Test your knowledge of There was and There were:

There was or There were (o passado do verbo HAVER em português)

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__________ a lot of people at the party last night.
There was
There were
__________ too much furniture in the conference room, so we removed some of it.
There were
There was
__________ not enough space for so many people, so we decided to find a bigger room.
There wasn't
There was
__________ enough space for so many people, so we moved to a bigger room.
There wasn't
There weren't
__________ a lot of people interested in the position?
Were there
Was there
Did Peter think __________ any possibility of finishing by 6.30?
there was
there were
To be honest, ___________ many viable options at that time.
there wasn't
there weren't
__________ a lot of food at John's party last night?
There was
Was there
__________ enough time to discuss everything, so we're having another meeting on Thursday.
There wasn't
There weren't
__________ many people at the last strategy meeting?
Was there
Were there
Did John think __________ any other option open to us?
there was
there were
__________ enough applicants for the job and so we've decided to readvertise the position.
There wasn't
There weren't
__________ anything else to discuss and so we finished the meeting.
There wasn't
There weren't
Did you think __________ anything else we could have done?
was there
there was
Peter said that __________ much food at Pete's party.
there weren't
there wasn't
Why __________ so many people at the party?
was there
were there
Why __________ so much food at the party?
was there
were there
__________ time to do anything else.
There weren't
There wasn't
Although __________ a lot of work still to be done, we decided to go home as we were so tired.
there was
there were
Although __________ a lot of things still to be done, we decided to go home as we were so tired.
there were
there was
Rowena told me that __________ still a lot of problems to be resolved.
there were
there was