G1: Yes / No Questions with "there"

G1: Questions with "there"

by Tom Rohrbach

Multiple Choice Quiz

Figure out the correct way to make a question with "there".

Look at the time words - some sentences are past, some are present, and some are future with "going to".

EXAMPLE: there / an election / last year / ('be') / in your country ? → "Was there an election in your country last year?"

	PAST	PRESENT	FUTURE
SINGULAR	was there...?	is there...?	is there going to be...?
PLURAL	were there...?	are there...?	are there going to be...?

there / a book / (‘be’) / on the table ?
1. Is there a book on the table?
2. There is a book on the table?
3. Are there a book on the table?
there / cookies / in the jar / (‘be’) ?
1. Is there cookies in the jar?
2. There are cookies in the jar?
3. Are there cookies in the jar?
there / a car accident / on Colfax last night / (‘be’) ?
1. Is there a car accident on Colfax last night?
2. Were there a car accident on Colfax last night?
3. Was there a car accident on Colfax last night?
there / going to / a party / next Friday / (‘be’) ?
1. Is going to be there a party next Friday?
2. Is there going to be a party next Friday?
3. Are there going to be a party next Friday?
there / why / two cakes / (‘be’) / on my desk ?
1. Why is there two cakes on my desk?
2. Why are there two cakes on my desk?
3. Why there are two cakes on my desk?
there / water / (‘be’) / in the glass ?
1. Is there water in the glass?
2. Are there water in the glass?
3. Water there is in the glass?
there / a nice hotel / (‘be’) / by the lake ?
1. Was there a nice hotel by the lake?
2. Is a nice hotel there by the lake?
3. Is there a nice hotel by the lake?
there / good sales / (‘be’) / at the mall / last weekend ?
1. Was there good sales at the mall last weekend?
2. Are there good sales at the mall last weekend?
3. Were there good sales at the mall last weekend?
there / soon / (‘be’) / a snowstorm / going to ?
1. There is going to be a snowstorm soon?
2. Is there going to be a snowstorm soon?
3. Is going to be there a snowstorm soon?
there / how many people / in your family / (‘be’) ?
1. There are how many people in your family?
2. How many people is there in your family?
3. How many people are there in your family?
there / near your apartment / (‘be’) / any good restaurants ?
1. Near your apartment are there any good restaurants?
2. Are there any good restaurants near your apartment?
3. Is there any good restaurants near your apartment?
there / in your country / beautiful mountains / (‘be’) ?
1. Are there beautiful mountains in your country?
2. Is there beautiful mountains in your country?
3. Are in your country beautiful mountains?
there / going to / next April / a new iPhone / (‘be’) ?
1. Was there going to be a new iPhone next April?
2. Is there going to be a new iPhone next April?
3. Are there going to be a new iPhone next April?
how many tests / last week / there / (‘be’) ?
1. How many tests are there last week?
2. Were there how many tests last week?
3. How many tests were there last week?