PAST OF TO BE There was/were
W/HE/SHE/IT ———=—>_ WAS
YOU/WE/THEY —=—=—=—=e— WERE
‘THERE WAS: Singular countable/uncountable nouns
THERE WERE: Plural countable nouns
11- Fill the gaps with was/wasn't/were/weren’t
Peter: Where
Italy?
Sally: No, | initaly.t
Peter: you alone?
Pl ve
with my parents. | was at ‘The
Bridge Hote’.
Peter: Wow! | think that's a nice hotel!
nice?
Sally: Yes, it
court, there
a very good restaurant and also there
‘two cafés.
Peter: Oh! That sounds great! the
restaurant good?
Sally: Yes, it
Peter: And what the rooms like?
‘they nice and comfortable?
Sally: Yes, they And they big!
There a mini bar and
there abig television =
with a flat screen but there a CD player.
Peter there a computer in the room?
Sally: No, there F
Peter: And the weather nice?
Sally It bad. In fact,
it ‘ok because it only rained a
cone day, The temperature mile
to0 hot. | don’t like the heat.
Peter: Oxford Street very busy?
Sally: Yes, it - Itis busy all year.
Peter: So you had a great time in London.
Sally: Yes, absolutely.
London is a very nice city.
you last summer, Sally? In
in London.
lovely. There agolf
‘two swimming pools, there
2. Make questions
1-How many,
There were two restaurants,
2
Yes, there was a café.
Yes, there were two swimming pools.
No, the weather was great.
Yes, there were a lot of places to visit.
6-What
The flight was quite and pleasant.
No, there wasn’t a bank near the hotel.
3-Circle the correct option.
1-The weather was/were nice in Paris.
2-There was/were a lot of interesting places
to visit in Amsterdam.
3-Sandy was/wasn’t at home last night
because she wias/wasn'tat a party.
4-Tom’s friends wasn't/weren tired
yesterday
5-In the room there was/were two beds.
6-1 was/wasn’t happy because it rained the
whole week. It was/wasn terrible!
7-My parents were/weren’t sad because my
sister was/wasn’there on their anniversary.
8-There wasn’t/weren't any milk in the
shop.
9-No, it was/wasn'ta big house. It
was/wasn’tquite small.
10-There was/were a piano in the room.
14-Your mother was/were very happy to
see my aunt Mary.
12-Was/were there any books on that shelf?
Yes, there was/were one book.