Sort into columns

There vs It —
Sort the Uses.

Tap a tile, then tap the column it belongs in.

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Question 1

Use the context, not verb agreement, to sort each gap by whether it needs there to introduce something new or it to refer back to something known.

Question 2

All the sentences begin with It + be. Sort them by whether they focus one detail in a cleft or postpone the real subject with introductory it.

Question 3

Every sentence below contains the word there, but the word is doing two different jobs. Sort each sentence.

Question 4

Each tile is a complete sentence with one subject gap. Sort it by whether the gap needs dummy or introductory it, or existential there.

Practice There vs It - Sort the Uses with this interactive word-sorting exercise of 4 questions. Tap each word into the column it belongs in, then submit to check your answers and get detailed feedback on every set.

Practicing grammar in real sentences — rather than memorising rules in isolation — is one of the most effective ways to make a structure stick. You can retry as many times as you like to build accuracy and confidence using There vs It - Sort the Uses in everyday English.

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