101 CONSTRUCTION “THERE IS (ARE)" IN THE PAST INDEFINITE TENSE
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7. Write the sentences:
a) in the negative;
b) in the interrogative.
1. There were twenty boys in our class last
year.
2. There were lots of stars in the dark sky
last night.
3. There was an English lesson last Wed-
nesday.
4. There were three white cars in the street
two hours ago.
5. There was a big birthday cake on the
table yesterday evening.
6. There was a new pen in the pencil-box
yesterday.
7. There were two pupils in the school gar-
den two hours ago.
3. There was a water-melon in the fridge
yesterday.
9. There were four bottles of Coca-Cola on
the table an hour ago.