OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR-99 sau đây là giáo trình lý thuyết tiếng anh và bài tập áp dụng từ cơ bản đến nâng cao , nhằm giúp các bạn có thể tự mình ôn tập và củng cố thêm về nền tảng kiến thức môn Anh văn , tự tin đạt kết quả tốt trong kỳ thi ngoại ngữ | OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR 99 THERE AND IT A There be Look at these examples. I really ought to phone home. Well there s a phone box round the corner. Could I make myself an omelette Of course. There are some eggs in the fridge. There s an important meeting at work that I have to go to. To talk about the existence of something we use there be. We usually pronounce there like the. There s is and there are is . Be agrees with the following noun. There is a phone box. BUT There are some eggs. Here are some more examples. There s a bus at ten to five. There ll be a meal waiting for us. Is there a toilet in the building Were there any bargains in the sale There have been some burglaries recently. There might have been an accident. We also use there with words like a lot of many much more enough and with numbers. There were a lot of problems to discuss. There s too much noise in here. Will there be enough chairs There are thirty days in April. B Uses of it We use it for a thing an action a situation or an idea. You ve bought a new coat. It s very nice it the coat Skiing is an expensive hobby isn t it You have to fill in all these stupid forms. It s ridiculous. I find astrology fascinating. I m really interested in it. We use it to mean the unknown person . Did someone ring It was Vicky. She just called to say she s arrived safely. We use it for the time the weather and distance. It s halfpast five already. It s Sunday tomorrow. It was much warmer yesterday. It s fifty miles from here to Brighton. We also use it in structures with a to-infinitive or a that-clause see also Unit 67B . It was nice to meet your friends. It would be a good idea to book in advance. It s important to switch off the electricity. It s a pity that you can t come with us. This is much more usual than for example To meet your friends was nice. C There or it We often use there when we mention something for the first time like the picture in this example. There was a picture on the wall. It was an .
