Exercise 1. The room is empty now but there will be a lot of things in it next week. What will be there?

1. Do you think …… a lot of people at the party on Sunday?

2. The manager of the company is leaving, so …… a new manager soon.

3. I’m going away tomorrow. I’ll do my packing today because ……time tomorrow.

4. The weatherman says …… some rain tomorrow afternoon.

5. …… any interesting people at the exhibition?

6. If your parents come late …… free chairs for them – we are expecting a lot of people.

7. I think …… a lot of interesting films at the festival.

8. If they put a traffic light on the road …… less accidents.

9. …… a lot of new students in our group next year?

10. The teacher says …… a lot of new subjects next year.

1 Kenham isn't an old town. There aren't any old buildings.

2 Look! ……a photograph of your brother in the newspaper!

3 'Excuse me,……a bank near here?' 'Yes, at the end of the street.'

4 ……five people in my family: my parents, my two sisters and me.

5 'How many students……in the class?' 'Twenty.'

6 'Can we take a photograph?' 'No,……a film in the camera.'

7 '……a bus from the city centre to the airport?' 'Yes. Every 20 minutes.'

8 '……any problems?' 'No, everything is OK.'

9 ……nowhere to sit down……any chairs.

Exercise 3. Put in there's/ is there/it's/is it.

1 'There's a train at 10.30.' 'Is it a fast train?'

2 I'm not going to buy this shirt……very expensive.

3 'What's wrong?' '……something in my eye.'

4……a red car outside the house……yours?

5 '……anything on television tonight?' 'Yes,……a film at 8.15.'

6 'What's that building?' '……a school.'

7 '……a restaurant in this hotel?' 'No, I'm afraid not.'

8 ……nice weather today. Let’s go to the country.

9 The teacher isn’t going to give you a good mark: …… a lot of mistakes in your test.

10 - ……anything to drink? – No, the bottle is empty.

Exercise 4. Put in there is/was or it is/was. Some sentences are questions (is there…... ? / is it…... ? etc.) and some are negative (isn't/wasn't).

1 The journey took a long time. There was a lot of traffic.

2 What's the new restaurant like? Is it good?

3 '…… a bookshop near here?' 'Yes, …… one in Hill Street.'

4 When we got to the cinema,……a queue outside……a very long queue, so we decided not to wait.

5 I couldn't see anything……completely dark.

6 ……trouble at the club last night. They had to call the police.

7 How far……from Milan to Rome?

8 …… Keith's birthday yesterday. We had a party.

9 …… three years since I last went to the theatre.

10 I wanted to visit the museum but……enough time.

11 '……time to go?' 'Yes,……nearly midnight.'

12 A few days ago……a storm......................................... a lot of damage.

13 ……a beautiful day yesterday. We had a picnic.

14 ……anything on television, so I turned it off.

15 ……an accident in King Street but …… very serious.

Exercise 5. Are these sentences right or wrong? Change it to there where necessary.

1 They live on a busy road. It must be a lot of noise. WRONG: There must be ...