Структура There is / There are in the Past Indefinite ( Simple) Tense. Тренувальні вправи.

Структура  There is / There are

in the Past Indefinite ( Simple) Tense

      1.Fill in was  or   were

1/ There … a cup of tea on the table yesterday morning.

2/ There…ten students in the classroom an hour ago.

3/ There … a big lemon on the plate five minutes ago.

4/ There … two red balls in the box yesterday.

5/ There … a lot of apple-trees in the garden many years ago.

6/ There …five flowers in the vase last week.

7/ There … a glass of mineral water on the table some minutes ago.

8/ There … a telephone in the hall  last Monday.

9/ There … an English book on the bookshelf yesterday evening.

10/ There … three pictures on the wall last month.

       2.Write negative and interrogative sentences

1/ There were fifteen boys in my class last year.

2/ There were seven girls in the school garden two hours     ago.

3/ There were a lot of stars in the sky last night.

4/ There was an English textbook in my schoolbag yesterday.

5/ There was a bottle of Coca-Cola in the fridge an hour ago.

6/ There was a little kitten under the tree last week.

7/ There were ten men on the bus-stop yesterday morning.

8/ There was a black dog in the yard last night.

9/ There was a new pen in the pencil-box yesterday.

10/ There were two English lessons last Friday

           3. Change into the plural

1/ There was one cup of coffee on the table.

2/ There was a banana on the plate.

3/ There was a tree in the park.

4/ There was a dog in the yard.

5/ There was a pencil on the desk.

6/ There was a flower in the vase.

7/ There was a parrot in the cage.

8/ There was a doll on the sofa.

9/ There was a cake on the dish.

10/ There was a child on the bench.        

  4.Translate into English using There was/ There were

1/ У класній кімнаті було три великих вікна.

2/ На дереві було багато пташок.

3/ У класі була учителька і багато учнів.

4/ На столі було червоне яблуко.

5/ У вітальні було чотири стільці.

6/ У парку будо велике дерево.

7/ У кошику було десять яєць.

8/ У кухні був новий холодильник.

9/ У портфелі було чотири підручники.

10/ На підлозі був гарний килим.