WEEK 2

ACTIVITY N° 4:
THERE WAS A THIEF IN THE BANK.

 Vocabulary
 There was / there were

Name:
RIMARAC
HIN
LOPEZ
JOAHNN
 ACTIVITY N° 04: “THERE WAS A THIEF IN THE BANK”

THERE WAS – THERE

WERE
There was a patrolman near my house yesterday.

There were two (some) motorcycles around the hospital last

week.

We use There was/ There were in a similar way as There is / There are, but we
can include past time expressions to describe what there was in a place at a
specific time in the past.

There was not a schoolbag on that old table.

There wasn’t any schoolbag on that old table.

There were not kepis in this room.

There weren’t any kepis in this room.
Look at the pics, write sentences using there was – there were- there was not- there
were not and the vocabulary below.

Cap - Cellphone - ring- Watch - Glasses - Schoolbag - teeth impression - Kepi -

There -were
Bullet foot print - Tag - Handcuffs some
Uniform caps on
- Patrolman the chairs- Gun -
- Megaphone
shotgun -Vest- Radio - Motorcycle - Police´s bara - Lantern – bracelet-

There wasn´t a vest in the room

There was some Police´s bara in the

ground
 There were three shotgun on the
armoury
There weren´t any watch on the
wardrobe
There was a handcuffs in my table

There wasn´t any uniform dirty

There was an megaphone in the

rooftop in the police station
There was a teeth impression in the
apple
There was an bracelet very nice in the
jewellery
There weren´t any lantern to light me
in the darkness
There wasn´t any foot print as
evidence
There were three ring in the showcase
There was an glasses very nice in the
shop

Look at the pics, match them and complete the sentences.

gun fingerprint earrings wallets detective laptops

Fill the sentences

a fingerprint last weekend
1. There was _______________at scene of crime ________________.
2. There were ___some detectives__at police station _two hours ago__.
3. There wasn´t _a wallet__ at the restaurant four hours ago.
4. There weren´t _any earrings in the room in the morning.
5. Was there _a gun in the attack at your house?
6. Were there two laptops to repair?

Choose there was, there wasn´t, there were or there weren´t and complete the sentences. write
them in interrogative form.
1. There was gold there.
2. There was not any cars here.
3. There was bows and arrows.
4. There were not any computers.
5. There was fish and meat.
6. There were not any houses.
7. There were not any cars and planes.
There was fire in the hut.
8. There was a supermarket near here.
9. There was some caves.
10. There was not any milk in the fridge.
11. There was not any people there.
12.There were not any tables in the kitchen.
13. There was a supermarket.
14. Was there a tv.
In interrogative form.
15. Was there gold there?
16. Was there any cars here?
17. Was there bows and arrows?
18. Were there not any computers?
19. Was there fish and meat?
20. Were there not any houses?
21. Were there not any cars and planes?
Was there fire in the hut?
22. Was there a supermarket near here?
23. Was there some caves?
 24. Was there not any milk in the fridge?
25. Was there not any people there?
26.Were there not any tables in the kitchen?
27. Was there a supermarket?
28. Was there a tv?

This is a very famous place in London called Piccadilly Circus. The photo was taken in 1896.
Look at the photo and write There was/ There wasn´t /There were/ There weren´t.

1. There weren´t any skyscrapers.

2. There were hundreds of tourists
3. There wasn´t a double-decker bus
4. There were many horse-drawn carriages.
5. There weren´t any traffic lights.
6. There were any zebra crossings.
7. There were some old buildings.
8. There weren´t a lot of cars.
9. There weren´t any telephone boxes.
10. There were some chimneys on the roofs
of the buildings.

Complete with was / were/ there was / there were

1. Lope de Vega …………was………… a famous writer.

2. He………was……………Spanish.
3. He………was……………from Madrid.
4. Lope ……was………………a very intelligent boy.
5. His plays…were…………………performed in many theatres.
6. Were…………………………………many women in his life.
7. There were…………………………other famous writers in those times.
8. Cervantes ……was……………… his rival.

Complete the sentences using was or were.

1. Last year there ....was........... a circus in my town.
2. There ......were........ four cinemas in Bahia Blanca in 2004.
3. There .......were.......... many fountains in this park 20 years ago.
4. There .....was............ a party at Susan`s yesterday.
5. There .......were............. five bananas in the fridge 2 days ago.
6. There ......was............ a Chinese restaurant in this street in 2001.
7. There .......was........... one doctor in my village 10 years ago.
8. There .......were........... many children in the park yesterday.
9. There .....was............. an alien in your garden last night.
10. There .....were............. four elephants in the zoo in five months ago.