Lesson Three, Exercise 1. Circle the correct words: 1 There weren’t any cars fifty years ago / two hundred years ago. 2 There were motorbikes fifty years ago / two hundred years ago. 3 There weren’t any bikes fifty years ago / two hundred years ago. 4 There weren’t any buses fifty years ago / two hundred years ago. 5 There were taxis fifty years ago / two hundred years ago. 6 There were planes fifty years ago / two hundred years ago.

Перевод задания: Обведи правильные слова.

1. There weren’t any cars two hundred years ago. (Двести лет назад не было машин.) Тогда автомобилей ещё не существовало.
2. There were motorbikes fifty years ago. (Пятьдесят лет назад были мотоциклы.)
3. There weren’t any bikes two hundred years ago. (Двести лет назад не было велосипедов.)
4. There weren’t any buses two hundred years ago. (Двести лет назад не было автобусов.)
5. There were taxis fifty years ago. (Пятьдесят лет назад были такси.)
6. There were planes fifty years ago. (Пятьдесят лет назад были самолёты.)

Для предложений о прошлом используется конструкция there was / there were; отрицательная форма — there wasn’t / there weren’t.