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there was / there were Listening

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16 century houses
affirmative
There was a fireplace. • I can listen for specific numeral information.

There were people inside.
1 Alex and Emily are talking about the houses

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negative for rich and poor people in the 16 century.
Before you listen, complete the table with
There wasn’t any heating.
the words in the box.
There weren’t any cars.

toilets beds chairs carpets clocks
6 Complete the text with there was / there were
or there wasn't / there weren't. There were There weren’t
houses for
In England, canals were very important in the the rich
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19 century. (1) ... a lot of narrow boats. houses for
On a typical narrow boat, (2) ... (not) many rooms. the poor
In fact, (3) ... only one room and in this room,
(4) ... beds for all the family.
In the small kitchen, (5) ... (not) many chairs.
Life was difficult, but (6) ... (not) much pollution,
so it was healthy.

2 2.19 Listen and check your answers.

3 Listen again. Are the sentences
questions and short answers 2.19
T (True) or F (False)?
Was there any heating?
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Yes, there . No, there . T F
was
wasn’t
Were there any cars? 1 There were two rooms in
a poor family’s house.
Yes, there . No, there weren’t.

were

2 The beds were comfortable in all
houses. Chairs were very expensive.
houses.

INTERFACE
7 Complete the questions. 3 There were carpets on the floor in
Then work in pairs. Look at Exercise 6 for rich people’s house.
the answers.
4 Poor children were often late
1 … any narrow boats in the 19 century?
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for school.
2 … beds for everyone?
3 … one room on the boat? In the 16 century, glass was very
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4 … a lot of pollution? expensive. If there were a lot of glass
windows in a house, the family was
very rich!

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