Pre-reading activity

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 424.

What will there be in your street?

There won't (will not) be a new tube station in our street.

Yes, there will. / No, there won't.

C) Will there be a new tube station in our street?

How much time was there for this work?

There wasn't much time for this work.

Yes, there was. / No, there wasn't.

B) Was there little time for this work?

How many new messages are there for me today?

There are no (not any) new messages for you today.

Yes, there are. / No, there aren't.

A) Are there any new messages for me today?

Ex. 7. Make the sentences interrogative and negative. Follow the models.

1. There are twelve students in my group. 2. There are twenty six letters in the English alphabet. 3. There is only one chair in this room. 4. There are thirty days in September. 5. There is one button on my jacket.

1. There was little water in the bottle. 2. There was only one circus in the city 50 years ago. 3. There were a lot of lights in my Christmas-tree last year. 4. There was a shop at the end of the street. 5. There were seven flowers in the vase. 6. There were three pictures on the wall near the door. 7. There was little food in the fridge.

1. There will be a meeting in the hall. 2. There will be a bridge across the river. 3. There will be one more flight to London next month. 4. There will be four seatbelts in my car. 5. There will be a traffic jam in your area.