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Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!
Complete the sentences with there was / there wasn't / was there? / there were / there weren't / were there? :

-I was hungry but anything to eat
- any letters for me yesterday?
- a football match on TV last night but I didn't see it
-We stayed at a nice hotel. Did you? a swimming-pool?
-The suitcase was empty. any clothes in it
-I found a wallet in the street but any money in it.
- many people at the meeting? No, very few
-We didn't visit the museum. enough time.
-I'm sorry I'm late. a lot of traffic.
-The radio wasn't working because any batteries in it


Complete the sentences with there is / there are / there was/ there were / there has been / there will be :

- a good film on TV yesterday evenin
-Look! an accident. Call an ambulance!
- 24 hous in a day
- a party at the club last Friday but I didn't go
-Look! This bag is empty . nothing in it
-Why are those policemen outside the bank? a robbery
-When we arrived at the cinema, a long queue outside
- somebody at the station to meet you when you arrive tomorrow
-Ten years ago 500 children at the school. Now over a thousand.