Jawaban:

There were not many people in the place.

There was an old lion in the cage.

There was a giraffe in the zoo.

There were not many bears in that place.

There were monkeys on the trees.

There were penguins in Antarctica.

There was a gift shop in that mall.

Penjelasan:

There were --> digunakan jika benda yang disebutkan jumlahnya lebih dari satu

There was --> digunakan jika benda yang disebutkan hanya satu

Was/were --> 'to be' dlm bentuk lampau.

Arti There was/were sendiri utk kalimat-kalimat diatas kurang lebih adalah '(Dulu) ada/terdapat'

Contohnya:

There were not many books on the shelf (Nggak ada banyak buku di atas rak tadi) --> sekarang jumlah bukunya bertambah

- There was a book on the shelf (Ada sebuah buku di atas rak tadi) --> sekarang bukunya sdh tidak ada

Hope it helps!