Writing prompt: Lucy's grandmother is telling her about life several years ago. The environment where she lived has changed significantly. Using the provided hints and sentence patterns, write a short English essay about these changes.
Writing hints: different; flats; fields; bushes; buildings.
Reference sentence patterns: There was/were... ; There wasn't/weren't any... ; There was/were no...

Student essay:
Lucy, there was a big change in ten years. Ten years ago, this place were fields, there were also some bushes on it. Now there were buidings and flats in this place.

Corrected essay:
Lucy, there was a big change in the last ten years. Ten years ago, this place was a field, and there were also some bushes on it. Now there are buildings and flats in this place.