was/were there was/there were

There was
an orange in the bowl.
There were
three oranges in the bowl.
1.- Complete with there was or there were
1. There was a supermarket near my house.
2. There were two puppies in the basket.
3. There were many bottles of milk in the fridge.
4. There was only one pen on the table.
5. There was a lot of noise in the street.
6. There were eight children in the park.
7. There was a small shop between the bank and
the church.
8. There were some crayons on the desk.
9. There was an old woman in the street.
10. There was a huge crocodile in the river.
2.- Change the following sentences into the
negative (use short forms):
1. There was a girl at the door.
There wasn’t a girl at the door
2. Cervantes was a famous writer.
Cervantes wasn’t a famous writer.
3. We were very happy yesterday.
We weren’t very happy yesterday.
4. There were two children there.
There weren’t two children there.
5. My grandmother was a doctor.
My grandmother wasn’t a doctor.

3.- 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 wasn’t any traffic lights.
6. There weren’t any zebra crossings.
7. There were some old buildings.
8. There wasn’t a lot of cars.
9. There weren’t any telephone boxes.
10. There were some chimneys on the roofs of the
buildings.
 4.- Complete with was / were/ there was / there were
1. Lope de Vega was a famous writer.
2. He was Spanish.
3. He were from Madrid.
4. Lope was a very intelligent boy.
5. His plays were performed in many theatres.
6. There was many women in his life.
7. There were other famous writers in those times.

8. Cervantes was his rival.