There is / There are

I. Translate the sentences from English into Russian.

1. There are 50 states in the USA.
2. There are three exceptions in this rule.
3. There are a lot of different classifications of emotions.
4. There are only five weeks until Christmas.
5. There are more polar bears in Canada than in any other country in the world.
6. There are many environmental problems such as water pollution, air pollution, land pollution,
noise pollution, acid rains, ozone layer destruction, global warming, overpopulation, and
radioactivity, disruption of flora and fauna and depletion of natural resources.
7. Are there more floods now than there used to be?
8. According to the theory of evolution, at some time in the distant past there was no life in the
universe – just elements and chemical compounds.
9. According to the weather forecast, there will be no rain tomorrow.
10. There is no smoke without fire.

II. Choose the correct form of the verb to be.

1. There (is/ are) 15 bridges across the Thames in London.
2. There (is/ are) nobody here.
3. There (is/are) no snakes in Ireland.
4. There (is/ are) no air on the Moon.
5. There (is/ are) two official languages in Canada.
6. There (is/ are) different classifications of sciences.
7. Due to the harsh weather in the polar regions, there (is/ are) not many animals.

III. Write the correct form of the verb to be (is or are).

1. There _____no easy answers to the problem of global warming.
2. There _____ further rain and strong winds forecast for the next three days.
3. There _______ more and more evidence every day to prove that our minds and bodies are
closely connected.
4. There _____ 700 kinds of eucalyptus in Australia.
5. There _____ a wide range of plants that are able to cope with lack of water.
6. There _____ more than 1,500 potentially active volcanoes.
7. There ______ two types of memory – short-term or working memory and long-term memory.

IV. Complete sentences, using there is /are.

1. Look at the sky! ________________ a lot of clouds. It’s going to rain.
2. __________________ lots of strange and unusual animals in Australia.
3. __________________ 50 stars and 13 stripes in the American flag.
4. __________________ more than 1,500 kinds of fish and 400 types of coral in the Great
Barrier Reef.
5. __________________ many reasons why chocolate is so popular. ____________ no doubt
that chocolate, with its unique physical and psychological effects and its delicious flavour, is one
of the world’s favourite foods.
6. _________________ a lot of information about climate change presented by a wide range of
sources, but ________________ not enough information about solution steps.
7. _____________ a lot of mysteries regarding our universe.
8. _____________ many branches of biology, each focused on different aspects of research.

V. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb to be (is/ are/ was/ were/ will
be).
1. There _____ very many books about the environment, environmental protection, and
environmental science.
2. There ______ different branches of biology such as zoology, botany and microbiology.
3. There _____ no absolute truth in science therefore hypotheses are constantly rejected with
new knowledge due to new technology, further understanding.
4. During the 19th century there ______ a rapid migration of rural workers to the new
manufacturing towns.
5. When planet Earth formed more than 4,600 million years ago, there _____ no life. There
_____ no atmosphere to protect the Earth from the sun’s radiation.
6. Meteorologists predict that there ______ no rain until at least September.
7. Nowadays there _____ various progressive movements and organizations in the world.
8. Why ______ there more earthquakes in the US than any part of the Earth?
9. Scientists suppose that there ______ jungles on Antarctica once.
10. ___________ (there be) a global greenhouse warming next decade?

VI. Translate from Russian into English.

1. Существует много определений экологии как науки.
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2. В научной литературе нет ответа на этот вопрос.
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3. В России много красивых озер и рек.
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4. В его отчете было много ошибок.
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5. На небе ни облака.
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6. Я надеюсь, на следующей конференции будет больше докладов на эту тему.
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7. Есть ли жизнь на Марсе?
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8. В этом правиле два исключения.
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