Стр.9 Рабочая тетрадь ГДЗ Комарова Ларионова 8 класс
Grammar 2: be: past simple and there was / there were
Order the words to make sentences with was / were, there was / there were.
- of / at / There / concert / people / were / the / hundreds.
- famous / He / explorer / was / a.
- Was / Report / in / he / Minority?
- wasn’t / a / the / There / village / bookshop / in.
- any / days / There / those / medicines / in / weren’t.
- there / school / Were / in / primary / your / computers?
- winning / They / the / were / team.
Rewrite the sentences in the past with the affirmative or negative form of was / were, there was / there were.
- We are at home.
- There are a lot of people in the park.
- It isn’t very sunny.
- There aren’t any eggs.
- Is there a direct train to the college?
- Is he interested in football?
Write sentences in the past with was / were, there was / there were.
- thousands of people at the match / Liverpool supporters.
- a lot of magazines in the shop / bookshop.
- no meat on the menu / vegetarian restaurant.
- two hundred children at the picnic / hungry and thirsty.
- a mistake on that page / a spelling mistake.
Complete the text using was / were, there was / there were.
This is a picture of my town thirty years ago. (1) _____ a lot of shops in the High Street. They (2) _____ open from 9 till 5. (3) _____ a library too. It (4) _____ open until late some evenings. (5) _____ so many books there! At the corner of my street (6) _____ a sweet shop. It (7) _____ a small shop but inside (8) _____ hundreds of jars of sweets and chocolates. It (9) _____ my favourite shop! (10) _____ many cars in my town, so (11) _____ a lot of traffic. I knew a lot of people in the town. They (12) _____ all very friendly. I had many friends at school. They (13) _____ all very easy-going. After school we usually played football. (14) _____ a football field behind my school. It (15) _____ quite small, but we didn’t care!
1. There were hundreds of people at the concert.
2. He was a famous explorer.
3. Was he in Minority Report?
4. There wasn’t a bookshop in the village.
5. There weren’t any medicines in those days.
6. Were there computers in your primary school?
7. They were the winning team.
1. We were at home.
2. There were a lot of people in the park.
3. It was not very sunny.
4. There weren’t any eggs.
5. Was there a direct train to the college?
6. Was he interested in football?
1. There were thousands of people at the match. They were Liverpool supporters.
2. There were a lot of magazines in the shop. It was a bookshop.
3. There was no meat on the menu. It was a vegetarian restaurant.
4. There were two hundred children at the picnic. They were hungry and thirsty.
5. There was a mistake on that page. It was a spelling mistake.
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