There Was and There Were: PNP m3

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PNP m3

THERE WAS AND THERE


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A: Were there a lot of people at the meeting?
B: No, there weren’t.
A: How many people were there?
B: There were only four people.

A: Was there a lot of food at the party?


B: Yes, there was.

There weren’t any people in
the hotel room.
It was empty.

There was someone at home


last night
Singular noun
Uncountable noun

There was Article/ (a and an) Singular countable noun

Quantifier (some – little – much) Uncountable noun


Article/ (a and an) Adjective + noun

Article/ (a and an) Singular noun preposition Object/ noun

Plural noun
There were
Quantifier (some – several - few – many) Plural noun
Quantifier (some – several - few – many) Adjective + plural noun
Quantifier (some – several - few – many) preposition Object /noun

Note
Some can only go to positive sentences There were some students in the class
Any is used to Negative and Interrogative sentences There were not any students in the class
There were some students in the class and there
was a teacher in the class

There was a busy day in my office yesterday, there


were many workers, there were some computers and
there were some busy operators and important clients

There were not any people at home


There was not anyone at home
Hill : you know what, I miss my old school
Jen : what is special about your old school
Hill : many things, there were good canteens with good
food, there was a cool place to hangout , and there were
many good friends
Jen : I know how you feel, were there any good extra
activities?
Hill : of course. There were, basketball club, Japanese
Club and Computer club were the best ones
Jen : was there a school magazine Club?
Hill : yes, there was, it was also cool
Jen : one last questions, were there any good and
talented students?
Hill : of course, there were many good and talented
students, I was one of them
There was …………
There were ………………
There were some ………………..
I miss my old comfortable apartment There was not any ………………
Why, what was so special about it? There was not much……………….
There were not any ……….
There was …………………………….
There were …………………………
There were ……………………….
There was a ……………………………..
I miss my old hometown
Why, what was so special about it?

There was …………


There were ………………
There were some ………………..
There was not any ………………
There was not much……………….
There were not any ……….
There was …………………………….
There were …………………………
There were ……………………….
There was a ……………………………..

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