English – P2 Practice Makes Perfect Grammar – Unit 4

Exercise 3

7. There _____ some work to be done.

Answer : IS

It was a tricky question to me. However with the aids of my friends, I’ve came upon this answer with some precise informations.
1.   of a certain unspecified number, amount, degree, etc.: to some extent.
2.   unspecified but considerable in number, amount, degree, etc.: We talked for some time. He was here some weeks.

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In this question, ‘some’ is used as an adjectives which describes unspecified ‘work’. Therefore in this question, we look at the noun before inserting the subject-verb.

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