Question

【题目】There _______ a box and two pencils on the desk yesterday.

A. is B. was C. are D. were

Answer 1

【答案】B

【解析】

句意：昨天桌子上有一个盒子和两支铅笔。根据时间状语yesterday判断，句子的时态为一般过去时，首先排除A,C答案；由于there be句型有就近原则，靠近be动词的主语为a box，为名词单数形式，因此be动词用was，故答案为B。