Put much, many, little, few into the gaps.

1. Твой брат дома?
2. Эта гостиница очень дорогая.
3. Я не устал.
4. Где они были вчера вечером?
5. Почему ты вчера опоздал?
6. Её не было дома в 5 часов.
7. Он будет хорошим юристом.
8. Где вы будете на следующей неделе?

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ago. 4.They (dance) every week. 5.It (be going) to rain.

Put “some”, “any”, “no” and their derivatives.

this vase.Take....for your wife

giv me....butter,please

there is too....milk in my coffee

there are very....pies on the plate.Take....for your children

now there is quite....water in the river

there are so....people on me ice

there is so....air in the room

i have very....books.You may take....of them

give me....cheese,please

there is too....sugar in it

1. Was there...... snow in Petersburg last winter? Yes, there was. And it was very cold. 2. Do......people watch TV in the evening? 3. ..... children watch TV after 9 clock in the evening 4. I don't like....... sugar in my tea. 5. I'm sorry we have very...... ham for breakfast, but we have a lot of cheese. 6. We must go to the theatre in half an hour. We have very...... time for dinner. 7. There were not......nice days in Moscow last autumn. 8. Mr. Larin doesn't know German well, but he studies very....now.

any real … from playing basketball. ENJOY

2.He was very hard-working and … to his project. DEDICATE

3.School Council asked for help with the … of the Internet centre for students. ORGANISE

4.Unfortunately, Kate was … to admit she was wrong. WILL

5.A new course offers students the opportunity to be … and imaginative. CREATE

2. Put the words in brackets into the correct tense

Example:

If Kate were not (not to be) so creative and full of ideas, meetings at “Theatre Club” wouldn’t be (be) so exciting.

1.If you … (be) more organised, you … (always, do) everything on time.

2.If you … (listen) to the teacher attentively at the first lesson, you … (understand) the rule.

3.If I … (realise) how much I should revise for exams, I … (start) earlier. Now I won’t have time to do everything.

4.If I … (be) older, I … (have) exams this June.

5.If Ann … (come) earlier, she … (see) Patrick. He left a few minutes ago.

3. Complete the sentences with these words only.

a. vocational, b. qualification, c. degree, d. scholarship, e. diplomas

1.If you want to get a bachelor’s … , you should go to the university after school

2.Our local … college gives basic skills in many professions.

3.… of many Russia’s universities are accepted in different countries.

4.After this course you will get a … in computer design.

5.If you want to get a … , you should study hard at school.

Present Simple (There is /are)
+ There is a (единственное число)
There are some (множественное число) +, - , ? a / an ед. ч.
- There is not a (единственное число)
There are not any (множественное число) + some мн. ч., неисчис.
? Is there a …? (единственное число) - , ? any мн. ч., неисчис.
Are there any …? (множественное число)

Past Simple. (There was/were)
+ there was a (единственное число)
there were some (множественное число)
- there was not a (единственное число)
there were not any (множественное число)
? Was there a …? (единственное число)
Were there any …? (множественное число)

Future Simple. (There will be)
+ there will be a (единственное число)
there will be some (множественное число)
- there won’t (will not) be
? Will there be …?

Exercise 1. Put is or are into the gaps.
1. There ___ some people in the office. 2. There ____ a word processor. 3. There ____ a telephone on the table. 4. There ____ not any flowers in the classroom. 5. There ____ not any Chinese students in our group. 6. There ____ not a video recorder here. 7. Today there ____ a lot of cars and there ____ not much peace and quiet in our village. 8. There ___ some interesting articles in this newspaper. 9. There __ not any students in the classroom. It is empty.

Exercise 2. Put was, were or will be into the gaps.
1. There ___ many students at the lecture yesterday. 2. There ____ not any sport centres in our town last year. 3. There ____ a few colonies on Mars in the future. 4. There ____ a modern computer class at our faculty next year. 5. There ____ a few English students at the party last night. 6. There ____ not any high buildings in my native town fifty years ago. 7. There ____ not many cars and there ___ not much noise in our village forty years ago. 8. There ___ not any computers a hundred years ago.

Exercise 3. Put was, were or will be into the gaps.
1. There ___ not many tourists in Novosibirsk a year ago. 2. There ___ two lectures tomorrow. 3. There ___ trains a hundred years ago, but there ___ not any mobiles phones. 4. ___ there any telephone calls for me yesterday? 5. There ___ some colonies on Mars in the year 2050. 6. I don’t think there ___ any wars in the future. 7. In (через) ten years there ___ some new plants in this region. 8. There ___ a letter on my table yesterday evening.

Exercise 4. Complete the sentences with some, any or a/an.
1. Are there ____ German students in your class? 2. There are ____ dictionaries in the cupboard. 3. There are ____ pens on the table. 4. Are there ____ trees near the university? 5. Is there ___ cafe? 6. There isn’t ____ armchair here, but there are ___ chairs. 7. Are there ____ textbooks? 8. Downstairs there was ___ small kitchen and ____ beautiful dining-room. 9. Were there ___ bedrooms upstairs? 10. There will be ____ exchange students at our university next term. 11. Were there ___ young engineers in your office last year? 12. There was ___ large dining-room in his grandparents’ house.

Exercise 5. Translate from Russian into English using ‘there be’.
1. Кто в этой комнате? 2. Какие книги были на полке? 3. Какие тексты в этом учебнике? 4. В нашей семье трое детей. 5. Наша квартира большая. В ней две комнаты и кухня. 6. Что лежит на столе? – Ручка и карандаш. 7. Вечером в парке не было детей. 8. На нашем заводе будет врач. 9. В моей компании будет три новых менеджера в следующем году. 10. На моем столе нет документов.