- •The Present Indefinite Tense (1)
- •The Present Indefinite Tense (2)
- •The Present Continuous Tense
- •The Present Indefinite / Present Continuous Tense (1)
- •The Present Indefinite / Present Continuous Tense (2)
- •The Future Indefinite Tense
- •Future Actions
- •The Past Indefinite Tense
- •Future Indefinite or the Future Perfect.
- •The Perfect Tenses
- •The Present Perfect Tense
- •The Present / Past Indefinite Tense
- •The Present Perfect / Past Indefinite Tense
- •The Past Continuous Tense
- •The Past Continuous / Past Indefinite Tense
- •The Past Perfect Tense
- •The Past Perfect / Past Indefinite Tense
- •The Past Perfect / Present Perfect Tense
- •The Future Continuous / Future Indefinite Tense
- •The Future Perfect / Future Indefinite Tense
- •Conditional Sentences (1)
- •Conditional Sentences (2)
- •Modal Verbs
- •The Passive Voice (1)
- •The Passive Voice (2)
- •Special Questions (1)
- •Special Questions (2)
- •Articles
- •Articles with Proper Names
- •Degrees of Comparison (1)
- •Degrees of Comparison (2)
- •Degrees of Comparison (3)
- •Possessive s' / 's
- •Plural / Singular
- •Prepositions (1)
- •Prepositions (2)
- •Prepositions (3)
- •Prepositions (4)
- •Prepositions (5)
- •Much / Many
- •Pronouns (1)
- •Pronouns (2)
- •Pronouns (3)
- •Pronouns (4)
- •The Gerund (1)
- •The Gerund (2)
- •There is – There are
- •Sample Text (1)
- •Sample Text (2)
- •Sample Text (3)
There is – There are
Complete the sentences.
.......................... a new moon tonight.
.......................... someone at the door.
.......................... a lot of students absent today.
.......................... a mailbox on the corner.
.......................... three lamps in the room.
.......................... two large windows in the room.
But ................... only one door.
.......................... a lot of English classes in our school.
.......................... nobody in the room.
.......................... a letter on the table for you.
.......................... several beautiful parks in this city.
.......................... twelve months in a year.
.......................... only one cloud in the sky.
.......................... no one at home.
.......................... no stores in this section of town.
Sample Text (1)
Put the verb in brackets in the correct tense.
One morning Meeks (come) 1____________ from the West to New York to find his sister. She (be) 2____________ Mrs. Mary Snyder, a widow, aged 52, who (live) 3____________ for a year in a tenement house in a crowded district.
At her address somebody (tell) 4____________ him that Mary (move) 5____________ away longer than a month before. No one (can / tell) 6____________ him her new address.
On coming out of the house Mr. Meeks (address) 7____________ a policeman who (stand) 8____________ on the corner, and (explain) 9____________ his difficulty to him. “I (recently / make) 10____________ a lot of money and I'd like to help as soon as possible”, he (add) 11____________. The policeman (pull) 12____________ his moustache and (tell) 13____________ Meeks about Juggins. He (say) 14____________ that Juggins (be) 15____________ the leader of a new school of detectives. “Juggins (solve) 16____________ some very difficult cases. I (take) 17____________ you to him”, the policeman said.
“If I (find) 18____________ your sister, you (pay) 19____________ me two hundred dollars. I (try) 20____________ to solve your case. The disappearance of people in the city is the most interesting problem I (ever / work at) 21____________”, (say) 22____________ the famous detective, (rise) 23____________ and (put on) 24____________ his hat.
In fifteen minutes Juggins (return) 25____________ holding a little piece of paper with Mary's new address. After Meeks (pay) 26____________ his bill, he (ask) 27____________ the detective to explain what he (do) 28____________.