THERE WAS/THERE WERE

THERE WAS/THERE WERE

In the past tense we use there was for a singular object and there were for plural objects

SINGULAR

There was a party last night.

PLURAL

There were seven fish under the water.

Fill in the Blank

There __________ a lot of students at school last week.

Poll

There ________ any furniture in the house. (-)

• wasn't

• weren't

Multiple Choice

_______ there a lot of people in the meeting?

• Were

• Was

• Did

Multiple Select

There __________ some books to read in the bookshelf.

• were

• was

Fill in the Blank

There __________ many monkeys in the forest.

Multiple Choice

There ________ an impostor in the game.

• were

• was