There is – There are
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A) Complete the following sentences with there is / there are in the affirmative.
My name is Annie and I live in a very big house. there are twenty-three rooms in my house, but
there are only twelve bedrooms. I live in one of the rooms on the third floor. In my room, there is a
huge bed and there are nine windows. My bedroom isn’t small. On my bed there is lots of pillows,
and there is my cat, Fluffy. In my closet
There are many toys, and there are also many clothes. I don’t have a bathroom in my bedroom, but
there is a bathroom next to my room. Also in my house there are two kitchens, a big dining room and
three living rooms. The house is really big!
B) Complete the following sentences with there isn’t / there aren’t.
Be careful with countable and uncountable nouns!
1. There isn´t a flight from here to London.
2. There aren´t any movies that I want to see in the cinema.
3. I’m very hungry, but there isn´t any food in the refrigerator.
4. We want to go to the concert, but there aren´t any tickets.
5. There isn´t any money in my bank account so I can’t pay the bills.
6. There aren´t seventy minutes in an hour.
7. In my neighborhood, there isn´t any children.
8. Henry can’t bake a cake because there isn´t any sugar in the cupboard.
9. It’s sunny today and there isn´t a cloud in the sky.
10. I’m sorry, there aren´t any letters for you today.
C) Describe your neighborhood: What is there in your neighborhood? What doesn’t exist?
My neighborhood is very big. There are five neigboord that than put music sometimes at night. There are camera security
than surrounds the neighborhood. There isn´t park, but they are building one.
D)Create sentences using there is / there are and the following words:
(You can change the words to their plural form if necessary)
1. Key There is key from door
2. Tree There are trees in the forest
3. Music There is music to listen to the table
4. Book Is there a book on the chair
5. Floor There is floor
6. Food There is food
7. Minute There are fifty minutes for going to house
8. Star There is star the rock
9. Restaurant There is restaurant is popular
10. Coffee There are drinks coffees in the cafe
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