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Impersonal it/they and there 8 O 4.3 Listen to two students playing the O
guessing game Where in the world am I?'
'
We sometimes use it as an impersonal subject. In Complete the chart using full sentences.
these cases, it doesn't mean a person or a thing.
Local time It's 2-p.m..
We use it to talk about:
Weather
the weather dates
It's sunny. It's Thursday. Distance
It's the tenth of February. from London
the time
It's half past three. distance Population
It's 120 kilometres to London.
Interesting
We use impersonal there + be to say that something
exists. The real subject comes after the verb.
There's a book under your chair.
There are some new computers in our classroom.

We often use impersonal there + be with some or Now play the game with your
with numbers. partner. Student A looks at page 168
There are 30 people in my class. for information. Student B looks at
There was some cheese in the fridge. page 170. Ask and answer questions
and complete the chart. Can you guess
There or it/they?
the place?
We use impersonal there + be when we talk
about something for the first time. When we talk about Beijing (China) Dubai (UAE)
it a second time , we use it or they. New Delhi (India) New York (USA)
Therefs a spider in the bathroom. (= new information)
London time 12 p.m.
It's very big! (We know you're talking about the
spider now) Student A Student B
There are a lot of advertisements on TV. (= new Local time
information)
Weather
I think theyfre boring. (We know 'they' means the
advertisements) Distance
from London
O Population
S7 Circle the correct option.
ÿ There's / It's the fourteenth of July. Interesting
sights
1 There's / It's quarter past six.
2 There's/It's hot and sunny today. City
3 There's / It's a good film on at the cinema.
4 There's / It's Friday today. what tim¿ Is It your towiA,?
5 There's/It's someone at the door.
6 There are / It's four kilometres to my school.
it's seven o'clock, in the vÿorvúvÿ.
7 There was/It was windy yesterday.
8 There's / It's some oil on your trousers!
9 There was / It was a pencil on the desk.
10 There was / It was the seventeenth on Sunday.

22 Personal pronouns; impersonal there and it/they