There is, there are

1. Underline the correct variant

1. There is/are a large table in my office. 2. There is/are three windows in it. 2. There is/are a report and two catalogues on my boss’s table. 3. There is/are a nice park in our city. 4. There was/were three mistakes in my dictation. 5. There is/are some English books on the shelf of his room. 6. There wasn’t/weren’t an institute here in 1950. 7. There was/were very many workers in the meeting yesterday. 8. There is/are a new cinema near my house. 9. How many institutes is/are there in your town now? 10. Was/were there a lot of important information in your report?

2 Complete the following sentences with there is/are or there was/were constructions

1. … a lot of inquires for our goods every month. 2. … any problems with shipment last week? 3. … only a sales representative in the office, but … no employees. 4. … no supply of products to the island because of the storm. 5. What … in your safe? 6. … a shop-assistant and two buyers in the shoe department, when I came in. 7. How much information … about our rival company? 8. … any news about our former neighbours since they moved into a new flat. 9. Who … in the hall, when you were leaving the office? 10. … a church, two theatres and a cinema in our town.

2. Use the to-infinitive clause below to complete the following sentences

To ask, to drink, to do, to eat, to help, to read, to see, to sleep,

to spare, to watch.

1. I was thirsty, but there was nothing … 2. The tourists were tired out, but there was nowhere … 3. There were no books or newspapers, nothing … 4. I switched on the TV, but there wasn’t really anything … 5. We had a walk round the town, but there wasn’t anything interesting … 6. The children were bored. They said there was nothing … 7. We were late setting off, so there was no time … 8. I couldn’t do it alone and there was no one … 9. A stranger couldn’t find his way and there was no one … 10. They all were hungry, but there wasn’t very much …

3. Translate from Russian into English

1. В прошлом году в нашей компании работало пятьдесят человек, а сейчас в ней работает уже двести. 2. На том столе много журналов? – Нет, только два. 3. В его последнем отчете было три ошибки. 4. Недалеко от нашего офиса есть хорошая столовая. 5. В этом тексте есть несколько новых слов. 6. Пять лет тому назад завода здесь не было. 7. Сколько компьютеров в вашем офисе? – Недавно их было шесть, но один сломался. На следующей неделе будет еще два новых компьютера. 8. В новом журнале есть много интересных статей. Я советую вам его прочитать. 9. Что находится в этой коробке? – Там лежат образцы нашей новой продукции. 10. Через год здесь будет новый магазин. 11. К сожалению, не было свидетелей этого преступления. 12. Из-за непогоды в аэропорту было много людей. 13. Сколько минут в одном часе? 14. На столе лежали документы, когда вы пришли в офис? 15. Были другие предложения по поводу этого проекта?