Once upon a time there (be)1 three Billy Goats Gruff. One day they (decide)2 (visit)3 their favorite hill. "I expect you (find)4 something good

aren't it
doesn't it
won't it
isn't it

2.What year did you _____ from university?
graduated
graduate
graduating
graduates

3. Do you have _____ to do today? We could have a long lunch if not.
many work
much work
many works
much works

4. That awful accident occurred _____.
before three weeks
three weeks before
three weeks ago
three weeks past

5. They didn't _____ John's plan?
agree with
agree to
agree
agree about

6. Our company didn't pay _____ for that banner advertisement.
a lot of money
not many money
many money
much money

7. I hear you have started a new job. _____ like it? (Test Toefl 2)

How do you
How
What you
What do you

8. "Where _____ last weekend?"
"I went to see my aunt and uncle."
are you go
do you go
have you gone
did you go

9. "Why _____ she isn't speaking to us?"
"We must have done something that upset her. She is just too sensitive."
are you think
are you imagine
do you think
you think
10. _____ times have you seen this product advertised on TV.
how many
how often
how much
many often

11. "Do you know _____ that building is?"
"I would say that it was built at least 100 years ago."
what old
how age
how old
which age

12. I have to have this report finished _____.
by Friday
until Friday
Friday before
Friday beginning

13. Do we have _____ money to buy that computer?
a lot of
many
plenty
enough

14. We saw _____ wild animals while on vacation.
quite a few
quite much
quite little
quite some

15. Are you _____ the competition?
enter
going entering
go to enter
going to enter

16. Ireland was part of the UK, _____?
didn't it
wasn't it
hasn't it
weren't it

and makegold.We read magis books.

1) look how clever i am.
2) i am sure i am the cleverest animal in the world.
3) once upon a time there was a young dog, who learned to walk on his hind legs.

comfortable/because there/be/a lot of/noise here.

4.It/be/near the sea/and there/be/two nice/beach/near here.

5.There/be/too many people/this restaurant. Let`s go.

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.