There is / There are — Cities That Never Stop Changing
Grammar: There is / There are — full range (was/were, modals, perfect forms, will be)
Free ESL grammar exercise on there is / there are themed around cities that never stop changing. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.
What's on this worksheet
A Level 4 (upper intermediate) ESL grammar exercise on society, practising there is / there are — full range (was/were, modals, perfect forms, will be). The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
Before the renovation, there were only weeds and broken glass up there. Today, there are gardens, cafés, and art installations. Urban planners now study this as proof that there can be a second life for forgotten infrastructure.
Grammar: There Is / There Are
- Present: is / are
- Use there is with singular nouns and there are with plural nouns. There is a park. There are many parks.
- Past: was / were
- Use there was for singular and there were for plural in the past. There was a motorway. There were protests.
Sample items
- ______ a famous elevated park in New York City called the High Line.
- ______ millions of visitors to the High Line every year.
- ______ only an abandoned railway track before the renovation began.
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