There was / THere were

It is the past form of there is / there are.

There was a chair Había una silla

There were some chairs Había unas sillas

As in the present simple, we will use ‘there was’ when the noun it accompanies is a countable noun in the singular or an
uncountable one, and ‘there were’ with the countable nouns in the plural.

Affirmative Negative Interrogative Short answers

Yes, there was

There was There was not There wasn´t Was there?

No, there wasn´t

Yes, there were

There were There were not There weren´t Were there?

No, there weren´t

1.- Choose the correct answer.

f) ____ any chocolate biscuits.
a) ____ a birthday cake.
There wasn’t
There was
There weren’t
There were

g) ____ many children there.

b) ____ a lot of people in New York.
There was
There was
There were
There were

h) ____ twenty students in her class?

c) ____ music at their party?
Was there
Was there
Were there
Were there

i) ____ any wood chairs.

d) ____ any money in her wallet.
There wasn’t
There wasn’t
There weren’t
There weren’t

j) ____ any men at the airport?

e) ____ a music festival in your town?
Was there
Was there
Were there
Were there
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2.- Write questions in affirmative, negative and interrogative form were suitable.

___________________________ a giraffe.
___________________________ a zebra.
___________________________ a lion?

___________________________ many flowers
___________________________ any trees.
___________________________ insects?

___________________________ a mermaid
___________________________ any boats.
___________________________ any water?

___________________________ a lot of fish.
___________________________ a shark
___________________________ any children?

3.- Use THERE WAS, THERE WASN’T, WAS THERE to fill the gaps

a) ___________________________ an island.
b) ___________________________ some seagulls
c) ___________________________ a cow.
d) ___________________________ any water?
e) ___________________________ any cars.
f) ___________________________ any ships?
g) ___________________________ four sheep.
h) ___________________________ a windmill?
i) ___________________________ a seal
j) ___________________________ clouds in the sky?
k) ___________________________ some people.
l) ___________________________ a whale.

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 13) ______________________ a cat in the
1) _____________ ten boys playing room?
football

14) ______________________ many

rooms in my house.
2) What _______________ in your
room? ______________________ many
things.
15) ______________________
3) __________________ a little milk in much tea in the tea-pot?
the cup

16) ______________________ a book

4) Did the guests arrive? No, on the table?
_____________________ only a
postman
17) ______________________ many
children playing in the park?
5) ______________________ any coffee in
the cup? No, ____________________ any.
18) ______________________ any butter
in the fridge.
6) ____________________ many pictures
in that museum

19) What ______________________ in

the room? ______________________
7) ______________________ many dogs many things.
in the park yesterday?

20) ______________________ only one

8) What ______________________ on cookie left.
the radio?

21) ______________________ any milk in

9) ______________________ many people
the glass? No, ______________________
at the concert?
any.

22) ______________________ many people

10) In 1957, ______________________ in the library yesterday?
many trees in this street.

11) ______________________ a cat 23) ______________________ a party last

on the roof. night.

12) ______________________ many 24) ______________________ many

girls at your school? cinemas in 1925?

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