There is / There are

Exercise 1 Look t the picture and say what you can see in it.

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There is a big kitchen in the house. There is a dinner table in the kitchen. There is a sitting room in the house. There is a TV in the sitting room. There is a sofa in the sitting room. There are two bathrooms in the house. There are three bedrooms in the house. There are eight windows in the house. There are three trees near the house.

Exercise 2 Put in there is or there are. ________ _________ an elephant in the zoo. ________ _________ a tiger in the zoo.

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five monkeys in the zoo. zebras in the zoo. a giraffe in the zoo. pretty birds in the zoo. a peacock in the zoo. pink flamingoes in the zoo.

Exercise 3 Put the food in the suitable basket. Some bread, two eggs, three mushrooms, a bottle of lemonade, some cheese, five apples, an orange, four cucumbers, two tomatoes, a watermelon, a tin of tuna, a packet of biscuits, six sandwiches, two hamburgers, a piece of cake, some peaches

There is _______________in the basket. There is _______________in the basket. There is _______________in the basket. There is _______________in the basket. There is _______________in the basket. There is _______________in the basket. There is _______________in the basket. There is _______________in the basket.

There are _____________in the basket. There are _____________in the basket. There are _____________in the basket. There are _____________in the basket. There are _____________in the basket. There are _____________in the basket. There are _____________in the basket. There are _____________in the basket.

Exercise 4 Choose the right answer. 1) There is/ There are some milk in my coffee. 2) There is/ There are no interesting stories in this book. 3) There is/ There are a lot of good people in our school. 4) There is/ There are some bread in the kitchen. 5) There is/ There are ten desks in the classroom. 6) There is/ There are two armchairs in the room. 7) There is/ There are two supermarkets in this street. 8) There is/ There are a pretty doll for your daughter on the table. 9) There is/ There are a present for you. 10) There is/ There are a beautiful swimming pool near our school. 11) There is/ There are a new TV in this room. 12) There is/ There are some mistakes in your homework.

13) There is/ There are a lot of snow outdoors. 14) There is/ There are tomatoes and cucumbers in this salad. 15) There is/ There are not any water in the glass. Exercise 5 Put in to be (is or are): There _______an apple tree in the garden. There _______ funny monkeys in the zoo. There _______a fat cat on the sofa. There _______ chairs in the classroom. There_______ a lot of pens on the table. There _______a bird in the tree. There _______lots of kites in the sky. There _______an elephant in the zoo. There_______ some water in the bottle. There _______pretty pictures in the book. There_______ a lot of people on the street. There_______ a lot of children in the classroom. There _______a tiger in the jungle. There _______some tea in the cup. There_______ bananas on the plate. There_______ lots of chicks in this yard. There _______a shop near our house. There _______a lot of bees near the flowers. There _______a bird in the cage. There_______ three windows in the room. There_______ lots of streets in the city.

Exercise 6 Put in the missing words. There are some hints three children, some meat, two monkeys, some water, 12 animals, two bears , zebras, bananas, green flags, a tall tree, elephants.

1) There are__________ in the middle. 2) There are _________ on the top. 3) There is__________ near the tigers. 4) There are__________ near the fish. 5) There are__________ on the right. 6) There are__________ in the monkey`s hand. 7) There are__________ on the roof. 8) There is __________ in the zebras place. 9) There is __________ in the giraffes place. 10)There are__________opposite the tigers. 11)There are__________ in the zoo. 12)There is __________ on the green flag pole.

Exercise 7 Rewrite the sentences replacing there is/ there are with their contracted forms: There is an apple on the plate. Theres an apple on the plate. a) There are some apples on the plate. ________________________________________________________ b) There is a letter for you on the table. ________________________________________________________ c) There are two letters for you on the table. ________________________________________________________ d) There is a cake in the fridge. ________________________________________________________ e) There are some pieces of cake in the fridge. ________________________________________________________ f) There is a cat in my house. ________________________________________________________

g) There are four cat`s at my granny`s. ________________________________________________________ Exercise 8 Underline the right answer: There is a cat. There are cats. Theres a monkey. There are monkeys. Theres a berry. There are some berries. Theres a flower. There are lots of flowers. Theres a tomato. There are tomatoes. There is a bear. There are bears. Theres a berry. There are some berries. There is a flower. There are lots of flowers.

Exercise 9 ) Look at the picture and say what there is in the basket. Then colour. ____________________________________ (grapes). ____________________________________ (plum). ____________________________________ (pears).

) Look at the picture and say what is there at the picnic. Then colour. __________________________________ (a bottle of juice). ____________________________________ (a hot dog). ____________________________________ (salad). ____________________________________ (hamburgers). ____________________________________ (a tin of tuna).

C) Look at the picture and say what there is in the picture. Then colour. ____________________________________ (an old boat). ____________________________________ (palm trees). ____________________________________ (high hills).

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(clouds). (a hot sun).

Exercise 10 Look at the picture and put in the missing words. My room This is my bedroom. It`s pretty and cozy. ________ a window in my room. There is a big _______ near the window. Next to the bed ______ a wardrobe. And _____ a bookcase between the wardrobe and the table. There ___ some books in this bookcase. ______ a big plant in front of the window. _____ a yellow shelf above the table. There is __ small _______ in front of the table. Opposite the table ______ two armchairs._______ cushions on the armchairs. _________ a lot of toys in my room. There is __ big white _________ on one of the armchairs. There is also a _______on the shelf. ________ some toys on the table. I like my room very much.

Exercise 11 Make the sentences negative: There is some milk in the fridge. There is some butter on the bread. There is some porridge on the plate. There is a lot of food in the fridge. There are two chairs in the room. No, there ________________________.

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No, there is no milk in the fridge.

No, there ________________________. No, there ________________________. No, there ________________________.

There are eight sweets in the box. There are three people at the table. There are a lot of books on the shelf.

No, there ________________________. No, there ________________________. No, there ________________________.

Exercise12 Put the words in the right order to make them interrogative:
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Mandarin oranges/are /in the basket/there ______________Are there mandarin oranges in the basket___________________? is/ some /chocolate cake/there/in the fridge/? ____________________________________________________________? is/ in/ there/ ice-cream/ vanilla/ your caf/? ____________________________________________________________? there /books/are/interesting/shelf/on the/? ____________________________________________________________? pictures/are/in/any/your/bedroom/there/? ____________________________________________________________? Flowers/in /pot/the/are/there/any/pretty/? ____________________________________________________________? a/on/this/street/is/bus stop/there/? ____________________________________________________________?

Exercise 13 Choose the right form of the verb to be: 1. (Is/are) there a large bed in your room? 2. (Is/are) there three people in your family? 3. (Is/are) there a table in the living room? 4. (Is/are) new desks in our classroom? 5. (Is/are) there colored pencils in his bag? 6. (Is/are) there a school on your street? 7. (Is/are) there oranges in this juice?

Exercise 14 Tim wants to know what his birthday present is. Write down his questions. Is there a new toy in the box? (new toy) _______________________ ? (a computer) _______________________ ? (a CD) _______________________ ? (sweets) _______________________ ? (a telephone) _______________________ ? (new shoes) _______________________ ? (a book) _______________________? (some paints) _______________________ ? (a yo-yo) Exercise 15 Choose the right answer: 1. Are there penguins in Africa? Yes, there are/ No, there aren`t 2. Is there a desk in your room? Yes, there is / No, there isn`t 3. Is there a pet in your family? Yes, there is / No, there isn`t 4. Are there any girls in your class? Yes, there are/ No, there aren`t 5. Is there a book on the table? Yes, there is / No, there isn`t 6. Are there any clouds in the sky? Yes, there are/ No, there aren`t 7. Are there any cars in the street? Yes, there are/ No, there aren`t 8. Are there 12 months in the year? Yes, there are/ No, there aren`t 9. Is there a cinema in our town? Yes, there is / No, there isn`t Exercise 16 This is Jack`s room. Answer the questions: a) Are there any of Jack`s friends in his room? b) Is there a computer in Jack`s room? c) Is there a pet in his room? d) Are there any books in the room? e) Are there any posters in his room? f) Are there any shoes in his room? g) Are there any toys in his room? h) Is there a TV in his room? i) Are there any drawings in the room? j) Is there a table in his room?

k) Is there a bed in the room? l) Are there any apples in the room? m) Is there an armchair in Jack`s room?

Exercise 17 Answer the questions with there is/there are: What is there on the table? (flowers) How many beds are there in the room? (two) What is there opposite the beds? (a mirror) How many windows are there in the room? (one) What is there above the mirror? (air conditioner) How many chairs are there in the room? (no chairs)

Exercise 18 Answer the questions with there is/there are: 1. What is there on your table? _______________________________________ 2. Are there many people in the room? _________________________________ 3. How many books are there in your bag?______________________________ 4. Are there any good films on at the cinema? ___________________________ 5. How many rooms are there in your house (flat)? _______________________ 6. What is there in your classroom?____________________________________ 7. What is there on the shelf?_________________________________________ 8. How many houses are there on your street? _____________________________ 9. How many stars are there in the sky?________________________________ Exercise 19 Ask questions to the words in italics: 1. There's a nice lake near our town. 2. There are 20 classrooms in our school.

3. There are some new words in this text. 4. There are lots of cars on the road. 5. There are no mistakes in my homework. 6. There's a big supermarket near here. 7. There are three bedrooms in our house. Exercise 20

Correct the mistakes in these sentences. 1. There are a lot of milk in the bottle. 2. There are some new film on at the cinema. 3. There is no computers in the class. 4. There is much water in the sea. 5. There is a lot of good pupils in our class. 6. Are there in the table any pencils? 7. Who there is at the door? 8. Ho many pencils are there in your bag? 9. What are there in the water? 10. There is a bag on the desk?
Exercise 21 Make the sentences negative and interrogative. There is a photo on the table. Is there a photo on the table? There is no photo on the table. 1. There are five swimming pools in our town. 2. There are seven cats in the picture. 3. There is some bread in the kitchen. 4. There are a lot of beautiful lakes near this town. 5. There are 17 boys and 12 girls in our class. 6. There is a big book on the shelf. 7. There are 50 houses in our street. 8. There is a tall tree in our school yard. 9. There are many big cats in this zoo. 10.There are two cafes in our street. 11.There is an apple tree in our garden. 12.There are two beds and two desks in our room.