Exercise 1. Order the words to make sentences with was / were, there was / there were. Example: the / There / car / was / with / a / problem. 1) of / at / There / concert / people / were / the / hundreds. 2) famous / He / explorer / was / a. 3) Was / in / he / Jumanji? 4) wasn’t / a / the / There / village / bookshop / in. 5) any / days / There / those / medicines / in / weren’t. 6) there / school / Were / in / primary / your / computers? 7) winning / They / the / were / team.

Перевод задания: Расставьте слова, чтобы составить предложения с was / were, there was / there were.

Используем was с существительным или местоимением в единственном числе, were — во множественном числе. В конструкции there was / there were глагол согласуется с существительным после него.

1. There were hundreds of people at the concert. (На концерте были сотни людей.)
2. He was a famous explorer. (Он был знаменитым исследователем.)
3. Was he in Jumanji? (Он был в «Джуманджи»?)
4. There wasn’t a bookshop in the village. (В деревне не было книжного магазина.)
5. There weren’t any medicines in those days. (В те дни не было никаких лекарств.)
6. Were there computers in your primary school? (В вашей начальной школе были компьютеры?)
7. They were the winning team. (Они были командой-победителем.)