Tema: THERE WAS – THERE WERE = AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE

CÓMO USAR “THERE WAS” Y “THERE

WERE” EN INGLÉS
Las formas pasadas de there is y there are son,
lógicamente, there was y there were.
Así tenemos…
There is (singular, presente) — there was
(singular, pasado)
There are (plural, presente) — there were (plural,
pasado)
Debería mencionar que cuando digo “singular”
también puede ser que estemos hablando de algo
incontable.

NEGACIONES CON THERE WAS Y THERE

WERE
Igual que en presente, se forma la negación
con “not” o su forma corta, y la pregunta
poniendo el was / were antes del sujeto.
There wasn’t anything I could do.
There weren’t any tickets to the concert.
There wasn’t enough pizza for everyone.
There weren’t many people at the meeting.

Negative

Singular forma corta There wasn't a shop No había una tienda

Plural forma corta There weren't any shops No habían tiendas
Singular forma larga There was not a shop No había una tienda
Plural forma larga There were not any shops No habían tiendas
 Actividades de Extensión

Look at the picture and complete the sentences

I. Write: affirmative, negative, there was, there were, there wasn´t, there weren´t.
1. ______________an Island.
2. ______________some seagulls
3. _______________ a cow
4. _______________any cars
5. ________________ four sheep
6. _______________ a seal
7. _______________some people.
8. _______________a whale
II. COMPLETE: WAS, WERE
1 There _________ a house.
2 Near the house there ________ a garden.
3 There ________ many flowers in the garden.
4 There ________ a tree behind the house
5 There ________ four people in the house.
6 There _________ a mother, a father and two children
7 There ________ a cat
8 There ________ four rooms in the house.
9 There ______ many people at the show

III. COMPLETE: THERE WAS, THERE WERE

1. ___________three apples on the table yesterday.
2. ______________ a cat near the school yesterday.
3. _______________ some people in this street 3 days ago.
4. _______________ only one banana in my bag.
5. _______________ three thieves in the bank yesterday.