There is – there are
Exercise 1.
Choose the correct word.
1. ______ time to finish our discussion after classes.
a. there will be b. it will be
2. Why ______ so many police there?
a. are there b. is it
3. ______ going to be a bus strike next week.
a. there is b. it is
4. ______ time to go to bed?
a. is it b. is there
5. Look! The sky is cloudy. ______ going to rain.
a. it is b. there is
6. ______ no point in doing this work.
a. there is b. it is
7. You do this work at the expense of your health. ______ not worth it!
a. it is b. there is
8. Is ______ the eighteenth today? – No, the seventeenth.
a. it b. there
9. Someone is injured. ______ an accident.
a. there has been b. it has been
10. ______ a picture on the wall. ______ an abstract painting.
a. there is... it is b. it is... there is
11. Take a taxi. ______ a long way to the station.
a. there is b. it is
12. ______ any truth at all in that newspaper article.
a. there wasn’t b. it wasn’t
13. ______ several accidents this week.
a. there have been b. it has been
14. ______ raining since Monday.
a. there has been b. it has been
15. ______ any problem with my ticket?
a. will there be b. will be there
16. ______ seems to be a traffic jam downtown on Old Hope Road.
a. it b. there
17. ______ an honour that Professor Alexander Belov is attending the conference.
a. it is b. there is
18. ______ surprising if the two countries don’t reach an agreement soon.
a. it will be b. there will be
19. ______ hope of getting money for the research.
a. there is no b. it is no
20. ______ no good getting annoyed. That won’t help solve the problem.
a. it is b. there is
21. ______ no reason to be pessimistic. Everything ended well.
a. there was b. it was
22. ______ seems to me that you are right.
a. it b. it’s
23. ______ true that Marjorie has passed her exam for the ACCA certificate?
a. is it b. is there
24. ______ no use going there so late.
a. it is b. there is
25. ______ no chance of finding a cure if we don’t fund more research.
a. it is b. there is
Review Test 2.
Fill each space in the paragraph below with it or there.
A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER
______(1) has always been a disadvantage for visitors to Britain that the weather is very changeable and that ______(2) is always raining, even in summer. ______(3) are countless jokes about English weather and no doubt ______(4) is a good reason for their popularity. ______(5) is no smoke without fire. ______(6) doesn’t however seem to be the case anymore that Britain does not have a summer. In fact, ______(7) seems to be less and less rainfall nowadays, which is a worldwide phenomenon. What has happened is that ______(8) has been a rise in the temperature of the planet as a whole.______(9) is getting hotter every year to such an extent that ______(10) is no longer necessary to go abroad if you want to get a suntan. ______(11) will be much quicker and cheaper to go to Brighton or Bournemouth. ______(12) is thought that global warming is having both positive and negative effects in different parts of the world. ______(13) have been several conferences to find a solution to the problem but ______(14) has become obvious that ______(15) is no simple answer to the problem.
Vocabulary Exercises
Exercise 3.
Choose the correct variant.
1. When was the University of Bologna ______ ?
a. found b. founded c. made
2. Julia ______ Yale University and is a well-educated girl.
a. graduated from b. left from c. finished
3. What is the government’s ______ on immigration?
a. politic b. politics c. policy
4. The students of the Faculty of International Economic Relations have quite a number of ______ classes a week.
a. economic b. economy c. economics
5. The ______ of Southeast Asia has been growing rapidly lately.
a. economics b. economy c. economical development
6. Who ______ the delegation of the Russian Ministry of Finance to Angola?
a. headed b. led c. attended
7. The problem of the war in Iraq was discussed at the US State ______ .
a. Office b. Department c. Ministry
8. Students are not supposed to chat ______ .
a. at class b. in class c. in the class
9. The allowance will ______ the children till the end of the month.
a. last b. be enough c. continue
10. The Guggenheim Museum in New York has a rich collection of ______ art.
a. fashionable b. new c. modern
11. Quite ______ of students of the University of West Indies have part-time jobs.
a. the number b. a number c. a lot of
12. ______ of schoolchildren willing to receive a higher education in the UK is growing every year.
a. the number b. a number c. the amount
13. Many people like to try lots of different ______ of food.
a. kinds b. sorts c. variations
14. I’m so sorry, Uncle Albert, but I can’t help you as I have no ______ to these confidential documents.
a. approach b. access c. way
15. You are quite right that you have ______ him a lesson.
a. given b. read c. taught
16. The workers at Mechel Steel Plant have a good opportunity to have a snack at the plant ______ .
a. café b. canteen c. restaurant
17. After the examinations at the University my ______ and I went to Finland for the winter vacation.
a. fellow-students b. classmates c. fellow-travellers
18. Jane was upset because she ______ the exam in maths, though trigonometry was always her favourite.
a. had failed b. had passed c. had taken
19. The American Lady ______ the canary’s cage with a cloth so that it could sleep.
a. covered b. put c. laid
20. My mother enjoys ______ to classical music, best of all Verdi.
a. listening b. to listen c. to be listening
Exercise 4.
Choose the correct variant.
1. Successful job ______ will be notified by telephone.
a. applicants b. participants c. students
2. Being away from home Cecilia ______ it almost every night.
a. dreamt of b. dreamt about c. told about
3. From her childhood Nancy has dreamt ______ to John Hopkins University.
a. to go b. about going c. of going
4. Let me ______ my new friend to you.
a. acquaint b. introduce c. get acquainted
5. Many shops nowadays are not closed for ______ .
a. lunch interruption b. lunch interval c. lunch break
6. One can find the latest copies of this magazine in the ______ department.
a. reference b. information c. inquiry
7. Very often the students have to study in the reading ______ after classes.
a. hall b. room c. auditorium
8. Margaret Thatcher majored ______ chemistry at University.
a. in b. at c. about
9. Hercule Poirot was ______ to be a detective.
a. cut out b. made out c. born out
10. If you don’t work regularly you can feel ______ before the exams.
a. hurried for time b. pressed for time c. urgent
11. The students looked forward ______ part in the contest.
a. to taking b. to take c. taking
12. At the University students are encouraged ______ sports.
a. to do b. to make c. to go
13. The official home of the UK Prime Minister in London is ______ No.10 Downing Street.
a. at b. on c. in
14. In London School of Economics students have lectures ______ economics five times a week.
a. at b. of c. in
15. Susan is a bright girl. She is already ______ the alphabet.
a. exploring b. learning c. teaching
16. Alex is going to Egypt and he ______ a camera from his friend.
a. lent b. let c. borrowed
17. The narrow land ______ abruptly at the farm yard.
a. was over b. finished c. ended
18. All the team were there ______ Ben Johnson who was ill.
a. beside b. besides c. except
19. The book was ______ for Judy to read in the original.
a. easy enough b. enough easy c. too easy
20. Mrs. Parker is ______ to talk to anybody right now. You will have to wait.
a. too busy b. busy enough c. busy at all
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