Exercise 3. Write sentences in the past with was / were, there was / there were. Example: cinema in this street / the last cinema in town. 1) thousands of people at the match / Liverpool supporters. 2) a lot of magazines in the shop / bookshop. 3) no meat on the menu / vegetarian restaurant. 4) two hundred children at the picnic / hungry and thirsty. 5) a mistake on that page / a spelling mistake.

Перевод задания: Составьте предложения в прошедшем времени, используя was / were, there was / there were.

В каждом пункте составляем два связанных предложения по образцу.

1. There were thousands of people at the match. They were Liverpool supporters. (На матче были тысячи людей. Они болели за «Ливерпуль».)
2. There were a lot of magazines in the shop. It was a bookshop. (В магазине было много журналов. Это был книжный магазин.)
3. There was no meat on the menu. It was a vegetarian restaurant. (В меню не было мяса. Это был вегетарианский ресторан.)
4. There were two hundred children at the picnic. They were hungry and thirsty. (На пикнике было двести детей. Они были голодны и хотели пить.)
5. There was a mistake on that page. It was a spelling mistake. (На той странице была ошибка. Это была орфографическая ошибка.)