There is/ are - It is 9
a) 6.6.11.1 Read the theory.
Are there similar structures
in your language?
-S
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.)​

1Just as Bob  crossed the street .a car came round the corner
2 While I .was thinking about my next actions somebody knocked 

3 Then I ... saw a man standing nearby the shop 

4 Something very strange  happened to me on my way home 

5 When I got up that morning the sun  was shining brightly 

6 Somebody stole the money from Dad's pocket while he .was sleeping ..

7 It was getting dark when we  reached the native city 

8 While he  was waiting  for me he was reading the article in the magazine 
9 He couldn't speak because he was dying  of laughter 
10 I looked at Mary who still was shivering   from cold 

11 They  were quarrelling  while they were discussing their plans 

12 I was hurrying to my work when i .met ..my old friend 

13 They  were sitting ...at the table when i began to tell this story 

14 While i ..was looking .through all the newspapers and didn't know what to do 

15 He ..came .into the room and saw the father there 

It was late on Friday afternoon Mr. Brown 1. was walking (walk) home from work. There was a big lorry outside his block of flats. “Somebody is moving”, he 2. _thought (think). He 3. was standing (stand) outside the front door when he 4. saw (see) two men at the door. They 5. was carrying (carry) a huge TV. Mr. Brown 6. held (hold) the door open for them, they 7. thanked (thank) him and they 8. loaded (load) the TV to the lorry. Then, Mr. Brown 9. __went (go) upstairs to his flat on the second floor. He 10. _was looking (look) for his keys when he 11. realized (realize) his door was open. He 12. remembered (remember) the two men with the TV and he nearly 13. fainted _ (faint)! The two men 14. were thieves and the TV they 15. carried (carry) was his TV!