Question

There is/ are - It is 9 a) 6.6.11.1 Read the theory. Are there similar structures in your language? Impersonal sentences are sentences where there is no natural subject. We usually have the word there or it in the subject position. We use: There + be to say that someone/ something exists. There is a museum in my town. It + be for identification. There's a letter for you. It's from overseas. It + be for distance (It's 2 km from here to the city centre.), temperature (It's hot in here.), time (It's one o'clock.), weather (It's sunny today.) and in expressions such as: it seems/ appears that, it looks like, it doesn't matter, etc (It seems that the bus is late.) . b) 6.2.5.1 Fill in it or there. 1 ...... is a nice playground in the park, but ......... is really crowded in the afternoons. 2 .......... seems that we've missed our bus. Luckily, ........ is another one coming in 30 minutes. 3 We can walk to the museum; ......... is quite warm and sunny now. 4 .......... is 5 km from here to the city centre, but ......... is a bus stop near here. 5 .......... is someone on the phone for you. I think .......... is our guide.​

Answer 1

1. There is a nice playground in the park, but it is really crowded in the afternoons.

2. It seems that we've missed our bus. Luckily, there is another one coming in 30 minutes.

3. We can walk to the museum; it is quite warm and sunny now.

4. It is 5 km from here to the city centre, but there is a bus stop near here.

5. There is someone on the phone for you. I think it is our guide.