8. Use the verb to be in the correct form. Translate the sentences into Russian.
1. Paper ...... very expensive today.
2. How many pieces of Furniture ...... there?
3. His watch ..... ten minutes slow.
4. No news .... good news.
5. There trousers ..... too small.
6. The furniture ....... very old.
7.There ....... mice in my country  house
.8. Where on earth ...... the scissors?
9. My Friend says that physics ..... a very interesting subject.
10. Good wines ..... the best buys buys before Christmas.
11. His staff ...... very efficient. 
12.Statistics ..... the study of figures. 
13.Clothes ...... part of the image.
14. My knowledge of English ...... very limited.
15.English money  ......  not accepted here. 
16.  Say how many members ..... there in your family? There ..... five persons.