Exercise. Complete the sentences with either it’s/it is or is it.
Example:
________ only five degrees outside. ==> It’s only five degrees outside.
1. It is so quiet in the classroom that you could hear a pin drop.
2. Is it time to leave for the airport yet?
3. It’s rare to get this much snow in November.
4. Is it safe to enter the room now?
5. Is it easy to bake cookies?
6. The sign says it’s 93 miles to the next gas station.
7. I don’t know why it’s so difficult for Jack to understand algebra.
8. Is it fair that you get three cookies, and I get none?
9. It’s a two-hour hike up the mountain to the temple.
10. Is it Friday already? This week sure went by fast.
Exercise. Make questions with the given information, using How far…?
Example:
the hotel / the airport ==> How far is it from the hotel to the airport?
1. How far is it from Boston to New York?
2. How far is it from here to the library?
3. How far is it from the hostel to the market?
4. How far is it from the train station to the bus station?
5. How far is it from your house to the river?
Exercise. Complete the sentences, choosing an appropriate word or phrase from the lists.
Example:
It’s (easy / stupid / silly) to (get up early / eat your vegetables / wash your clothes) when you’ve had enough sleep. ==> It’s easy to get up early when you’ve had enough sleep.
1. It’s difficult to make four goals in a row.
2. I don’t like these new rules. It’s stupid to make us fill out fifteen forms just to import paper clips.
3. Bill and Bob are twins. It’s impossible to tell them apart if they wear the same clothes.
4. It’s nice to stay at a decent hotel for a change.
5. It’s rare to spot an opossum in broad daylight.
6. Leave your cigarette in the car. It’s dangerous to pump gas while smoking.
7. It’s interesting to look at all the different people you find in an airport.
8. What was the travel agent thinking? It’s crazy to drive from Berlin to Rome in one day.
9. It’s sad to see so much poverty and suffering in the world.
10. It’s good to come home after a long trip, isn’t it?