Grammar

THERE + TO BE

THERE + TO BE + SUBJECT + ADVERBIAL MODIFIER OF PLACE/TIME

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Affirmative Sentence +	Interrogative sentence ?	Negation -
1. There are two seriously ill patients in this ward.	1. Are there many patients in this ward?	1. There are no seriously ill patients in this ward.
2. There was an epidemic of diphtheria this year.	2. Was there аn epidemic of diphtheria this year?	2. There was no epidemic of diphtheria this year.
3. There will be an operation tomorrow.	3. Will there be an operation tomorrow?	3. There will not be three operations tomorrow.
Переклад на українську мову необхідно починати з кінця, тобто з обставини місця/часу. Порівняйте наступні речення: There are a lot of medical scientific journals in the university library. В бібліотеці університету є багато медичних наукових видань. There was a lecture on Anatomy yesterday. Вчора була лекція з анатомії. There will be many new subjects at the second year. На другому курсі буде багато нових предметів.

Exercise 10. Insert the necessary form of the verb “to be” and translate the sentences. Make them interrogative and negative as in the example:

e.g. There are a lot of students in this group. – В цій групі багато студентів.

Are there many students in this group?

There aren’t many students in this group.

1. There … always much snow in winter.

2. There … ten students in the classroom now.

3. There … a polyclinic here ten years ago.

4. There … some children’s hospitals in our city.

5. There … about 206 bones in a person’s body.

6. There … some interesting articles in this journal next month.

7. There … four patients in the intensive care unit now.

8. There … a lot of unbelievable facts in our future presentation.

9. There … two departments at each chemist’s.

10. There … a poster “Smoking leads to lung cancer” on the hospital wall last week.

Exercise 11. Translate into English:

1. У цієї палаті інфекційні хворі.

2. У цій групі багато студентів.

3. У нашому місті багато вищих навчальних закладів.

4. У цієї аптеці багато фармацевтів?

5. Не має часу для гри у теніс.

6. На столі багато пігулок?

7. В операційні декілька хірургів та медсестер.

8. На стіні декілька картин.

9. Сьогодні в лікарні не має нових пацієнтів з інфекційними захворюваннями.

10. У палаті 4 ліжка.

Exercise 12. Make questions to underlined words:

1. After asking questions the physicians performs physical examination.

2. The working day of a district doctor begins at 8 o`clock.

3. Peter and Mary are absent because they are ill.

4. This pretty young woman is the doctor from our district polyclinic.

5. A physician deals with every case carefully and attentively.

6. A nurse comes to the patient`s house to make him an injection.

7. Careful examination helps the doctor to make a correct diagnosis and prescribe proper treatment.

8. The district physicians examine patients with great care.

9. The doctor usually begins his examination with questioning the patient carefully.

10. While visiting patients at their homes a district doctor washes his hands, puts on his white gown, and then performs examination.