Therewas/Therewere
PowerfulGrammar
Weusetherewasandthereweretosaythatsomethingexistsinpast
tense,andweputwasthereandwerethereatthebeginningofthesentence
tomakeaYesorNoquestion.
Werethereany...?Yes,therewere.No,thereweren’t.
Wastherea/any...?Yes,therewas.No,therewasn’t.
Therewasa/some...Thereweresome...Therewasn’ta/any...
Thereweren’tany...
A.CompletethequestionswithWasthereorWerethere
1.anyboyswithyou?
2.abookonthechair?
3.anypeopleintheshops?
4.anyfoodinyourhouse?
5.agirlwaitingforyou?
6.acomputerinthebedroom?
7.hundredsofpeopleintheconcert?
8.anyjuice?
9.anycarsthreehundredyearsago?
10.anappleonthetable?
B.Putthewordsintosentences
1.abirthday/there/cake/onthetable/was
2.funny/two/underthebench/were/puppies/there
3.was/aletter/onthetable/there/not
4.there/flowers/were/nice/inthevase?
5.some/were/apples/inthefridge/there
6.akitten/underthetree/there/was?
7.inthefield/ahorse/not/was/there
8.there/any/people/were/atthebus-stop?
9.there/not/atiger/inthestreet/was
10.adoll/there/inthebox/was
C.FillintheblanksbycomparingpictureAwithpictureB
Thereawebonthewindow.Thereabigspiderin
theweb.ThereanoldTVsetinthecorneroftheroom.
TherearadioontheTVset.Therethreeflowers
inpotsonawindowsill.Theretwobutterfliesonthe
flowers.Therea