There was / There were (Past) Exercises
There was / There were grammar exercises with answers for English learners — practise affirmative, negative, and question forms in the past tense, master subject-verb agreement with singular and plural nouns, and build confidence with quantifiers like some, any, many, and a lot of. 3 exercise sets with 60 questions (A1 - A2 Level).
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There was / There were (Past) Exercises
A1 ReadingNEWParis Fire: People Leave Homes
A big fire burned a forest near Paris. It started on Sunday afternoon. People had to leave about 900 homes. No one was h…
Mixed Practice: Quantifiers, There was vs It was & Tense Contrast
There was / There were (Past) Exercises
“There ___ some cheese in the fridge, but we ate it all.”
A2 ReadingNEWParis Fire Makes People Leave Homes
A big fire has burned a forest near Paris. It is the Fontainebleau forest. The fire started on Sunday afternoon. People …
Why practice There was / There were (Past) exercises?
These online grammar exercises help you master the 'there was / there were' structure for talking about the past. Start with affirmative and negative sentences at A1 level, then move on to forming questions and giving short answers. At A2 level, you'll combine past-tense existential sentences with quantifiers, learn to distinguish 'there was' from 'it was', and contrast past and present forms.