PUERTO LOPEZ SCHOOL

ENGLISH WORKSHEET
NAME: _________________________________________________ DATE: ____________________________
GRADE: _________________ TEACHER: Miss C. Porto. GOAL: L2 There was / There were

1. Complete with THERE WAS/ THERE WERE in the affirmative, interrogative or negative:

a) _____________________ a new student in your class last week? Yes, _____________________

b) _____________________ any students in the library at 3 o'clock yesterday.
c) I think _____________________ a boy waiting for you yesterday.
d) _____________________ any chicken left when I arrived home at lunchtime.
e) _____________________ any water in the fridge last night? I don't think so.
f) _____________________ any people at the museum?

3. Change the following sentences to negative form, use short form

a) There was a girl at the door.
b) We were very happy with the test results.
c) Was there anyone at the door?
d) Were you in Italy in 2003?
e) William Shakespeare was born in 1566.
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4. Complete the story using THERE WAS / THERE WERE / WAS / WERE

___________________ a house. Near the house ___________________ a garden. ___________________ many flowers in the garden.
___________________ a tree behind the house. It ___________________ tall and beautiful. ___________________ four people in the
house. ___________________ a mother, a father and two children. The boy ___________________Benjamin. He __________________
ten. The girl ___________________ Kate. She ___________________ eigth. ___________________ a cat. It ___________________
very fat. ___________________ four rooms in the house. They ___________________ big. We ___________________in the house.
___________________ in your house too? It ___________________ a sunny day. The picnic ___________________ great. We
___________________all happy.

5. Choose the right answer

A. ________ a terrible earthquake in Japan in 2005. D. How many children __________ at the party?
There was there were
Was was there
There were were there

B. The cake _________on the table when I arrived home. E. _________ any water in the bottle? No, _________ any!
were Was there / wasn't there
wasn't Was there / there wasn't
there wasn't Were there / there weren't

C. _________ any apples left when I came back home yesterday.

There weren't
There wasn't
There were

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