There Is Or There Are

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form.

1. There ……………… a picture on the wall. (is / are)

2. There ………………. sixty passengers on the bus. (was / were)

3. There ……………… nothing I could do about it. (was / were)

4. There ……………….. to be a problem. (seem / seems)

5. There ……………… no roof over their head. (is / are)

6. There ………………. a solution for every problem. (is / are)

7. There ……………….. a few books on the table. (was / were)

8. There ………………… hundreds of people waiting outside the hall. (was / were)

9. There ………………… something in the hole. (is / are)

10. There …………………. hundreds of thousands of stars shining in the sky. (is / are)

11. There …………………. something wrong with him. (is / are)

12. There …………………. nobody to help them. (was / were)

Answers

1. There is a picture on the wall.

2. There were sixty passengers on the bus.

3. There was nothing I could do about it.

4. There seems to be a problem.

5. There is no roof over their head.

6. There is a solution for every problem.

7. There were a few books on the table.

8. There are hundreds of people waiting outside the hall.

9. There is something in the hole.

10. There are hundreds of thousands of stars shining in the sky.

11. There is something wrong with him.

12. There was nobody to help them.