Nov 6, 2016

Lesson 37 ☘ There was (were) …, There has (have) been …, There will be …
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, 82 answers
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  • Complete the sentences.
    1. I was hungry but  . . . 
      there wasn’t
      anything to eat.
      • there isn’t
      • there weren’t
      • there was
      • there wasn’t

    2.  . . . 
      Were there
      any letters for me yesterday?
      • Were there
      • Was there
      • There was
      • There were

    3.  . . . 
      There was
      a football match on TV last night. Did you see it?
      • There was
      • There wasn’t
      • There were
      • There has been

    4. “We stayed at the very nice hotel.”
      “Did you?  . . . 
      Was there
      a swimming pool?”
      • Were there
      • Was there
      • Has there been
      • There were

    5. “Did you buy any eggs?”
      “No,  . . . 
      there weren’t
      any in the shop.”
      • there wasn’t
      • there weren’t
      • there have been not
      • there were

    6. The wallet was empty.  . . . 
      There wasn’t
      any money in it.
      • There wasn’t
      • There weren’t
      • There was
      • There were

    7. “ . . . 
      Were there
      many people at the meeting?”
      “No, very few.”
      • There was
      • Were there
      • There were
      • Was there

    8. We didn’t visit the museum.  . . . 
      There wasn’t
      enough time.
      • There wasn’t
      • There weren’t
      • There will be not
      • There has been not

    9. I’m sorry I’m late.  . . . 
      There was
      a lot of traffic.
      • There was
      • There were
      • There will be
      • There have been

    10. Twenty years ago  . . . 
      there weren’t
      many tourists here. Now there are a lot.
      • there weren’t
      • there wasn’t
      • there is
      • there have been not

    11.  . . . 
      There was
      a good film on TV yesterday evening.
      • There was
      • There has been
      • There were
      • There will be

    12.  . . . 
      There are
      24 hours in a day.
      • There is
      • There was
      • There will
      • There are

    13.  . . . 
      There was
      a party at the club last Friday but I didn’t go.
      • There has been
      • There were
      • There will be
      • There was

    14. “Where can I buy a newspaper?”
      “ . . . 
      There is
      a shop at the end of the street.”
      • There are
      • There is
      • There has been
      • There was

    15. “Why are those policemen outside the bank?”
      “ . . . 
      There has been
      a robbery.”
      • There has been
      • There was
      • There is
      • There have been

    16. When we arrive tomorrow,  . . . 
      there will be
      somebody at the station to meet you.
      • there has been
      • there is
      • there will be
      • there was be

    17. When we arrived at the cinema  . . . 
      there was
      a long queue to see the film.
      • there was
      • there were
      • there has been
      • there is

    18. Ten years ago  . . . 
      there were
      500 children at the school. Now  . . . 
      there are
      more than a thousand.
      • there were … there is
      • there have been … there are
      • there was … there has been

    19. Last week I went back to the town where I was born. It’s very different now.  . . . 
      There have been
      a lot of changes.
      • There was
      • There have been
      • There is
      • This were

    20. I think everything will be OK. I don’t think  . . . 
      there will be
      any problems.
      • there weren’t
      • there is
      • there will be
      • there has been

tags: Essential Grammar In Use • Raymond Murphy • A self-study practice book for elementary students of English • ESL grammar • English grammar elementary • there was • there were • there has been • there have been • there will be • questions • negative
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