9. There is / There are

9.1. Make the sentences negative and interrogative.

1. There’s a blackboard in our class-room. 2. There are some English books on the table. 3. There are many mistakes in your dictation. 4. There is a new grammar rule in the text. 5. There is a telegram on the table.

9.2. Put in is or are.

1. There … a large table in my room. 2. … there three windows in your classroom? 3. There … table and four chairs in my sister’s room. 4. There … very many children in the park. 5. … there text-books and two exercise-books on the table?

9.3. Answer the questions using there is / there area in the answers.

1. What is there on the table? 2. How many books are there on the table? 3. Are there many tables in your classroom? 4. How many tables are there in your classroom? 5. How many theatres are there in your home town? 6. Is there a museum in the centre of the city? 7. How many cinemas are there in the centre of Omsk?

9.4. Translate into Russian.

1. В нашем городе много школ и пять институтов. 2. На нашем столе много журналов? – Нет, только два. 3. Сколько комнат в твоей новой квартире? – Три: гостиная, кабинет и спальня. 4. В квартире есть мебель? – Да, есть стол, диван, два кресла, несколько стульев и книжный шкаф. 5. В холодильнике есть что-нибудь? – Ничего нет. 6. В комнате никого нет, но кто-то есть на кухне. 7. В доме есть телефон? – Да, есть, он на стене. 8. В комнате деда много интересных вещей. 9. Сколько у нас хлеба? – Много. 10. В вазе цветы, а воды нет.

much butter is there in the

How fridge?

many apples are there

9.5. Insert much or many and the verb to be in the correct form.

1. How … rooms … there in your flat? 2. How … balconies … there in her aunt’s flat? 3. How … furniture … there in your sister’s room? 4. How … conveniences … there in your house? 5. How … juice … there in the fridge? 6. How … dirt … there in your flat? 7. How … armchairs … there in the sitting room? 8. How … milk … there left?

9.6. Put in there is / isn’t; there are / aren’t; Is there …?;

Are there …?

Pattern: Novosibirsk isn’t an old city. There aren’t any old buildings.

1. Look! … a photograph of your brother in the newspaper! 2. Excuse me, … a bank near here? – Yes, at the end of the street. 3. … fine people in my family: my parents, my two sisters me. 4. How many students … in the class? – Twenty. 5. Can we take a photograph? – No, … a film in the camera. 6. … a bus from the city centre to the airport? – Yes, every 20 minutes. 7. … any problems? – No, everything is OK.

There is	It is
There’s a book on the table	I like this book. It’s interesting (it = this book)

9.7. Put in There is / Is there …? It’s / Is it …?

Pattern: There’s a train at 10.30. Is it a fast train?

1. I’m not going to buy this shirt. … very expensive. 2. What’s wrong? … something in my eye. 3. … a red car outside the house. … yours? 4. … anything on television tonight? – Yes, … a film at 8.15. 5. What’s that building? - … a school. 6. … a restaurant in this hotel? – No, I’m afraid not. 7. … always much snow in this country in winter. 8. … too much sugar in the tea. … too sweet, much too sweet. 9. … sunny but … a strong wind; 10. … a dark street, and in that dark street … a dark gloom house.