EXERCISES THE ENGLISH

Unit 36: There is / There are, There was / There were

Unit 37: There has been / There have been and There will be
(pag. 79-82)

36.1)
1. There isn´t a castle
2. There are a lot of restaurants
3. There are many hospitals
4. There isn´t a swimming pool
5. There are two cinemas
6. There isn´t a university
7. There aren´t any big hotels
Castle: castillo | Swimming pool: piscina

36.2)
1. In my town there are two Macdonalds
2. In my town there is a municipal pool
3. In my town there isn´t a FNAC
4. In my town there aren´t three coffe shop, there are many more
5. In my town there are six academy to english
6. In my town there isn´t a airport
36.3)
1. Kenham isn´t an old town. There aren´t any old buildings
2. Look! There is a photograph of your brother in the newspaper
3. Excuse me, are there a bank near here? Yes, at the end of the
street
4. There are five people in my family: my parents, my two sisters and
me
5. How many students are there in the class? Twenty
6. Can we take a photograph? No, There isn´t a film in the camera
7. Are there a bus from the city centre to the airport? Yes, every
twenty minutes
8. Is there any problems? No, everything is OK
9. There isn´t nowhere to sit down. There are any chairs
36.4)
1. There are seven days in a week
2. There are thirty days in September
 3. There are twenty-six letters in the English alphabet
4. There are nine planets in the solar system
5. There are fifty states in the USA
6. There are fifteen players in a rugby team
36.5)
1. There is a train at 10.30. Is it a fast train?
2. I´m not going to buy this shirt. It´s very expensive
3. What´s wrong? There is something in my eye
4. There is a car red outside the house. Is it yours?
5. Is there anything on televisión tonight? Yes, there´s a film at 8.15
6. What´s that buildings? It is a school
7. Is there a restaurant in this school? No, I´m afraid not
fast: rápido | shirt: camisa | expensive: caro | wrong: mal | outside: a fuerda de |
buildings: edificios | I´m afraid not: Me temo que no

37.1)
1. There was a clock on the wall near the window
2. There was a carpet on the floor
3. There were three pictures on the wall near the door
4. There was a small table in the middle of the room
5. There were flowers on the table
6. There were some books on the shelves
7. There an armchair in the corner near the door
8. There were a sofa opposite the door
wall: pared | near: cerca | carpet: alfombra | floor: piso | in the middle of: en
medio de | flowers: flores | shelves: estantería | armchair: sillón | in the corner:
en la esquina | opposite: opuesto

37.2)
1. I was hungry but there wasn´t anything to eat
2. Were there any letters for me yesterday?
3. There was a football match on TV last night. Did you see it?
4. We stayed at very nice hotel. Did you? Was there a swimming
pool?
5. Did you buy any eggs? No, there weren´t any on the shop
6. The wallet was empty. There were any money in it
7. Were there many people at the meeting? No, very few
8. We didn´t visit the museum. There were enough time
9. I´m sorry I´m late. There were a lot of traffic
10. Twenty years ago there weren´t many touristic here. Now there
are a lot
Hungry: hambriento | anything: nada | letters: cartas | empty: vacío | meeting:
reunión | very few: muy pocos | enough: suficiente

37.3)
1. There was a good film on TV yesterday evening
2. There are twenty-four hours in a day
3. There has been a party at the club last Friday but I didn´t go
4. Where can I buy a newspaper? There is a shop at the end of the
Street
5. Why are those policemen outside the bank? Is there a robbery
6. When we arrived at the cinema, there was a long queue to see the
film
7. When you arrive tomorrow, There will be somebody at the station
to meet you
8. Ten years ago there were five hundred children at the school.
Now there are more than a thousand
9. Last week I went back to the town where I was born. It´s very
diferente now. There were a lot of changes
10. I think everything wii be OK. I don´t think there have been any
problems
Evening: noche | robbery: robo | queue: cola (de gente) | somebody: alguien |
born: nacer |