Write questions with was/were. Answer them with short answers. 1 your dad / with you? (-) 2 the film / good? (+)
3 you/at home / at 8 pm? (-)
there was/were: affirmative, negative, questions and short answers
Singular
There was a cinema here in the 1950s
There wasn'ta cinema here in the 1950s.
Pural
There were three shops here.
There weren't any shops here.

Singular
Was there a cinema here in the 1950s?
Yes, there was.
No, there weren't.
Pilar
Were there any shoops?
Yes, there were
No, there weren’t