Exercises. Complete the sentences using there + is / are / was / were / has been / have been / will be.
Example:
__________ some nice apples at Tom’s Apple Orchard this year. ==> There are some nice apples at Tom’s Apple Orchard this year.
1. There have been an unusual number of bees this summer.
2. There are DVDs and CDs available for checkout at the library.
3. Luckily, there was one vacancy left at the Sleepy Hollow Motel.
4. There will be roll call early tomorrow morning, so make sure you get a good night’s sleep.
5. There were 22 boys and 20 girls in my graduating class.
6. There is nothing as good as Mom’s cooking.
7. The Farmer’s Almanac says there will be a cold winter next year.
8. There was a black bear in the back yard when I got up this morning.
9. Guess what? There has been an earthquake in California.
10. There’s no use crying over spilled milk.
Exercises. Complete the sentence using there + is / are / was / were / has been / have been / will be, and make the sentences negative.
Example:
I looked high and low, but __________ any keys on the desk. ==> I looked high and low, but there weren’t any keys on the desk.
1. Are you sure there wasn’t any milk left in the fridge?
2. Goldilocks went into the cabin, but there wasn’t a soul around.
3. There haven’t been any customers all day.
4. There weren’t that many people at the nightclub last night.
5. There aren’t any pencils in my pencil cup. Please go to the supply room and get me a new pack.
6. I checked in the supply cabinet, but there weren’t any pencils.
7. Wasn’t there even one pack left? I thought I had ordered some.
8. No, there haven’t been any pencils in the supply cabinet for a whole month.
9. You’d better lock your desk, then, when you leave for the night. Apparently there’s been a pencil thief here lately.
10. Whoever’s been taking the pencils had better come clean, or there will be trouble in River City!