‘There’ and ‘it’: Preparatory subjects

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Exercise 1: Choose the correct form of 'there' or 'it' to complete each sentence.

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Exercise 1: Choose the correct form of 'there' or 'it' to complete each sentence.

Select the correct word — 'There' or 'It' — to complete each sentence. Pay attention to whether the sentence is about existence, time, weather, distance, or a delayed subject (infinitive/that-clause).

1
's been an hour since I ordered my pizza.
2
's been a lot of improvement in the quality of our products.
3
's been hard for him to find a job.
4
will be a pleasure to have you as a guest here.
5
's very cold today; 's been snowing all night.
6
's a police officer at the door; seems that we've been making too much noise.
7
must have been amazing to be the first person to discover this cave.
8
The fire spread very quickly. must have been something flammable in the house.
9
Why do you get up so early? 's a holiday today.
10
shouldn't take you too long to finish the report.