• There is/ are - it is 9 a) 56.11.1 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'dock.), weather
(It's sunny today.) and in​

Английское слово holiday произошло от словосочетания “holy day”, «священный день», который в посвящали богослужению. В наше время праздники бывают как религиозные, так и светские.

Кроме того, существует целый ряд странных праздников, weird holidays — по одному и более на каждый день в году. К примеру, в Великобритании проводят фестивали соломенного медведя (Straw Bear Festival) и огородных пугал (Scarecrow Festival), отмечают Пятницу поцелуев (Kissing Friday) и День благословения горла (Blessing of the Throats Day), проводят чемпионаты по катанию сыра (Cheese Rolling Championships) и по заплыву в водолазной маске в болоте (Bog Snorkelling Championships) — и так далее, и тому подобное.

I entered (enter) the dentist's waiting room which was (be) full. Like any other waiting room, it had (have) an atmosphere of its own. A small table was covered (be covered) with very old magazines; the curtains were (be) of indefinite colour and the armchairs definitely unclean. There were (be) dusty pictures on the wall. I took (take) my seat and decided (decide) to pass the time watching the people around me.
A little man beside me was turning (turn) over the pages of a magazine quickly and nervously. It was (be) hard to understand what he was looking (look) at; from time to time he threw (throw) the magazine on the table and picked up (pick up) another. Opposite me there was (be) a young mother who was trying (try) hard to quiet her son. The boy was making (make) aeroplane-noises as he was moving (move) an ashtray on the floor. Near him an old man was sleeping (sleep) and the boy's mother was (be) afraid that sooner or later her son would wake (wake up) him up. I myself was (be) sleepy. The boy was (be) quiet now in his mother's arms. There was (be) a deathly silence in the room and just at this moment the loud speaker called (call) out the name of the next lucky person.