This document contains exercises to practice using was/were and there was/there were in sentences. It provides examples of incomplete sentences and asks the reader to choose the correct form of to be to complete them. There are also pictures from Piccadilly Circus in London from 1896 and options to describe features visible in the old photo. The purpose is to practice using common irregular verb forms and determiners correctly in simple sentences.

1. 1
. Choose was or were.
She sad
yesterday.
We at the Zoo
yesterday.
Mum and Dad in
a restaurant.
They in the disco
club last night.
You late for
school yesterday.
I very hungry.
It cold
yesterday.
I in London in
2008.
She pretty
when she was young.

2. 2
Sally a good
pupil.
He born in
May.
Our
teacher very
tired yesterday.
Tom and
Bill best
friends.
My cousin at
school.
The
children excited
yesterday.
2. Complete
with was or were.
It cloudy yesterday morning. We excit
ed about going
to America.
We lucky. We won the first prize. The dogs
in the park.
Jason a great swimmer when he was young. They at
the beach last
Sunday.
She the prettiest girl in our class. I very ill
last week.
I sad because I broke Mrs Smith´s window . He born
in 1995.

3. 3
There was
an apple in the bowl.
There were
three apples
in the
bowl.

4. 4
3. Complete
with there was or there were.
a bank near my house. ten children in the park.
two kittens in the basket. a small shop between the bank and
the supermarket.
many bottles of milk in the
fridge.
some pencils on the desk.
only one book on the table. an old man in the street.
a lot of noise in the classroom. a huge crocodile in the river
This is a very famous place in London called
Piccadilly Circus. The photo was taken in 1896. Look
at the photo and choose the correct
option.

5. 5
hundreds of
people.
any traffic lights.
a double-decker
bus.
a flag on top
of the building on the left.
many horse-drawn
carriages.
a lot of traffic.
any zebra
crossings.
a roundabout.
some old buildings. a great number of
tourists.

6. 6
Picadilly Circus now .