unit11-grammar

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For the 1st year students of all specialties

GRAMMAR

Construction ‘There is / are’

| Affirmative | Negative | Question | Short answer Yes | Short answer No
Singular | There’s (is) a sofa. | There isn’t (is not) a carpet. | Is there a doctor? | Yes, there is. | No, there isn’t .
Plural | There are some pictures. | There aren’t (are not) any mirrors. | Are there any hotels? | Yes, there are. | No, there aren’t.

1. Complete the sentences with words in the box.

bed clocks bookcase curtains

a) There’s a bed. b) There isn’t a ______________ | c) There are some ________________. d) There aren’t any _______________.

45 Listen, check and repeat.

2. Write similar sentences about the bedroom and the bathroom using the sentence beginnings in Exercise 1.

There’s a sofa. There are some lamps.

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3. Complete the sentences with There’s or There are.

1. ________________ a TV in the bathroom.
2. ________________ two sofas in the living room.
3. ________________ some cushions on the sofa.
4. ________________ a lamp on my desk.
5. ________________ some plants on the coffee table.
6. ________________ a rug in the kitchen.
7. ________________ some books in the cupboard.
8. ________________ four people in my family.

4. Look at the photo and complete the sentences.

1. There’s a rug on the floor.
2. There’s a lamp ….
3. There’s a magazine ….
4. There’s a plant ….
5. There are some cushions ….
6. There are some pictures ….

in the corner.
next to the sofa.
on the floor.
on the sofa.
on the wall, above the sofa.
under the coffee table.

46 Listen, check and repeat.

5. Kenham is a small town. Look at the information in the box and write sentences
about Kenham with There is/are or There isn't/aren't.

1 a castle
2 any restaurants?
3 a hospital?
4 a swimming pool?
5 any cinemas?
6 a university?
7 any big hotels?

No
Yes (a lot)
Yes
No
Yes (two)
No
No

1 There isn’t a castle.
2 There are a lot of restaurants.
3 …………………………………………….….
4 ………………………………………….…….
5 …………………………………………….….
6 ………………………………………………..
7 ………………………………………………..

6. Write sentences with There are .... Choose from the boxes.

seven twenty-six nine thirty
fifteen fifty

letters days players days planets states

September the solar system
the USA a week
a rugby team the English alphabet

1 There are seven days in a week.
2 ……………………………………………………………………………………………….
3 ……………………………………………………………………………………………….
4 ………………………………………………………………………………………………
5 ………………………………………………………………………………………………
6 ………………………………………………………………………………………………

7. Complete the questions and answers.

1. ‘Is there a computer in your living room?’
2. ‘Are there any plants in your kitchen?’
3. ‘_____ there _____ pictures in your bedroom?’
4. ‘_____ there _____ carpet in your bathroom?’
5. ‘_____ there _____ television in your bathroom?’
6. ‘_____ there _____ cushions in your bedroom?’

‘Yes, there is.’
‘Yes, there are.’
‘_____________’
‘_____________’
‘_____________’
‘_____________’

‘No, there isn’t.’
‘No, ___________.’
‘_____________’
‘_____________’
‘_____________’
‘_____________’

47 Listen, check and repeat.

8. Put in there is/there isn't/is there/there are/there aren't/are there.

1. Kenham isn't an old town. There aren’t any old buildings.
2. Look! .................................... a photograph of your brother in the newspaper!
3. 'Excuse me,.................................... a bank near here?' Yes, at the end of the street.'
4. .................................... five people in my family: my parents, my two sisters and me.
5. 'How many students.................................. in the class?' 'Twenty.'
6. 'Can we take a photograph?' 'No,................................. a film in the camera.'
7. '………………………a bus from the city centre to the airport?' 'Yes. Every 20 minutes.'
8 '................................... any problems?' 'No, everything is OK.'
9 ................................... nowhere to sit down................................. any chairs.

Unit XI

## Contents

- ВВЕДЕНИЕ
- UNIT I. Introduction.The Verb ‘to be’
- UNIT II. Favourite Things. Articles UNIT III. The Family Tree. Possessive Case of Nouns
- UNIT IV. Family. The Verb ‘to have / have got’
- UNIT V. Numbers (Cardinal,Ordinal)
- UNIT VI. Everyday Things. Present Simple
- UNIT VII. Time, Days, Months. Prepositions of Time
- UNIT VIII. Daily Routine. Personal Pronouns
- UNIT IX. At School and University. Plural of Nouns
- UNIT X. In the living room. Prepositions of Place
- UNIT XI. In the bedroom and bathroom. Construction ‘There is/are’
- UNIT XII. In the kitchen. Modal verb (can)
- UNIT XIII. Food and Drink. Indefinite Pronouns ‘some/any’
- UNIT XIV. Eating Out. Construction ‘Would you like… / I’d like
- UNIT XV. Parts of the Body. Possessive Pronouns
- UNIT XVI. Clothes. Present Continuous
- UNIT XVII. Describing People. Adjectives / Comparison
- UNIT XVIII. Moving. Past Simple
- UNIT XIX. Jobs. Future Simple
- UNIT XX. Weather. Adverbs
- REFERENCES

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