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Grammar Reference with practice exercises Elementary FOURTH EDITION

UNIT 4 UNIT 4 EXERCISES

4.1  There is . . . /There are . . .  Ex. 1–2 1 Match the two halves of the sentences.
Positive 1 Is there a any biscuits?
2 There are b a computer.
is a sofa. (singular)
There 3 Are there c a car park?
are two bedrooms. (plural) 4 There isn’t d two girls.

Negative 2 Complete the sentences. Use the verb to be (+, –, or ?).

isn’t a shower. (singular) 1 (?) Are there any books?
There 2 (–) There              any champagne.
aren’t any pictures. (plural) 3 (+) There              five glasses.
Yes/No questions Short answers 4 (?)              there a dictionary?
5 (–) There              any magazines.
Yes, there is. 6 (+) There              a black dog.
Is a table?
No, there isn’t.
there 3 Complete the sentences. Use some or any.
Yes, there are.
Are any photos? 1 There are some photos on the shelf.
No, there aren’t.
2 Are there           glasses on the table?
3 There are           eggs in the fridge.
4.2  How many . . . ? 4 There aren’t           plates in the cupboard.
How many bathrooms are there? 5 Are there           students in the classroom?

4 Underline the correct word in italics.

4.3  some/any  Ex. 3
1 I like this / these clock.
Positive 2 Do you want those / that books?
There are some pictures. some + plural noun 3 These / this flowers are beautiful!
Negative 4 How much is that / those skirt?
There aren’t any glasses. any + plural noun 5 Is this / these your coat?
Question 6 This/Those is a picture of my mother.
Are there any books? any + plural noun

4.4  a lot of
She has a lot of clothes.

4.5  this, that, these, those  Ex. 4

1 We use this/these to talk about people/things that are near to us.
I like this picture. How much are these mugs?
2 We use that/those to talk about people/things that aren’t near to
us.
Can you see that man? Who are those children outside?
3 We can use this/that/these/those without a noun.
This is lovely. That’s horrible.
Can I have this? These are my favourite.
I don’t like that. I don’t want those.

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there is/are
2 Aholiday cottage
1 Look at the advert for a holiday cottage. Complete the sentences
with there is/isn't or there are.
1 There are three bedrooms in the cottage.
2 There isn't a dining room.
3 a big kitchen.
4 an open fire in the living room.
S two bathrooms.
6 a big garden.
7 a TV. A lovely old cottage in the heart of the beautiful
Dorset countryside.
2 Complete the questions and answers.
• three double bedrooms
1 ' Are there any restaurants in Lyme Regis?' 'Yes, there are • big kitchen
some great restaurants: • living room with open fire (no TV)
, • two bathrooms
2 any cafes?' 'Yes, lots: • small garden
, • only 3 miles from the seaside town of Lyme Regis
3 a beach?' 'Yes, a lovely beach:
• great restaurants and cafes
,
4 any big shopping centres?' 'No, • lovely beach
, • local shops and chemist
S a chemist's?' 'Yes,
, •• CONTACT
6 any shops?' 'Yes, local shops:
Jackie at appletree@dorsetcottages.com ,
,
7 a railway station?' 'No, . Not any more:

Prepositions
3 Where is it?
Look at the picture. Complete the sentences
with a preposition from the box.

in (x2) on under next to

opposite above near outside

1 There are lots of shops j!L Park Road.

2 There's a chemist's the newsagent's.
3 The Internet cafe is the newsagent's.
4 There's a flat to rent the first floor
above the chem ist's.
S The post box is the post office.
6 There's a bus stop the park.
7 There are some child ren the park.
8 There's a bench the chemist's.
9 The car park is the hotel.

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some/any/ a lot of this/ that/ these/those
4 What's in Deborah's kitchen? 5 I like that picture
Look at the picture of Deborah's kitchen in her new flat. Look at the pictures. Complete the sentences with this,
Complete the sentences with some, any or a lot of that, these, or those.

1 This is a photo of 2 I like - - --

my kids. picture.

3 _ ___ cake is 4 I love _ _ __ hats!

delicious.
1 'Deborah has a lot of flowers:
'Yes, she does, but does she have ~ vases?'
2 'Oh dear, there isn't coffee left:
'It's OK, there's champagne on the table:
3 'Are there glasses?'
'No, there aren't glasses, but there are
_ _ __ mugs on the shelf
4 'Does she have plates?' 5 6 How much is
children. ____ television?
'Yes, she does. There are in the cupboard:
5 'Does she have cookbooks?'
'She has _ _ _ _ but not many:
6 'Is there fruit? '
'Yes, there's _ _ __ fruit - apples, pears, oranges
and bananas:
-; :-\re there _ _ _ _ vegetables?'
_-a. there aren't vegetables:
7 Look at _ __ _ 8 Can I have six of
ere pictures?' ____ oranges,
man!
aren't, but there are _ _ __ lovely photos: please?

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