Question

Complete the text with was / were or there was / there were. Andrei Sakharov (1) … the winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1975. He (2) … an eminent nuclear physicist of the Soviet Union and a defender of human rights and democracy. (3) … an atomic bomb project in the Soviet Union, which Sakharov joined in 1948. (4) … plans to test a 100-megaton hydrogen bomb in the atmosphere in 1961. Sakharov (5) … the only one who openly protested against that testing. It (6) … Solzhenitsyn who nominated Sakharov for the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1973. Andrei Sakharov (7) … one of the world’s great thinkers, who presented a vision for a peaceful society where (8) … respect for human rights.

Answer 1

1) was 2) was 3) there was 4) there were 5) was 6) was  7) was 8) was

Answer 2

Andrei Sakharov (1) was the winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1975. He (2) was an eminent nuclear physicist of the Soviet Union and a defender of human rights and democracy. (3) There was an atomic bomb project in the Soviet Union, which Sakharov joined in 1948. (4) There were plans to test a 100-megaton hydrogen bomb in the atmosphere in 1961. Sakharov (5) was the only one who openly protested against that testing. It (6) was Solzhenitsyn who nominated Sakharov for the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1973. Andrei Sakharov (7) was one of the world’s great thinkers, who presented a vision for a peaceful society where (8) there was respect for human rights.