Question

Task 12. Put in there or it. a. Mum: _____ is a good programme on TV tonight. _____ is about computers. Dad: I’m not interested in computers. Is _____ a long programme? Mum: No, only half an hour. Why? Dad: Because _____’s another programme I want to watch at 9.30. b. Juan: Excuse me. Is _____ a bank near here? Mark: Yes, _____’s one on the corner of Broad Street. Juan: Is _____ open at lunchtime? Mark: Yes, I think so. c. Jane: (standing outside a restaurant) This is the new Mexican restaurant. Mary: Is _____ expensive? Jane: No, I don’t think so. Look, _____’s an empty table. Let’s go in. d. Dave: Mum, _____ isn’t any soap in the bathroom. Mum: Yes, _____ is. _____’s a new packet on the shelf. Dave: I can’t see _____. Mum: _____’s next to the shampoo. e. 1. ___’s a cat in your bedroom. 2. ___’s hard to understand him. 3. ___’s cold tonight. 4. ___’s ice on the roads. 5. ___’s nice to see you. 6. ___’s somebody on the phone for you. 7. ___’s a problem with the TV. 8. ___’s too late to go out. 9. ___’s a funny smell in the kitchen. 10. “What’s that noise?” “___’s the wind”.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

a. Mum: There is a good programme on TV tonight. It is about computers. Dad: I’m not interested in computers. Is it a long programme? Mum: No, only half an hour. Why? Dad: Because there’s another programme I want to watch at 9.30.

b. Juan: Excuse me. Is there a bank near here? Mark: Yes, there’s one on the corner of Broad Street. Juan: Is it open at lunchtime? Mark: Yes, I think so.

c. Jane: (standing outside a restaurant) This is the new Mexican restaurant. Mary: Is it expensive? Jane: No, I don’t think so. Look, there’s an empty table. Let’s go in.

d. Dave: Mum, there isn’t any soap in the bathroom. Mum: Yes, there is. There’s a new packet on the shelf. Dave: I can’t see it. Mum: It’s next to the shampoo.

e. 1. There's a cat in your bedroom. 2. It's hard to understand him. 3. It's cold tonight. 4. There's ice on the roads. 5. It's nice to see you. 6. There's somebody on the phone for you. 7. There's a problem with the TV. 8. It's too late to go out. 9. There's a funny smell in the kitchen. 10. “What’s that noise?” “It’s the wind”.