Grammar Exercises 7 : Comparative Structures, Tense Conversion, and Modal Verbs

Exercices 7 A. Complete the following sentences with it is or there is. It is 1.......................raining very hard. There is plentyoftimetodothatlater. 2................... There is 3.......................a strange man in Mr. Smith's office. It is 4.......................easy to understand why he is angry. There is 5........................time for you to take your medicine. It is 6.......................... almost ten o'clock. There is 7...........................a new moon tonight. There is 8...........................a cat in one of your flowerbeds. It is 9............................impossible to finish that work in such time. It is 10........................warm in this room. It is 11.........................beginning to rain. It is 12..........................ten miles from here to the university. There is 13..........................a mailbox on the corner. There is 14..........................a long line of cars ahead of us. It is 15...........................pity that he must stop his English lessons. B. Complete the following sentences with It or There. It 1...........................is raining very hard. There 2...........................isa letter foryou on thehall table. It 3............................Tis almost three o'clock. It 4.............................is a very nice day. There 5.............................are several pretty girls in our English class. It 6..............................is very hot. in this room. It 7..............................is difficult to speak English well. There 8...............................is nota cloud in the sky. It 9................................is beginning to snow. It 10.............................is hard to learn English in such a short time. There 11.............................arealot of beautiful homes on this street. It 12.............................is a shame that you can't come with us to the park. It 13..........................was John who told me about the matter. There 14..........................is no place like home. It 15...........................is a pity she can't speak English. It 16.......................... is a long way from here to Caracas. There 17............................are a lot of people in the park this afternoon. It 18............................was almost eight o'clock when they arrived. There 19............................. were a lot of students absent today. It 20...............................is Tuesday, isn't it? There 21..............................is someone at the door, isn't there ? It 22................................is very unpleasant to work in this cold room. C. Change the followin sentences by beginning each one with It . 1. To learn English is not easy. (It is not easy to learn English.) 2. To learn new words every day is very important. It is very important to learn new words every day. 3. To study with Mr. Smith is very interesting. It is very interesting to study with Mr. Smith. 4. To pay so much money for a car of that type is foolish. . It is foolish to pay so much money for a car of that type. 5. To drive so fast is very dangerous. It is very dangerous to drive so fast. 6. To travel in foreign countries is very interesting. It is very interesting to travel in foreign countries. 7. To be able to speak a foreign language is often very helpful. It is often very helpful to be able to speak a foreign language. 6. To blame John for that mistake is not fair. It is not fair to blame John for that mistake. 9. To study grammar is not interesting to many students. It is not interesting to many students to study grammar. 10. On the other hand, to understand the grammar of a foreign language is important. It is important, on the other hand, to understand the grammar of a foreign language. 11. To get there so early in the morning is almost impossible for me. It is almost impossible for me to get there so early in the morning. 12. To go there by bus is faster than to go by car. It is faster to go there by bus than to go by car. 13. To sing in such a low key is not easy for a soprano. It is not easy for a soprano to sing in such a low key. 14. To explain this matter to him will be very difficult. It will be very difficult to explain this matter to him. 15. To speak with him now is not necessary. It is not necessary to speak with him now. 16. To work so hard at his age is very foolish. It is very foolish to work so hard at his age. 17. To spend the afternoon at the beach on a hot day like this will be very pleasant. It will be very pleasant to spend the afternoon at the beach on a hot day like this. 18. To telephone her at this late hour is useless. It is useless to telephone her at this late hour. 19. To eat too quickly is unwise. It is unwise to eat too quickly. 20. To accept their apology is not easy. It is not easy to accept their apology.