Unit 38: It … (time / day / distance / weather)

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GRAMMAR
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EXERCISES

A. We use it for time / day / distance / weather

time
• What time is it?
• It's half past ten.
• It's time to go home.
day
• What day is it?
• It's Thursday.
• It's 16 March.
• It was my birthday yesterday.
distance
• It's three miles from our house to the city centre.
• How far is it from London to Bristol?
• It's a long way from here to the station.
• We can walk home. It isn't far.
We use it in questions (is it far?) and negatives (it isn't far).
We use a long way in positive sentences (it's a long way).
weather
• It's raining.
• It isn't raining.
• Is it snowing?
• It rains a lot here.
• It didn't rain yesterday.
• Does it snow very often?
• It's warm/hot/cold/fine/cloudy/windy/sunny/foggy/dark etc.
• It's a nice day today.
Compare it and there:
• It rains a lot in winter.
• There is a lot of rain in winter.
• It was very windy.
• There was a strong wind yesterday.

B. It’s nice to … etc.

It’s easy / difficult / impossible / dangerous / safe / expensive / interesting / nice / wonderful / terrible etc. to …
It’s nice to see you again. (it = to see you again)
It’s impossible to understand her. (it = to understand her)
It wasn’t easy to find your house. (it = to find your house)

C. Don’t forget it:

It’s raining again. (not 'Is raining again')
Is it true that you are going away? (not 'Is true that …')
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Examples

It's half past ten.
It's Thursday.
It's three miles from here.
It's a long way.
It's raining.
It's warm today.
It's nice to see you again.
It's impossible to understand her.
It's raining again.

Exercises 38.1 – 38.5

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38.1 Write about the weather in the pictures. Use It's ...

rain1. It's raining.
wind2. It's windy.
cold3. It's cold.
sun4. It's sunny.
snow5. It's snowing.
fog6. It's foggy.
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38.2 Put in It is (It's) or is it.

  1. What time is it?
  2. We must go now. __________ very late.
  3. __________ true that Bill can fly a helicopter?
  4. ‘What day __________ today? Tuesday?’ ‘No, __________ Wednesday.’
  5. __________ ten kilometres from the airport to the city centre.
  6. __________ possible to phone you at your office?
  7. ‘Do you want to walk to the restaurant?’ ‘I don’t know. How far __________?’
  8. __________ Linda’s birthday today. She’s 27.
  9. I don’t believe it! __________ impossible.
  3. /
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38.3 Write questions with How far …?

  1. (here / the station) How far is it from here to the station?
  2. (the hotel / the beach) __________
  3. (New York / Washington) __________
  4. (your house / the airport) __________
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38.4 Put in it or there.

  1. It rains a lot in winter.
  2. There was a strong wind yesterday.
  3. __________ was a nice day yesterday.
  4. We can’t go skiing. __________ isn’t any snow.
  5. __________’s hot in this room. Open a window.
  6. I was afraid because __________ was very dark.
  7. __________ was a storm last night. Did you hear __________?
  8. __________’s a long way from here to the nearest shop.
  5. /
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38.5 Complete the sentences. Choose from the boxes.

easy
dangerous
difficult
nice
impossible
interesting
to
work in this office
visit different places
get up early
go out alone
see you again
make friends
  1. If you go to bed late, it's difficult to get up early in the morning.
  2. Hello, Jill. __________ . How are you?
  3. Everybody is very nice at work. __________ .
  4. I like travelling. __________ .
  5. A lot of cities are not safe. __________ at night.
  6. __________ .

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