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I23 It and there

Introductory it as subject and object; there; common expressions
with it's no „. and there's no ...

Context listening

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Liz is planning on moving out of her family home and buying her own apartment. What are the
advantages and disadvantages of living in a town centre or on the edge of a town?

cff Listen to the conversation. Which of the advantages and disadvantages you thought of do
Liz and her parents mention?

Listen again. Do these statements refer to the town apartment (T) or the out-of-town
apartment in Canley (C)? (Ignore the letters a-m for now).
1 ales been on the market for a longtime. T
2 bit's obvious why they've been having problems selling cit.
3
dlt really shocked me to see how bad eit was.
4
fles about 15 kilometres from ethere into the centre.
5
bThere's bound to be a regular bus service from Ithere.
6
IThere's that lovely little river that runs nearby.
7
The rooms in kit are quite dark and that made lit feel cramped.
8 mThere is expected to be a lot of interest in the property.
1.4 Look again at the sentences in 1.3. Some of the examples of it and there (a-m) refer back to a thing or
a place that has been previously mentioned. Which ones are they? What do they refer back to?
1
- It = the, town apcutment
S
2 6
3 7
4 8

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