EXERCISES. Exercise 1. Supply the proper form of the verb to be

Exercise 1. Supply the proper form of the verb to be.

1. There … some money in my purse.

2. There … keys in my bag but now I can’t find them.

3. There … no school here in 1920.

4. There … a purse and spectacles on the table.

5. I think there … too many people in the park tomorrow.

6. There … a chocolate here. You can take it.

7. There … a blackboard, four tables and five chairs in our classroom.

8. There … scissors on the shelf.

9. There … a lipstick and a handkerchief in every woman’s handbag

10. There … food in the fridge. It’s empty.

11. There … a lot of mistakes in your dictation.

12. I hope there… a new club in our city.

Exercise 2. Use there+be in the correct form.

1. Look! … their telephone number in the letter.

2. Chichester is a very old town. … many old buildings.

3. Excuse me, … a restaurant near here?

4. How many students … in your group?

5. I was hungry but … anything to eat.

6. … a football match on TV last night.

7. … many people at the meeting?

8. Look! … an accident. Call the ambulance!

9. … 24 hours in a day.

10. This box is empty … nothing in it.

11. … somebody at the airport to meet you when you arrive tomorrow.

12. When we arrived at the cinema … a long queue outside.

Exercise 3. Use there is (are) or it is.

1. … only seven stations on this metro line.

2. … a lot of snow in the street.

3. Come on, children. … time to get up.

4. … a few magazines and a telephone on the table.

5. His eyesight is bad. … difficult for him to recognize people.

6. … no place like home.

7. … some tasty things in my fridge.

8. … too noisy here. Let's go away.

9. … too much noise here for us to work.

10. … a pity, … no tea left.

Exercise 4. Ask the questions to the following statements and answer them according to the pattern.

There is a good programme on TV tonight.

- Is there a good programme on TV tonight?

- No, there is not.

1. There is a cat in the window. 2. There are a few changes in the text. 3. There are plenty of glasses in the cupboard. 4. There were a lot of people at the stadium. 5. There isn't anything on the plate. 6. There wasn't anybody in the room. 7. There are difficult exercises in this book. 8. There is something on the shelf. 9. There will be some interesting programmes on TV tomorrow. 10. There are several empty seats in the room. 11. There weren't any pears on the plate.

Exercise 5. Translate into English.

А.

1. В этом журнале много интересных статей.

2. В нашем городе много музеев и театров.

3. В этой комнате есть телефон?

4. В этой комнате два окна.

5. В чашке не было чая.

6. Сколько статей было в этом журнале? – Там было несколько статей.

7. Рядом с нашим домом будет парк.

8. На этой улице была школа?

9. На столе лежит несколько книг.

10. Сколько студентов в аудитории? Двадцать.

B.

1. Рядом с нашим домом есть школа. Школа находится рядом с нашим

домом.

2. Существуют несколько способов решения этой задачи. Способы

решения этой задачи приведены на странице 5.

3. В городе несколько театров. Театры находятся в центре города.

4. В вазе стояли цветы. Цветы стояли в красивой вазе.

5. В театре много детей. Дети сейчас в театре.

ГЛАГОЛ “to have”

THE VERB “to have”

Глагол to have в настоящем неопределенном времени

В разговорной речи употребляются сокращения have not got = haven’t got и has not got = hasn’t got.

В отрицательных и вопросительных предложениях возможно также употребление вспомогательных глаголов do и does:

They don’t have any children. = (They haven’t got any children.)

It’s a nice house but it doesn’t have a garden. (= it hasn’t got a garden.)

В прошедшем неопределенном времени глагол to have в утвердительных предложениях имеет форму had. В отрицательных и вопросительных предложениях употребляется вспомогательный глагол did.

The children had a good rest yesterday.

I didn’t have any time to speak to you yesterday.

Будущее время глагола to have строится при помощи вспомогательных глаголов shall/will.

Tomorrow I’ll have a very important meeting.

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