The use of There is, There are, There was, and There were with examples and exercise.

 In this article, I have explained the use of there is, there are, there was, and there were examples and exercises. I have explained how do we use there is, there are, there was, and there were, with examples. I have also explained the structure of these sentences in which there is, there are, there was, and there were is used.

The use of 'there is, 'there are, 'there was, and 'there were'

The use of There is

'There is, is used in the sentence in which the subject is not mentioned clearly. There is, is used in the present tense. There is, is used for the singular subject. We can say that if the noun is singular and the sentence is in the present tense, we use 'There is' in the sentences. There is also used for uncountable nouns.

Structure

There is + Singular noun + Object (Positive Sentence)
There is no + Singular noun + object (Negative Sentence)
Is There + Singular noun + object (Interrogative Sentence)

Examples

• There is no chair in the room.
• There is no hair on his head.
• There is no one in the city.
• There is no one in the house.
• There is a dog in the courtyard.
• There is no river in this country.
• There is a bedroom in my house.
• There is a cat in the garden.
• Is there a cow in the garden?
• Is there a lot of water in the jug?

The use of 'There are

There are, is used in the sentence when the subject is not mentioned clearly. There are, is used for the plural subject. We can say that if the noun is plural we use 'There are in the sentence. There are also used for uncountable nouns.

Structure

There are + Plural Noun + Object (Positive Sentence)
There are no + Plural Noun + Object (Negative Sentence)
Are there + Plural Noun + Object (Interrogative Sentences)

Examples

• There are only a few boys in the classroom.
• There are many books in his library.
• There are many trees in the garden.
• There are many men and women in the park.
• There are many dogs in the courtyard.
• There are many books in the bag.
• There are many rooms in my house.
• There are many cats in the garden.
• Are there cows in the garden?
• Are there many students in the school?

The use of 'There was'

There was is used in the sentence when the subject is not mentioned clearly. There was is used for the singular subject in the past tense. We can say that when the noun is singular we use 'There was' in the sentence. 'There was' can be used for uncountable nouns.

Structure

There was + Singular Noun + Object (Positive Sentence)
There Was no + Singular Noun + Object (Negative Sentence)
Was there + Singular Noun + Object (Interrogative Sentence)

Examples

• There was no friend of his in the city.
• There was no leaf on the tree.
• There was no player on the ground.
• There was no student in the classroom.
• There was a dog in the courtyard.
• There was no river in this country
• There was no kitchen in my house.
• There was a cat in the garden.
• Was there a cow in the garden?
• Was there a boy on the road?
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The use of 'There were'

'There were' is used in the sentence when the subject is not mentioned clearly. There were is used for plural subjects in the past tense. We can say that when the noun is plural we use 'There were in the sentence. There were can be used for uncountable nouns.

Structure

There were + Plural Noun + Object (Positive Sentence)
There were no + Plural Noun + Object (Negative Sentence)
Were there + Plural Noun + Object (Interrogative Sentence)

Examples

• There were many green trees in the park.
• There were many plants of flowers in the garden.
• There were many students in the classroom.
• There were many doctors in the hospital. 
• There were many dogs in the courtyard.
• There were many rivers in this country.
• There were many rooms in my house.
• There were many cats in the garden.
• Were there cows in the garden?
• Were there mangos in the basket?

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