Question

Complete the text using was / were, there was / there were. This is a picture of my town thirty years ago. 1).......... a lot of shops in the High Street. They 2)............. open from 9 till 5. 3)............ a library too. It 4).......... open until late some evenings. 5)............ so many books there! At the corner of my street 6).......... a sweet shop. It 7)........... a small shop but inside 8)........... hundreds of jars of sweets and chocolstes. It 9)........... my favourite shop! 10)........... many cars in my town, so 11).......... a lot of traffic. I knew a lot of people in the town. They 12).......... all very friendly. I had many friends at school. They 13).......... all very easy-going. After school we usually played football. 14)............ a football field behind my school. It 15)......... quite small, but we didn't care!

Answer 1

1) There were
2) were
3) there was
4) was
5) there were
6) was
7) was
8) were
9) was
10) There were
11) were
12) were
13) were
14) There was
15) was

Answer 2

This is a picture of my town thirty years ago.

1) There were a lot of shops in the High Street. They 2) were open from 9 till 5.

3) There was a library too. It 4) was open until late some evenings. 5) There were so many books there!

At the corner of my street 6) there was a sweet shop. It 7) was a small shop but inside 8) there were hundreds of jars of sweets and chocolates. It 9) was my favourite shop!

10) There were many cars in my town, so 11) there was a lot of traffic.

I knew a lot of people in the town. They 12) were all very friendly. I had many friends at school. They 13) were all very easy-going. After school, we usually played football.

14) There was a football field behind my school. It 15) was quite small, but we didn't care!