Exercise 2. Finish the following impersonal sentences

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Exercise 1. Complete the following impersonal sentences choosing a right answer.

Impersonal sentences

In many kinds of English sentences, you will find the word “it” or the word “there” in the subject position. These are usually “impersonal” sentences — sentences where there is no natural subject.

1.They cancelled the soccer match because ________ snowing.

a) it was b)there was c)there were

2.Who is that guy? ________ the movie star, Tom Hanks?

a) isn't it b) isn't there c) aren't there

3._______ two birds sitting in that tree.

a) there is b) it is c) there are

4.How long did ________ take you to do your homework?

a) it b) there

5.This is crazy! ________ August, and the weather is still cold!

a)its b) it's c) there's

6.________ any ice cream in the fridge?

a) it is b) is there c) is it

1.How many pages ________ in your grammar book?

a) it is b) is it c) are there

2._______ five miles from the station to my house.

a) there are b) there are c) it is

3.Don't cry! ________ no reason to be sad.

a) there are b) it is c) there is

4.Somebody ate my apple! Who was ________?

a) there b) it

1.My favourite time of the year in Victoria is the summer. 2. Right now, … July, and … flowers everywhere. 3. … hot enough to wear shorts all the time, but not too hot. 4. Downtown … hundreds of tourists, but if you don't like crowds, … easy to get away. 5. … a beautiful park called Beacon Hill Park on the seashore, and … only about one kilometer from downtown. 6. From the park … a lovely view out to sea, and sometimes … whales passing by.