3. Complete the text with was / were or there was / there were. Andrei Sakharov (1) … the winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1975. He (2) … an eminent nuclear physicist of the Soviet Union and a defender of human rights and democracy. (3) … an atomic bomb project in the Soviet Union, which Sakharov joined in 1948. (4) … plans to test a 100-megaton hydrogen bomb in the atmosphere in 1961. Sakharov (5) … the only one who openly protested against that testing. It (6) … Solzhenitsyn who nominated Sakharov for the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1973. Andrei Sakharov (7) … one of the world’s great thinkers, who presented a vision for a peaceful society where (8) … respect for human rights.

Перевод задания: Дополните текст формами was / were или конструкциями there was / there were.

1. was — Andrei Sakharov was the winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1975. (Андрей Сахаров был лауреатом Нобелевской премии мира в 1975 году.)

2. was — He was an eminent nuclear physicist of the Soviet Union and a defender of human rights and democracy. (Он был выдающимся физиком-ядерщиком Советского Союза и защитником прав человека и демократии.)

3. There was — There was an atomic bomb project in the Soviet Union, which Sakharov joined in 1948. (В Советском Союзе существовал проект атомной бомбы, к которому Сахаров присоединился в 1948 году.)

4. There were — There were plans to test a 100-megaton hydrogen bomb in the atmosphere in 1961. (Существовали планы испытать в атмосфере 100-мегатонную водородную бомбу в 1961 году.)

5. was — Sakharov was the only one who openly protested against that testing. (Сахаров был единственным, кто открыто протестовал против этого испытания.)

6. was — It was Solzhenitsyn who nominated Sakharov for the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1973. (Именно Солженицын выдвинул Сахарова на Нобелевскую премию мира в 1973 году.)

7. was — Andrei Sakharov was one of the world’s great thinkers, who presented a vision for a peaceful society where … (Андрей Сахаров был одним из великих мыслителей мира, представившим образ мирного общества, в котором…)

8. there was — … where there was respect for human rights. (… было уважение к правам человека.)

В пунктах 1, 2, 5 и 7 форма was стоит с подлежащим в единственном числе; в пунктах 3 и 4 there was / there were согласуется с последующим существительным. В пункте 6 используется конструкция It was … who для выделения лица.