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English Year 5B Unit 6 Sport

Grammar

There was/There were

• Used to show that something existed in the past.
There was/wasn’t There were/weren’t

• Used with singular countable nouns. • Used with plural countable nouns.
e.g. There was a stadium here in 2010. e.g. There were many children in the
There wasn’t a stadium here in 2010. playground.
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• Used with uncountable nouns e.g. There weren’t many children in the
e.g. There was some water in the bottle.
There wasn’t any water in the bottle. playground.

Was/Were

• The past tense of verb ‘be’.
Was/Wasn’t Were/Weren’t
• Used with ‘I’, ‘he’, ‘she’ and ‘it’. • Used with ‘you’, ‘we’ and ‘they’.
e.g. I was a school athlete. e.g. You were late.
She wasn’t a runner. We weren’t happy with the result.

A Complete the sentences with ‘There was/were’ and ‘There wasn’t/weren’t’.
There was/were There wasn’t/weren’t

1. tennis balls 5. any tickets left
strewn all over the court. when we arrived at the stadium.

2. a football match 6. any gyms in this
on television yesterday. town ten years ago.
3. an old baseball 7. a lifeguard at
glove in the box. this pool just now.
4. a lot of people 8. anyone in the
at the sporting event. f eld this morning.

B Underline the correct answer.
1. I (was, were) faster than Tom in the 100-metre race.

2. Why (wasn’t, weren’t) you at the f eld for the football practice yesterday?

3. Erwin (was, wasn’t) at the sports centre this morning. He had a fever.

4. The children (was, were) thirsty after their physical education lesson.

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