AFFIRMATIVE FORM
THERE WAS + A / AN
+ singular noun: There
WAS a book.
THERE WERE + plural noun: There WERE four tables
NEGATIVE FORM
THERE WASN’T + A / AN
+ singular noun: There
WASN’T a book.
THERE WEREN’T + plural noun: There WEREN’T
four tables
INTERROGATIVE FORM AND SHORT ANSWERS
WAS +
there + A / AN + singular noun? Yes,
there WAS. / No, there WASN'T.
WAS there a book? Yes, there WAS. / No, there WASN'T.
WERE + there
+ plural noun? Yes,
there WERE. / No, there WEREN'T.
WERE there four tables? Yes, there WERE. / No, there WEREN'T.
