There was, there were

There was, there were

13 August 2021

Past tense

Was is the past form of is

Were is the past form of are

*past tense- yang dah berlaku pada masa yang lepas

Singular

There was is used for singular nouns

example: There was a tree up there a long time ago.(dulu ada sebatang pokok dekat situ)

*singular-satu benda

Plural

There were is used for plural nouns.

example: There were a lot of cats that I used to have.(Saya pernah bela banyak kucing)

*plural:banyak

Affirmative and Negative

Affirmative(mengiyakan)

There was an ice cream van here just now.(Tadi ada van aiskrim di sini)

There were a lot of athletes competing in the Tokyo Olympics.(Ada ramai atlet yang bertanding dalam Sukan Olimpik Tokyo)

Negative(menafikan)

There wasn't any internet back in the old days (Zaman dulu tak ada internet)

There weren't a lot of cars on the road 40 years ago(40 tahun dahulu tak ada banyak kereta di jalan)

Quiz time

Multiple Choice

___________ any gold medals back in 1896.

• There was

• There wasn't

Multiple Choice

2500 years ago, __________ a war between Greece and Persia.

• there was

• there were

Multiple Choice

___________ a lot of battles.

• There was

• There were

Multiple Choice

___________ a big battle in a place called Marathon, which the Greek won.

• There was

• There were

Multiple Choice

________ any internet back then.

• There was

• There wasn't

• There were

• There weren't

Multiple Choice

_________ any telephones either.

• There was

• There wasn't

• There were

• There weren't

Multiple Choice

_________ any good roads so the journey was very difficult.

• There was

• There wasn't

• There were

• There weren't

was,were,wasn't,weren't

Isi tempat kosong dengan was/were/wasn't/weren't

Multiple Choice

Comel ___ just a little kitten back then but now she's a big cat.

• was

• were

• wasn't

• weren't

Multiple Choice

There ______ much outdoor activities since the pandemic started.

• were

• weren't

• was

• wasn't

Multiple Choice

I ______ trying to hurt you, I swear!

• were

• wasn't

• was

• weren't