Tag questions

There is a Book Fair in the Cultural Centre, isn't there? - Yes, there is. / No, there isn't.

There aren't many problems with this new job, are there? - No, there aren't. / Yes, there are.

Exercise 16. Give the correct tag to these sentences.

1. There's a restaurant in the park, __?

2. There're a lot of mistakes in his test, __?

3. There isn't much time left, __?

4. There's no milk in the fridge, __?

5. There isn't any tea in the pot, __?

6. There are 26 letters in the English alphabet, __?

7. There aren't many old buildings here, __?

Articles

	Indefinite Article	Definite Article	Zero Article
USAGE AND MEANING	is used with there is/are There is a book and, two pens on the table. There are two pens and a book on the table.	is used when: a) it's clear from the situation which thing or person we mean Where's Tom? - He's in the garden. b) with some words the bank, the post office, the airport, the station ... c) with names of hotels, restaurants, theatres, cinemas, museums the Hilton, the Bombay Restaurant, the Bolshoy Theatre, the Odeon, the Pushkin Museum d) with ordinal numbers the first, the second ...	with names of streets, roads, squares Red Square Regent Street Cromwell Road

Exercise 17. Put in the or -.

1. How far is it from here to ___ airport?

2. Do you live near ___ city centre?

3. "Where's Fred?" - "He's in ___ kitchen".

4. The British Prime Minister lives in ___ Downing Street 10.

5. "Where's ___ Grand Hotel?" - "It's in ___ South Street."

6. Excuse me, can you tell me where ___ post office is?

7. Could you close ___ door, please!

8. ___ Science Museum is in London.

Exercise 18. Put in a, the.

1. There is ___ desk in ___ room.

2. ___ desk is against ___ wall.

3. There's ___ word processor on ___ desk.

4. ___ word processor is next to ___ telephone.

5. ___ telephone is on ___ desk.

6. There is ___ photo on ___ wall behind ___ reading lamp.

7. There are two chairs beside ___ sofa.

8. There are three people on ___ sofa: ___ man and two women.

Exercise 19. Put in a/an, the, a lot of, many, much, some, any.

Mrs. Smith's kitchen is modern, nice and clean, with ___ (1) cupboards. There's ___ (2) washing machine, ___ (3) fridge and ___ (4) electric cooker but there isn't ___ (5) dishwasher. There are ___ (6) lovely pictures on ___ (7) walls of ___ (8) kitchen, but there aren't ___ ( 9) photos. There's ___ (10) radio near ___ (11) cooker on ___ (12) left. There is ___ (13) table in ___ (14) middle of ___ (15) room. On ___ (16) table there's ___ (17) vase with ___ (18) flowers in it. There are also ___ (19) apples and oranges on ___ (20) kitchen table. Oh! And there are ___ (21) cups and plates next to ___ (22) sink.

Exercise 20. Read the text about Glasgow. Put in a, the, -, some, any, much, many, a lot of.

Glasgow is certainly ___ (1) good place to study ___ (2) architecture. Everywhere there are ___ (3) wonderful buildings like the School of Art designed by ___ (4)Charles Rennie Mackintoch. There are ___ (5) museum sand art galleries. ___ (6) city is rather cosmopolitan. There are ___ (7) good Greek, Chinese and Italian restaurants, though there aren't ___ (8) Russian ones. It is not difficult to travel in ___ (9) city. There isn't ___ (10) traffic.___ (11) underground is very cheap, and even ___ (12) taxis are not expensive.___ (13) centre of ___ (14) city is well planned, with ___ (15) good shopping mall. There are ___ (16) eight theatres, as well as ___ (17)concert halls and cinemas, and if you are fond of live music, there are ___ (18) pubs and clubs where you can hear it. There is ___ (19) beautiful countryside not far away and you can play golf if you are interested. There are not ___ (20) bad points. But it's probably not ___ (21) very good place to improve your English because of ___ (22) local accent.

Exercise 21. Complete each sentence. Write There're, They're or Their in the blank.

1. __ actresses.

2. __ names are Claudia and Jose.

3. __ a lot of theatres in the city.

4. __ some nice cafes on that street.

6. __ son is at school now.

7. __ a lot of books and magazines on the table.

8. __ nice and sociable people.