English Grammar Exercises for A1 – there is / there are; some / any with plural nouns

1. Choose the correct words.

1 There isThere are a wardrobe in bedroom.

2 There isn’tThere aren’t any posters on bedroom walls.

3 There isn’tThere aren’t a chest of drawers in bedroom.

4 There isThere are a dictionary in bag.

5 There isn’tThere aren’t any shelves in our classroom.

6 There areThere aren’t any curtains in the classroom.

7 There isn’tThere aren’t a computer on the teacher’s desk.

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1) There is   2) There aren’t   3) There isn’t   4) There is

5) There aren’t   6) There aren’t   7) There isn’t

2. Complete the prepositions of place.

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1) b_____

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2) u_____

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3) n_____

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4) b_____

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5) i_____

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6) o_____

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7) o_____

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 8 in f_____ of

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1) behind   2) under   3) near   4) between   5) in   6) on

7) opposite   8) front

3. Look at the picture and listen to six sentences. Are they true (T) or false (F)?

1        2        3        4        5        6

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1) T   2) F   3) T   4) F   5) F   6) T

Transcript

1) There’s a lamp on the teacher’s desk.

2) Emily is opposite Jack and Lottie.

3) The teacher is in front of the students.

4) There isn’t a blind.

5) There are schoolbags under Emily’s and Lottie’s desks.

6) There’s a plant near the window.

4. Complete the sentences about the picture in exercise 3. Use There’s a, There isn’t a, There are some or There aren’t any.

1) _________ a computer on the teacher’s desk.

2) _________ dictionaries.

3) _________ a book on Emily’s desk.

4) _________ notice board next to the window.

5) _________ posters.

6) _________ pens on Jack’s desk.

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1) There’s a   2) There are some   3) There’s a   4) There isn’t a

5) There aren’t any   6) There are some

5. Write questions and short answers about the picture. Use Is there a ___ or Are there any ___ .

1) __Are there any__ chairs?

      Yes, there are.

2) _________ plant near the noticeboard?

 ____________

3) _________ books on Lottie’s desk?

 ____________

4) _________ posters on the wall?

 ____________

5) _________ shelves?

     ____________

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2) Is there a ___ ? No, there isn’t.

3) Are there any ___ ? No, there aren’t.

4) Are there any ___ ? No, there aren’t.

5) Are there any ___ ? Yes, there are.

6. Look at the picture again and answer the questions. Use prepositions of place.

1) Where’s Emily?

     She’s between Jack and Lottie.

2) Where’s the lamp?

 ________.

3) Where are the dictionaries?

 ________.

4) Where’s the teacher’s chair?

 ________.

5) Where’s the bin?

 ________.

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2) The lamp is on the teacher’s desk.

3) The dictionaries are on the shelf.

4) The teacher’s chair is behind the teacher’s desk.

5) The bin is under the teacher’s desk.

Challenge!

Write six sentences about your classroom: three with there is / are and three with there isn’t / aren’t. Use a, some and any.

     There’s a computer on the teacher’s desk.

1) _____

2) _____

3) _____

4) _____

5) _____

6) _____

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