XII. Употребите глагол to be в правильной форме: 1. There ... a pen and two pencils on the desk. 2. There ... two pencils and a pen on the desk. 3. There ... much snow in the streets. 4. There ... six chairs and a table in the room. 5. ... there any chalk on the blackboard ? 6. How many pages ... there in the book ? 7. There ... a nice film on TV yesterday. 8. There ... many students at the meeting next Monday. 9. There ... two institutes in our town 30 years ago. 10. There ... many people in the park last Sunday.

Правильные формы глагола to be в конструкции there is / there are:

1. There is a pen and two pencils on the desk.

2. There are two pencils and a pen on the desk.

3. There is much snow in the streets.

4. There are six chairs and a table in the room.

5. Is there any chalk on the blackboard?

6. How many pages are there in the book?

7. There was a nice film on TV yesterday.

8. There will be many students at the meeting next Monday.

9. There were two institutes in our town 30 years ago.

10. There were many people in the park last Sunday.

Пояснение:

В конструкции there is / there are форма глагола to be обычно зависит от существительного, которое стоит сразу после него.

Если после there стоит существительное в единственном числе или неисчисляемое существительное, употребляется is в настоящем времени:

There is a pen...
There is much snow...

Если после there стоит существительное во множественном числе, употребляется are:

There are two pencils...
There are six chairs...

В прошедшем времени используются формы:

was — для единственного числа;
were — для множественного числа.

Например:

There was a nice film yesterday.
There were many people last Sunday.

В будущем времени используется форма:

there will be

Например:

There will be many students next Monday.