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WorksheetsLanguage focus: there was, there were, was, were
Total questions: 7
Worksheet time: 14mins
Rule 1: We use there was and there wasn't with _____ nouns.
singular
plural
Rule 2: We use there were and there weren't with _____ nouns.
singular
plural
2. Complete the text with affirmative and negative forms of there was and there were.
The first marathon
2,500 years ago (1) ________ a war between Greece and Persia and (2) _______ a lot of battles. (3) ________ a big battle in a place called Marathon, which the Greeks won. This was important news, but (4)______ any internet and (5)________ any telephones.
So, a man called Pheidippides ran to Athens with news of the battle. He ran about forty-one kilometres. (6) ________ any good roads, so it was a difficult journey. When he arrived in Athens, he died.
(1) _______ a war between Greece and Persia
there was
there were
and (2) _______ a lot of battles.
there was
there were
(3) _______ a big battle in a place called Marathon, which the Greeks won.
There was
There wasn't
This was important news, but (4)______ any internet
there was
there were
there wasn't
and (5) ______ any telephones.
there were
there wasn't
there weren't
(6) ______ any good roads, so it was a difficult journey.
There wasn't
There weren't
Hiroshi Hoketsu ____ a competitor.
was
wasn't
It _____ in the Olympic until 1988.
wasn't
weren't
Golf and rugby _____ events for the first time.
was
were
Women ______ competitors until 1900.
wasn't
weren't
