookshop near here?” – “Yes, … one in Hill Street.”

2. The journey took a long time. … a lot of traffic.

3. “… a new restaurant nearby?” – “Yes, … a restaurant at the corner.”

4. … nothing interesting on television, so I turned it off.

5. … an accident in King Street yesterday.

6. A few days ago … a storm.

7. If people drove more carefully, … fewer accidents.

8. When we got to the cinema, … a queue outside.

9. I think everything will be O’K. I don’t think … any problems.

10. Look at the sky. … a storm.

4. Insert “it” or “there”:

1. … is an interesting article in this magazine. I advise you to read … .

2. … is very pleasant to walk about the countryside when … is not very hot and … is enough sunshine and … are no clouds in the sky and … isn’t going to rain.

3. Where … is life … is hope.

4. What is … you want to ask?

5. Once upon a time … lived a beautiful princess.

6. … was a rainy day but … was no wind.

7. … is nothing but your imagination.

8. … was a long time ago.

9. What is … in this picture?

10. … is no place like home.

5. Translate into English:

1. На каждом столе есть меню.

2. Недалеко от моего дома есть хорошее кафе.

3. В комнате есть какая-нибудь мебель? – Нет, там ничего нет.

4. На столе есть какая-нибудь посуда? – Да, там есть несколько тарелок и стаканов.

5. В кафе обычно много посетителей.

6. В меню обычно много разных блюд.

7. В этом кафе хорошие и недорогие обеды.

8. Есть кто-нибудь здесь?

9. На столе есть что-нибудь? – Нет, там ничего нет.

Articles (a (an) / the)

1. Use the / a / an / – in the following sentences:

   1. Can you play … piano?

   2. I can’t find … letter which I received this morning.

   3. My favorite subject at school is … History.

   4. We often go to … theatre.

   5. … Urals are old and not very high.

   6. Are you going to … country on … Saturday?

   7. … United Kingdom includes … Great Britain and … Northern Ireland.

   8. For breakfast my sister takes … tea and I usually take … coffee.

   9. To tell … truth, I didn’t expect to see him.

   10. … Earth goes round … Sun.

   11. Does … Mark speak … Spanish?

   12. … name of … street is Haymarket.

   13. … Thames flows through … London.

   14. … students of our group like to spend their free time together.

   15. Will you play … chess with me?

   16. … Lake Baikal is the deepest one in the world.

   17. Tom is going to take … his fishing-rod.

   18. … window in my room is large, that’s why … room is light.

   19. … film is good, but I don’t like … music in it.

   20. There is … French film on at … club.

2. Fill in the blanks with a / an / the / –:

   1. I have … brother, but I have no … sister.

   2. Near my … house there is … book shop.

   3. … capital of … Japan is … Tokyo.

   4. … population of … Russia is 146 mln. people.

   5. Sasha is … 16.

   6. … January is … coldest month here.

   7. In … evening Oleg likes to stay at … home.

   8. This is … shortest way to the castle.

   9. The Russian scientists were the first to photograph the far side of … Moon.

   10. … London stands on … Thames.

   11. This is … house where I was born.

   12. … Chemistry and … Physics are my favourite subjects.

   13. He has got good knowledge of … English.

   14. He goes to … school by bus.

   15. Pass me a cup of … coffee, please.

   16. I don’t go to … cinema.

   17. Tom likes playing … tennis, Sam enjoys playing … darts, Laura prefers playing … piano all days long.

   18. I hate … milk.

   19. You are … honest person.

   20. In … north … Russian Federation is washed by many seas.

3. Use the appropriate articles instead of the blanks in the sentences:

   1. There is no … shop near our … school.

   2. Every … morning Boris goes to … school, … school is not far.

   3. He lives … next door to me.

   4. Here is … book I bought yesterday.

   5. We have received a letter from an English girl, … girl writes in … letter, that she wants to correspond with … Russian pupils.

   6. … boys, stop talking, please!

   7. He has … lunch in this café.

   8. … Elbrus is … highest mountain in Russia.

   9. … USA is washed by … Atlantic Ocean and … Pacific Ocean.

   10. In … front of … house there is … park.

   11. I was there … last month.

   12. She has got good knowledge of … English language.

   13. … highest regions in … USA are … Rocky Mountains, … Appalachian Mountains and … Cordillera Mountains.

   14. To … left of school there is … garden.

   15. Nina is … doctor.

   16. We are for … friendship all over … world.

   17. … British are known to be reticent, well-mannered and polite.

   18. He lives in … Kuznetsov Street.

   19. … milk is in … refrigerator. Take it!

   20. He has been working for half … hour.

4. Insert the appropriate articles where it’s necessary:

1. I think … apples are good for you.

2. Do you know … man who lives next door?

3. Could you bring me … cake and … cup of … tea?

4. … classes at … Institute begin at 8 o’clock in … morning.

5. We get … milk from … cows.

6. … USA consist of 50 states.

7. … Oxford University is one of … most ancient universities in … world.

8. This is … nice house. Has it got … garden?

9. Could you close … window, please?

10. What is ... highest mountain in … world?

11. I’m going to revise … words of … Lesson 23.

12. There is … new school in the village.

13. If you go to … St. Petersburg by … plane it will take you … hour.

14. … Germany is situated in … Europe to … west of … Russia.

15. It’s such … good day for … country walk today.

16. We opened … window to let in … fresh air.

17. Whom would you like to invite to … dinner?

18. Have you finished … letter?

19. … school year begins on … 1^st of September.

20. What are your plans for … weekend?

V. Put in a or the where it is necessary:

1. Amazon in Brazil is longest river in South America.

2. Japan and United States are separated by Pacific Ocean.

3. While we were in London we stayed at Royal Hotel in Albert Street near Trafalgar Square.

4. Next day we went to Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey.

5. On first morning we went to British Museum and had lunch at MacDonald’s in the Church Street.

6. I spoke to official and he gave me very good advice.

7. They have just bought new house with small garden.

8. We have just had dinner with Smiths.

VI. Insert the appropriate articles where it is necessary:

… teacher has finished writing … words on … blackboard. Facing … class he is asking us … questions. Now he is calling out …student who is sitting next to me. Boris is answering … teacher’s questions. Suddenly … teacher notices one of … students writing something. “What are you doing there?” he asked. “I am doing … exercise,“ is … answer. ”Stop doing that. Listen to … following text”.

VII. Use the appropriate articles instead of the blanks in the sentences:

1. Do you want some more coffee? No, thank you. … coffee is very strong.

2. They’ve moved to … new flat.

3. I’m going to revise … words of … lesson 23.

4. Have you ever been to … South America?

5. When he was in London he stayed at … Smiths.

6. London stands on … Thames.

7. … Brazil exports coffee.

8. I’d like … glass of … mineral water.

9. I usually go to … Crimea in … summer.

10. Next year he is going to … school.

11. … Lake Baikal is in … Siberia.

12. This is … deepest lake in … world.

13. … Irish Sea is situated between … Great Britain and … Ireland, which make … British Isles.

14. He often had to go on … business all over … country.

15. … Caucasus are higher than … Urals.

16. Where is … money? I can’t find it.

17. - Have you been to … theatre?

- Yes, I enjoyed … performance greatly.

VIII. Insert the necessary articles:

1. … Moscow is situated on … Moscow River. … Moscow is … river that moves very slowly. There is … canal called … Moscow-Volga Canal, which joins … Moscow to … Volga. … Volga runs into … Caspian Sea.

2. There is … splendid view of … Lake Geneva from this hotel.

3. … Chicago is on … Lake Michigan.

4. Several rivers run into … sea at … New York. … most important is … Hudson River, which empties into … Atlantic Ocean. Besides … Hudson there are … two other rivers: … East River and … Harlem River.

5. My friends have travelled … lot. This year they are going to fly to … Canary Islands.

6. In … Siberia there are many long rivers: … Ob, … Irtysh, … Yenissei, … Lena, and … Amur.

7. Which river flows through … London? … Thames.

8. … Altai Mountains are … higher than … Urals.

9. … United Kingdom consists of … Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

10. Of which country is … Washington … capital? … United States.

IX. Fill in the blanks with a / an / the / –:

1. Nobody thought that … book would be so popular with … reader.

2. While doing … exercise 25 I made … few mistakes.

3. Have you heard … latest news?

4. She has been interested in … History since her childhood.

5. … child was grateful to me because I didn’t say who had broken … cup.

6. … Christmas is my favourite holiday.

7. He reads … Daily Telegraph and his wife reads … Daily Mail.

8. How long have you been in … hospital?

9. He became as white as … snow.

10. … English are very fond of … tea.

11. He was born on … bank of … Volga River.

12. I’ve never visited … Tower of London.

13. We’ll go to … country in … fine weather, but today we’ll stay at … home.

14. He always tells me … truth.

15. He left … university without doing examinations.

16. I like to read in … bed.

X. Insert the appropriate articles where it is necessary:

1. … mother bought … ice-cream for … daughter.

2. … English are proud of their national culture.

3. Where did you have … coat made?

4. How many flats are there in … houses?

5. … film we saw last night was excellent.

6. You will read … book with … pleasure.

7. In … winter they used to plan what they would do on … warm day in … summer.

8. I was very thirsty, so I took … second cup of tea.

9. He was … only student who gave … right answer to … teacher’s question.

10. On April 12, 1961 … whole world learned about … man in … space.