Choose the best answer.
Example. Is there a swimming pool in your school, Tom?
a) No, there isn't.
b) No, it isn't.
c) No, there aren't.
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Are there lots of students?
a) Yes, they are.
b) Yes, there are.
c) Yes, there is. -
Are there any computers in your classroom?
a) Yes, they're computers.
b) Yes, they're there.
c) Yes, there are. -
Is there a dining room?
a) Yes, there's.
b) Yes, there is.
c) Yes, there are. -
Is the food nice?
a) Yes, they are.
b) Yes, there are.
c) Yes, it is. -
Is there any sugar in the cupboard?
a) No, it isn't.
b) No, there isn't.
c) No, there aren't. -
Are your mum and dad at home?
a) No, he isn't.
b) No, she isn't.
c) No, they aren't.
- Вопрос «Are there...?» — краткий ответ «Yes, there are.» (b).
- Вопрос «Are there any computers...?» — множественное число, ответ «Yes, there are.» (c).
- Вопрос «Is there a dining room?» — ответ «Yes, there is.» (b). Форма «Yes, there's.» в коротком ответе не употребляется.
- «Is the food nice?» — food в единственном числе, подлежащее заменяем на it: «Yes, it is.» (c).
- «Is there any sugar...?» — sugar неисчисляемое, ответ «No, there isn't.» (b).
- «Are your mum and dad at home?» — mum and dad заменяем на they: «No, they aren't.» (c).
На вопрос с «Is/Are there...?» отвечают «Yes, there is/are.» или «No, there isn't/aren't.». Если вопрос с конкретным подлежащим (the food, your mum and dad), оно заменяется местоимением: it, they.
