There is (are, was, were will be)

	Present Indefinite	Past Indefinite	Future Indefinite
Affirmative	There is a letter in the bag. There are letters in the bag.	There was a letter in the bag. There were letters in the bag.	There will be a letter in the bag. There will be Jetters in the bag.
Interrog.	Is there a letter in the bag? Are there letters in the bag?	Was there a letter in the bag?	Will there be a letter in the bag? Will there be letters in the bag?
Negative	There is not (isn't) a letter in the bag. There are no letters in the bag.	There was not (wasn't) a letter in the bag. There were no letters in the bag.	There will not (won't) be a letter in the bag. There will be no letters in the bag.

B

Тренировочные упражнения

1. Переведите на русский язык. Ключ

1.	There is a garden near the house.	Около дома есть сад.
2.	There are many newspapers on the desk.	На столе много газет.
3.	There is some chalk in the box.	В ящике есть мел.
4.	Is there anybody in the corridor?	В коридоре есть кто-нибудь?
5.	There are no mistakes in your test.	В вашей контрольной нет ошибок.
6.	There aren't many mistakes in your test.	В вашей контрольной не много ошибок.
7.	There was a concert at the University last Sunday.	В прошлое воскресенье в университете был концерт.
8.	Will there be a concert next Sunday?	В следующее воскресенье будет концерт?
9.	There won't be many exams in winter.	Зимой не будет много экзаменов.
10.	There is much information.	Имеется (есть) много информации.
11.	There is a point of view that ...	Существует мнение, что ...
12.	There are many problems to solve.	Есть много проблем, требующих решения.

2. Переведите на русский язык.

a) 1. There are many training centers in our country.

2. There are many deep freshwater lakes in our country.

3. There is an interesting article in this technical magazine.

4. There are different kinds of television cameras.

5. There are different potential sources of energy.

b) 1. There exist obstacles (препятствия) in the way of the car.

2. There comes a moment when the rocket ship at­tains a speed of about six and a half miles per second.

3. There appeared many scientific and research institutions.