Complete the questions using there is/ there are in the correct tense.

_______ telephones in the 18th century?
_______ a cinema in your street?
_______ any restaurants near your home?
_______ any good music in the 1990s?
_______ a lot of good science fiction films this year?

Were there telephones in the 18th century?Is there a cinema in your street?Are there any restaurants near your home?Was there any good music in the 1990s?Were there (have there been) a lot of good science fiction films this year?