410 there or it

There + be: To talk about

There or it?
a. Is..........the thirteenth today?
b. Take a taxi. .........’s a long way
home.
c. ..........was a car outside. .......
looked very expensive.
d. .......... was cold yesterday.
e. ........’s a train at 9 o’clock. ......
is a fast train.
f. I’m not going to buy this blouse.
........... is very expensive.
g. oh! ........’s something in my eye.
h. Is...........anything on TV?
i. .............is a letter on the floor. ............................................
Is............for you?
............................................
j. Look!..........’s a photo of Brad Pitt ............................................
in this magazine.
............................................
k. We can walk home. ........ isn’t far. ............................................
l. ........’s dark in this room. Can you .............................................
turn on the light?
.............................................
m. Is..........a bus from the city
.............................................
centre to the station?
.............................................
n. ..........isn’t a sports centre here.
o. Look!........ is snowing

p. ...... is late.


the existence of something.
Be agrees with the following
noun. E.g. There is a plane but
there are some planes.
We use it for a thing, an idea,
an action or a situation.
E.g. The car is fast. It is blue (it = the car)

We use it to mean “the unknown
person”. E.g. Did someone ring?
–

Yes, it was Peter.

We use it for time, the weather
and distance.E.g. It’s sunny today.

There or it? We often use there
when we mention something for
the first time.
We use it when we talk about the
details. E.g. There was a dog. It was brown.