‘There’ and ‘it’: Preparatory subjects

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Exercise 4: Fill in each gap with 'there' or 'it' and an appropriate verb form.

Exercise 4: Fill in each gap with 'there' or 'it' and an appropriate verb form.

Complete each sentence using **two words**: the correct preparatory subject (**there** or **it**) + the correct verb form (e.g., 'is', 'has been', 'would be', etc.). Do **not** use contractions (e.g., write 'it is', not 'it’s').

1

fun to stay with you next weekend.

2

to be a mistake in the answer. This can't be right.

3

We decided to go home because getting cold.

4

impossible to play the match, so we cancelled it.

5

to be a pub in my street, but they closed it down last year.

6

me who wrote the letter.

7

have been very difficult to run 20 miles in the desert. You should be proud.

8

been a lot of speculation over who the next minister will be.

9

been a long time since I wrote you, but I've been very busy.

10

not much we can do now.