I. Особенности перевода.

1. Перевод следует начинать:

а) с обстоятельства места (см. таблицу);

б) со сказуемого, если обстоятельство места отсутствует («существует …»).

There are many ancient legends. – Существует много древ- них легенд.

2. В зависимости от ситуации конструкцию можно переводить словами «лежит», «стоит», «висит»:

There is a table near the window. – У окна стоит стол.

Временные формы there/be

Время	Утвердительные предложения	Отрицательные предложения	Вопросительные предложения
Present	There is a café near the park. (Около парка есть кафе.) There are many cars near the park. (Около парка много машин.)	There is no (isn’t a) café near the park. (Около парка нет кафе.) There are no (aren’t any) cars near the park. (Около парка нет машин.)	Is there a café near the park ? (Около парка есть кафе?) Are there many cars near the park? (Около парка много машин?)
Past	There was a café near the park. (Около парка было кафе.) There were many cars near the park yesterday .	There was no (wasn’t a) café near the park. (Около парка не было кафе.) There were no (weren’t any) cars near the café yesterday.	Was there a café near the park? (Около парка было кафе?) Were there many cars near the park yesterday?
Future	There will be a café near the park. (Около парка будет кафе.) There will be many cars near the park tomorrow.	There will be no (won’t be a) café near the park. (Около парка не будет кафе.) There will be no (won’t be any) cars near the park tomorrow.	Will there be a café near the park? (Около парка будет кафе?) Will there be many cars near the park tomorrow?

2. Особенности употребления:

1. Глагол to be (is, are, was, were, will be) согласуется в числе с последующим именем существительным;

There is a table and six chairs in the room.

Ther are six chairs and a table in the room.

2. В отрицательных предложениях перед much и many вместо no употребляется not.

There aren’t many rooms in this hotel.

Упр. 66. Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на выделенные слова.

1. There is a good library in our Institute. 2. There is a red carpet on the floor. 3. There are many new words in this text. 4. There are no lazy students in our group. 5. There is no text about London in this magazine. 6. There was no university in this city 5 years ago. 7. There were three exams last term. 8. There will be five sets in the game. 9. Is there a bus stop near your house? 10. Will there be a swimming-pool in the new hotel? 11. There are limits to human endurance. 12. Each day there is something new to do and to learn.

Упр. 67. Поставьте предложения в отрицательную и вопросительную формы.

1. There is an armchair in the corner.

2. There are two mistakes in his test.

3. There was an accident last night.

4. There were many old houses in the street.

5. There will be a lot of people at the party on Saturday.

Упр. 68. Вставьте It is или There is. Переведите предложения.

1. … cold today. 2. … no telephone in our flat. 3. … nearly 10 o’clock. 4. … late. We must hurry. 5. … gas in every house in the village. 6. … time to go to bed. 7. … windy. I don’t want to go out. 8. … far from here. Let’s take a taxi. 9. … a beautiful park near the market. 10. … a beautiful park. 11. … easy to understand why he is absent. 12. … no dictionary on your table.

Упр. 69. Вставьте There is / There are или Is there / Are there.

1. … much work to do at home. 2. … a modern dormitory in the institute. 3. … a good film on TV this evening? 4. … no place like home. 5. … two terms in the academic year. 6. … any mistakes in your test? 7. … good news for me? 8. How many storeys … in your friend’s cottage? 9. … a post-office near the house. 10. … two faculties in Chelyabinsk Law Institute? 11. How much milk … in the fridge? 12. … something wrong with him. 13. … many people in the park today. 14. … tea in your cup? 15. … a monument to Pushkin or Gogol in the Square of Arts?

Упр. 70. Вставьте There was / There were или Was there / Were there.

1. He was hungry but … nothing to eat. 2. I’m sorry. I’m late. … a lot of traffic. 3. … many students in the club yesterday? 4. … only one street in the town a hundred years ago. 5. How much information … in the database last year? 6. … any letters for me yesterday morning? 7. How many professors … at the institute twenty years ago? 8. When the US Constitution was written in 1787 … only 13 states in the country. 9. … not any information about this witness. 10. Why were those policemen outside the bank yesterday? – … a robbery. 11. … no schools in this street 2 years ago. 12. … an interesting exhibition in the museum last month?