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EXPLOREWriting
7 a We can use it or there to join ideas.

There’s a new restaurant in our street.

There’s a new restaurant in our street.
→ It opened last week.
The restaurant opened last week.
(it = the restaurant)

There’s a new restaurant in our street.

There’s a new restaurant in our street.
→ We went there last night.
We went to the restaurant last night.
(there = to the restaurant)

Change the words in bold to it or there.

1 I saw a film last night. I didn’t like the film. it
2 Can you come to the meeting? The meeting is at 3 o’clock.
3 Kim was at the party. I saw him at the party.
4 I love Italy. I went to Italy on holiday last year.
5 I went to Hamburg last week. We have friends in Hamburg.
b Look at paragraphs A and B. Then answer the questions.
1 How many sentences are in paragraph A?
2 How many sentences are in paragraph B?
3 What words are in B, but not in A? , , , ,

A
I had a free day on Tuesday. I
went into town. I went shopping.
Then I met a friend. There’s a new
restaurant in town. We had lunch
in the restaurant. We had a nice
time. The food wasn’t very good.
The food was very expensive.

B
I had a free day on Tuesday, so I
went into town and went shopping.
Then I met a friend. There’s a new
restaurant in town, so we had lunch
there together. We had a nice time,
but the food wasn’t very good and it
was very expensive.

c Join these sentences. Use and, so or but and it or there.

1 There was a new James Bond film. We went to see the James Bond
film. There was a new James Bond film, so we
2 Titanic is a very good film. Titanic is very long.

3 I went to the café at six. My friends weren’t at the café.

Writing reference 4 In 2005, I lived in London. I met my husband in London.

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