4. Complete the dialogue between Lisa and her gran with the correct forms of there was or there were.
(Hoàn thành đoạn hội thoại giữa Lisa và gran với những dạng đúng của there was và there were)
2. there wasn't 3. there was 4. Were there 5. weren't
6. there weren't 7. there was 8. Was there 9. there was
Các bài tập cùng chuyên đề
there was(n't), there were(n't)
1. Complete the examples from the text on page 74. Then choose the correct words in the Rules.
(Hoàn thành các ví dụ từ văn bản ở trang 74. Sau đó chọn các từ đúng trong Quy tắc.)
1. .................. two new events in Rio in 2016.
2. ................. an Olympic flag until 1920.
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RULES 1. We use there was and there wasn't with singular / plural nouns. 2. We use there were and there weren't with singular / plural nouns. |
2. Complete the text with affirmative and negative forms of there was and there were.
(Hoàn thành văn bản với các dạng khẳng định và phủ định của there was và 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.
*won = past of win, ran = past of run.
3. Complete the sentences with affirmative and negative forms of there was and there were. Use many, any or a / an.
(Hoàn thành các câu với dạng khẳng định và phủ định của there was and there were. Sử dụng many, any hoặc a / an.)
2,500 years ago... (cách đây 2500 năm)
1 ....rich footballers.
2 .... chariot races.
3 .... country called Persia.
4 .... sport called skateboarding.
3 .... messengers.
6 .... iPads.
Finished? Think of more differences between life 100 years ago and now. Use there was, there were, was and were.
(Nghĩ thêm sự khác biệt giữa cuộc sống cách đây 100 năm và bây giờ. Sử dụng there was, there were, was và were.)
LANGUAGE FOCUS: there was(n't), there were(n't) was(n't), were(n't)
10. Complete the sentences with the words.
(Hoàn thành các câu với các từ.)
1. ………………….many fans at the match on Saturday. Only five or six.
2. They don't like sport so they...........interested in the golf on TV last night.
3. My favourite football player at the World Cup……….... Mesut Özil.
4. ................. five hundred runners in the marathon.
5. ........................ a really exciting film at the cinema last week.
6. We………………… very happy on our fantastic holiday in August.
7. …………………a train station in this town 300 years ago.
8. James was ill, so he ................... in the race.
