THERE IS | THERE ARE EXERCISES

EXERCISES

 Ex. 1. Complete the sentences using THERE IS or THERE ARE:

              THERE IS හෝ THERE ARE භාවිතයෙන් වාක්‍ය සම්පූර්ණ කරන්න:

1. _______________________ some books on the shelf.

2. _______________________ very little money left in the box.

3. _______________________ only one student in the lab now.

4. _______________________ very few people at the conference.

5. _______________________ no more milk in the jug.

6. _______________________ no more cassettes in the box.

7. _______________________ no time left.

8. _______________________ several helicopters in the airfield.

9. _______________________ some letters for you on the desk.

10. _______________________ a lot of mistakes in your composition.

Ex. 2. Change the following statements into the negative form.

           පහත සඳහන් ප්‍රකාශ ඍණාත්මක ස්වරූපයට වෙනස් කරන්න.

1. There’s a lot of fruit in the basket. ___________________________________________________

2. There are a lot of students absent. ___________________________________________________

3. There´s some more meat in the fridge. _______________________________________________

4. There are some extra chairs in the room. _____________________________________________

5. There´s a telephone in the room. ___________________________________________________

6. There are a lot of people in the room. _______________________________________________

7. There are some more clean glasses. _________________________________________________

8. There are 30 days in February. _____________________________________________________

9. There´s some more money in my pocket. _____________________________________________

10. There´s central heating in the room. ________________________________________________

Ex. 3. Change the following sentences into the interrogative form.

පහත සඳහන් වාක්‍ය ප්‍රශ්න කිරීමේ ස්වරූපයට වෙනස් කරන්න.

1. There´s a hotel near the Training Center. ___________________________________________________

2. There are some students absent today. ___________________________________________________

3. There´s a lot of free time in the mornings. ___________________________________________________

4. There´s some more coffee in the cup.

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5. There are more than 10 students.

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6. There are more women than men.

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7. There is another chair in that room

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8. There are some more books.

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9. There are 24 hours in a day.

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10. There´s a train for Paris in the morning. ___________________________________________________

Ex. 4. Complete the following questions and answers. Use HOW MUCH......IS THERE? Or HOW MANY..........
ARE THERE? in the questions, and THERE’S or THERE ARE in the Answers .

පහත සඳහන් ප්‍රශ්න සහ පිළිතුරු සම්පූර්ණ කරන්න. HOW MUCH.....IS THERE? or HOW MANY........ARE THERE? ප්‍රශ්න වලටද, සහ THERE IS or THERE are පිළිතුරු වලටද භාවිතා කරන්න.

Ex.: (How many) dictionaries (are there)? (There are) 8, sir.

1. ___________________ money ______________? ________________ very little.

2. ___________________ doors ________________in the lab? ________________ just one.

3. ___________________ milk _________________in the jug? ________________ no milk in it.

4. ___________________ video tapes ___________? ________________ very few.

5. ___________________ work _________________today? ________________ a lot of work.

6. ___________________ people _______________in the room?. ________________ a lot.

7. ___________________ butter ________________in the dish? ________________ just a little.

8. ___________________ secretaries ____________here? ________________ two.

9. ___________________ women ______________in that group? ________________ five or six.

10. ___________________ men _________________in the crew? ________________ four men.

Ex. 5. Use LITTLE, FEW, A LOT in the blank spaces.

LITTLE, FEW, A LOT භාවිතා කර වාක්‍ය සම්පූර්ණ කරන්න.

1. There are very ______________________________ books in the school library.

2. There´s ____________________________________ milk left in the bottle.

3. There´s very ________________________________ ice in my glass.

4. There´s ____________________________________ of noise in this room.

5. There are __________________________________ of trees in that park.

6. There are only a ____________________________ tickets available.

7. There are __________________________________ students absent from class today.

8. There´s ____________________________________ of sugar in my coffee. It´s too sweet.

9. There are __________________________________ of errors in my bill.

10. There´s just a ______________________________ whisky left in the bottle.