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FULL NAME: ____________________________________________________ GROUP: 2° ______.

1. Look at the pictures and complete the sentences with there was, there were, there was
not or there were not.

________________ any books at seven o´clock.

________________ some flowers at seven o´clock.

________________ a camera at seven o´clock.

________________ a computer at seven o´clock.

________________ a banana at seven o´clock.

________________ any pens at seven o´clock.

________________ a camera at ten o´clock.

________________ some flowers at ten o´clock.

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2. Look at he following pictures and write five sentences using there was, there were, there
was not or there were not.

before now

in 1966 in 2022

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3. READING ACTIVITY: Read the text and complete the sentences.

“What was there in the Titanic?”

Have you seen the movie “Titanic”? Have you ever wondered what was actually there on it?
We investigated and found that there were many lifeboats but there were 2000 passengers when it
sailed from Southampton, so definitely there weren’t enough boats for everybody.

Of course there was an enormous difference between the travelling conditions among the classes of
passengers. For example, in first and second class there was a varied library, here there were many
tables where passengers could write letters to their families, or sit comfortably to read or write on
their diaries. For men, there was a nice barbershop; there was also a dark room with all the materials
to develop photos, because photography was a very new hobby. There was a gymnasium and a
swimming pool with salt water too. If passengers wanted to relax, they could go to the deck, where
there were a lot of chairs to lie down and rest. On board, there were hundreds of men who liked to
gamble and of course there were a lot of them playing cards or board games. Maybe some of them
would go and smoke a cigar since there was also a smoking room on the ship. There was even a
newspaper on board “The Atlantic Daily Bulletin”. All the entertainment was there only for first and
second class passengers, the ones in third class had to invent it by themselves. There were songs
and some dancing.

There were a lot of pets travelling with their owners. There were nine dogs, four hens and roosters,
30 cockerels, one yellow canary and the ship's cat named Jenny. Five of the dogs stayed with their
owners in their cabins. After the Titanic went down, only three dogs and a canary survived the
sinking.

Adapted text from BBC (2004) Life a board [electronic document]. Last retrieved on September 15th, 2016 from
https://www.bbc.co.uk/southampton/features/titanic/onboard1.shtml

1. There _______ many lifeboats.

2. There _______ 2000 passengers when it _______ from Southampton.
3. There ________ enough _______ for everybody.
4. There ________ an enormous difference between the travelling __________
among the classes of _____________.
5. There ________ a varied library.
6. There ________ many ________ where passengers could write letters to their
families.
7. There _______ a nice barbershop.
8. There ________ a gymnasium and a swimming pool with salt water too.
9. There ________ hundreds of _________ who liked to gamble.
10. There _________ nine ________, four hens and ___________.