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There was X There were - Coggle Diagram
There was X There were
There was
Negative
there+to be+not+complement
There+wasn´t+a book
Examples
there wasn´t any money in the bank
there wasn´t any information in the file
Interrogative
to be+there+complement+?
examples
was there man standing here?
was there a museum in that old town
was+there+a book+?
Positive
examples
there was a cat in the house
there was a dog in the street
there+was+a book
there+to be+complemet
there was is used when you refer to one thing or person
example
there was a party last night
There were
Interrogative
examples
were there many things to do?
were there two police officers at the station?
were+there+two people+?
to be+there+complement+?
Positive
there+were+to people
there+to be+complement
examples
there were 7 fish in the fish tank
there were many stores around here
Negative
there+waren´t+two people
there+to be+not+complement
examples
there weren´t any improvements in 2019
there weren´t any fans in the store
were there is when to more than one thing or person
example
there were some problems with the delivery