ONLINE TESTS - FCE - THERE - IT - FIRST CERTIFICATE IN ENGLISH

1) There | It was a lot of smoke in the room. RULE#3

2) Is it | there raining very hard? RULE#2

3) It | There is five years since I went to the cinema. RULE#2

4) There | It is a new pub in Oxford Street. RULE#1

5) It | There was nice to meet your sister at last. RULE#5

6) It | There was 6 o'clock and George still hadn't arrived. RULE#2

7) There | It must have been more than 200 people in the club. RULE#3

8) There | It is a conference this evening. It will start at eight. RULE#1

9) It | There is nice seeing you again. RULE#5

10) It | There appears that you are not currently connected to the internet. RULE#4

11) There | It looks like they're going to win the tournament again. RULE#4

12) It | There was a nice day yesterday. She had a walk. RULE#2

RULE#1	THERE + BE USED TO SAY THAT SOMETHING OR SOMEONE EXISTS.	There's a pub around the corner. There are some girls waiting outside.
RULE#2	IT IS USED FOR TIME EXPRESSIONS, TEMPERATURE, DISTANCE AND WEATHER.	It's very cold today. It is six o'clock. It's ten miles to the town.
RULE#3	THERE + BE + NUMBERS OR QUANTITIES.	There is a lot of space. There was very little rain last night. There are many things to do.
RULE#4	IT IS USED IN THE FOLLOWING EXPRESSIONS.	It looks like, it appears that, it seems that, it is said that.
RULE#5	IT IS USED TO GIVE AN OPINION FOLLOWED BY TO-INFINITIVE OR AN ING-VERB.	It's very nice to meet you. It's great living in London. It's good to talk.

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