SUNDAY MONDAY ‘TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY ‘There’s a man on the roof. ‘There's a train at 10.30. There are seven days in a week. singular there is... (there's) 1 There's a big tree in the garden, is there ...? © There's nothing on TV tonight. there is not ... (there isn’t 1 A: Have you got any money? or there’s not) t: Yes, there’s some in my bag. A: Excuse me, is there a hotel near here? bs: Yes, there is. / No, there isn’t. © We can't go skiing. There isn’t any snow. plural there are .. © There are some big trees in the garden. are there ...? © There are a lot of accidents on this road. there are not... (there aren't) | 54: Are there any restaurants near here? ws: Yes, there are. / No, there aren't © This restaurant is very quiet. There aren’t many people here. © How many players are there in a football team? © There are 11 players in a football team, ‘There’s a book on the table. Lhike ‘this Book . It’s interesting. (not Its a book on the table.) (le = this book) Compare: 0 ‘What’ that noise? ‘Tes train? (It = that noise) ‘There's a train at 10.30. Ita fast train. (It = the 10.30 train) © There's a lot of salt in this soup. 1 don't like this soup. Its too salty. (It = this soup) there was / were / has been ete.» Unit 38 it and there > Unit 39 some and any -> Unit 76,Exercises Unit 37 37.1 37.2 373 374 375 Kentham is a small town. Look at the information in the box and write sentences about Kentham with There is/are or There isn’t/aren't. 1 a castle? No 1 There isn’t a. caste. 2 any restaurants? Yes (alot) | 2. There are. a. lob of restaurants, 3 a hospital Yes 3 4 a swimming pool? No 4 5 any cinemas? Yes (two) | 5 6 a university No 6 7 any big hotels? No. 7 Write sentences about your town (or a town that you know). Use There is/are or There isn't/aren't. There. area, few restaurants There's a big park. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Write there is / there isn't / is there or there are / there aren't / are there. Kentham isn't an old town, There aren't. any old buildings. Look! photograph of your brother in the newspaper! “Excuse me, a bank near here? “Yes, at the end of the street! five people in my family: my parents, my two sisters and me. “How many students in the class?” “Twenty? The road is usually very quiet. such trafic a bus from the city centre to the airport?” “Yes, every 20 minutes! any problems?” ‘No, everything is OK? nowhere to sit down. any chairs Choose from the boxes. Write sentences with There are ‘seve, twenty-six | [letters days | | September the solar system. eight thirty players days_| | the USA cs fifteen fifty planets states | | a rugby team the English alphabet There are seven days ina. week. Write there's /is there or it’s / is it. There's. atrain at 10.30, *_15.i__a fast train?” Tn not going to buy this shire too expensive something in my eye. a red car outside your house. yours? anything good on TV tonight?” “Yes, a film at 8.15! “What's that building?” * a school? ‘a restaurant in this hotel?” ‘No, I'm affraid not? “What's wrong?”