There is - There are

English Exercises - Answers

A) Complete the following sentences with there is / there are in the affirmative.

My name is Annie and I live in a very big house. There are twenty-three rooms in my house, but there are only twelve bedrooms. I live in one of the rooms on the third floor. In my room, there is a huge bed and there are nine windows. My bedroom isn’t small. On my bed there are lots of pillows, and there is my cat, Fluffy. In my closet there are many toys, and there are also many clothes. I don’t have a bathroom in my bedroom, but there is a bathroom next to my room. Also in my house there are two kitchens, a big dining room and three living rooms. The house is really big!

B) Complete the following sentences with there isn’t / there aren’t.
     Be careful with countable and uncountable nouns!

1. There isn’t a flight from here to London.
2. There aren’t any movies that I want to see in the cinema.
3. I’m very hungry, but there isn’t any food in the refrigerator.
4. We want to go to the concert, but there aren’t any tickets.
5. There isn’t any money in my bank account so I can’t pay the bills.
6. There aren’t seventy minutes in an hour.
7. In my neighborhood, there aren’t any children.
8. Henry can’t bake a cake because there isn’t any sugar in the cupboard.
9. It’s sunny today and there isn’t a cloud in the sky.
10. I’m sorry, there aren’t any letters for you today.

C) Describe your neighborhood: What is there in your neighborhood? What doesn’t exist?
Example answer: I live in downtown Santiago. In my neighbourhood there are many apartment buildings...

D) Create sentences using there is / there are and the following words:
     (you can change the words to their plural form if necessary)

(Possible Answers - Your answers will probably be different)

1. Key - There is a key in the door.
2. Tree - There are three trees in the garden.
3. Music - I love all kinds of music. There isn’t any that I hate.
4. Book - There are some great books which I want for Christmas.
5. Floor - There are three floors in the house.
6. Food - There isn’t any food in the fridge. We need to go shopping.
7. Minute - There aren’t enough minutes in the day!
8. Star - There are so many stars in the sky tonight.
9. Restaurant - There is a new restaurant opening across the street.
10. Coffee - There are four cups of coffee on the table.

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There is There are Worksheet (PDF)

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