Complete the text with there was(n't)/there were(n't). When I was at primary school¹ there weren't_a lot of exams and ² ________ a lot of students in my class – I think ³ ________ only nine or ten of us. In my classroom ⁴ ________ an internet connection or an electronic board, but it was beautiful. ⁵ ________ pictures and stories on the walls and ⁶ ________ a storytelling hour every day. ⁷ ________ any computers or laptops in our class, but we loved writing on the little green board!

Задание: Заполни пропуски

Чтобы правильно заполнить пропуски, нужно понять, о чем идет речь: о чем-то единственном или о чем-то во множественном числе. Также нужно учитывать, что there was/wasn't используется с существительными в единственном числе, а there were/weren't — во множественном.

Текст с заполненными пропусками:

When I was at primary school there weren't a lot of exams and there were a lot of students in my class – I think there were only nine or ten of us. In my classroom there was an internet connection or an electronic board, but it was beautiful. There were pictures and stories on the walls and there was a storytelling hour every day. There weren't any computers or laptops in our class, but we loved writing on the little green board!

Разбор пропусков:

1. weren't: «exams» — множественное число, поэтому используем there weren't.
2. there were: «a lot of students» — множественное число, поэтому используем there were.
3. there were: «only nine or ten of us» — подразумевается группа людей (множественное число), поэтому there were.
4. there was: «an internet connection» — единственное число, поэтому there was.
5. There were: «pictures and stories» — множественное число, поэтому there were.
6. there was: «a storytelling hour» — единственное число, поэтому there was.
7. weren't: «any computers» — множественное число, поэтому there weren't.

Ответ: weren't, there were, there were, there was, There were, there was, weren't.