Introductory there and it

Fifty-one states exist in the USA.

____ fifty-one states in the USA.

There + be + noun + participle phrase.

_____ a strange old man sitting in the corner

Join these sentences.

There is a student. She is reading a book in the park.

In formal English, verbs with future meaning, e.g. anticipate, expect, envisage, intend, can be followed by there + to be/ being.

Put the words into the correct order.

• didn’t expect

• The organisers

• such an overwhelming response

• there to be

Reorder the following.

• We don’t

• anticipate

• there being

• from the anti-hunting lobby

• any resistance

Which sentence is INcorrect?

• If the government goes ahead there’s sure to be on outcry from the miners.

• Hang on, there was supposed to be a television in the room.

• There is bound to be a huge demand for high-quality shoes.

• If they continue this outrageous behaviour, there are expected being serious consequences.

There won’t be any trouble ____back.

• to get

• getting

Researchers noticed that ____ tends to be a higher number of influenza cases in warm winters.

• there

• it

Reorder the following

• several other senior officers

• thought

• to be

• There are

• implicated in the cover-up.

_____ follows a full list of our current terms and conditions of trading.

• There

• It