9 a) Read the theory. Are there similar structures in your language? b) Fill in it or there.
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9 a) Read the theory. Are there similar structures in your language?
Impersonal sentences are sentences where there is no natural subject. We usually have the word there or it in the subject position. We use: • There + be to say that someone/something exists. There is a museum in my town. • It + be for identification. There's a letter for you. It's from overseas. • It + be for distance (It's 2 km from here to the city centre), temperature (It's hot in here), time (It's one o'clock), weather (It's sunny today) and in expressions such as: it seems/appears that, it looks like, it doesn't matter, etc (It seems that the bus is late.)
b) Fill in it or there. 1 ___ is a nice playground in the park, but ___ is really crowded in the afternoons. 2 ___ seems that we've missed our bus. Luckily, ___ is another one coming in 30 minutes. 3 We can walk to the museum; ___ is quite warm and sunny now. 4 ___ is 5 km from here to the city centre, but ___ is a bus stop near here. 5 ___ is someone on the phone for you. I think ___ is our guide.
9b — краткий ответ:
- there; it
- it; there
- it
- it; there
- there; it
9a. Да, похожие конструкции есть, хотя они не всегда совпадают дословно: «В парке есть площадка» — There is a playground in the park; «Это наш гид» — It is our guide; «Сейчас тепло» — It is warm now.
Как выбирать
- there + be — сообщаем, что что-то существует или находится: There is a bus stop near here.
- it — используем, когда:
- возвращаемся к уже названному месту или предмету: ...but it is really crowded;
- говорим о погоде, времени, расстоянии, температуре: It is warm. It is 5 km...;
- называем или узнаём кого-то: I think it is our guide;
- есть устойчивое выражение It seems that... — «кажется, что...».
Проверка — полные предложения
- There is a nice playground in the park, but it is really crowded in the afternoons.
- It seems that we've missed our bus. Luckily, there is another one coming in 30 minutes.
- We can walk to the museum; it is quite warm and sunny now.
- It is 5 km from here to the city centre, but there is a bus stop near here.
- There is someone on the phone for you. I think it is our guide.
