Exercise 1 Fill in the gaps. Use there is / there ARe / is there / Are there.
1. __there are ________lots of stores in Soho.
2. __there is ____________a restaurant in Central Park ?
3. _there are _________many yellow cabs in Manhattan.
4. .....there are ...........................cinemas and theatres in Broadway.
5. How many shops…there are ...................... on Fifth Avenue ?
6. ____there are ________73 elevators in the Empire State Building.
7. ____is there ___________always something interesting to do in New York !
8. _____are there _____________any guided tours and cruises on the river ?
9. .............there is ...........a cafeteria in Central Park and…….there are….. excellent bagels there.
10. _____there is ___________a museum called the Met.
11. ______there are ___________Italian restaurant in Little Italy.
12. _____is there _______________a river ? yes, the Hudson River for instance.
Exercise 2 Look at the map of New York City and complete the text with "opposite, behind, next to, in, on,
far from, between".
There are buildings and skyscrapers
…in……Wall Street. The Statue
of Liberty is situated in Liberty
island. It is far from Wall
Street. Central Park is
…zoo next to ….The
Rockefeller Centre. There is a
zoo.. between
Central Park. China Town is
Next to ……..Soho and Little Italy.
The Chrysler Building is not
…next to ……..the Empire State
Building.
Ellis Island is opposite…………the Statue of Liberty. Times Square is far from Madison Square Garden.
Exercise 3 Look at the grid and complete the text. Use
there is /there isn't / there ARE /there Aren't ANy.
In New York City ……..there are ...................... ninety-seven Places NYC
skyscrapers and ………there is..................a new one called One new skyscraper 1
World Trade Centre there isn’t a beach but beach 0
…there are….sixteen bridges. bridges 16
………………there aren’t ……casinos but…there is…………….. casinos 0
a famous statue. There is a zoo in Central Park. skyscrapers 97
zoo 1
……there isn’t ……………………an old castle and
statue 1
………there aren’t ………………..…………..trolleys.
old castle 0
trolleys 0