There is, There are, There was, There were

​There is, There are, There was, There were

​There is + Singular noun/uncountable noun.
* Use Present tense

There is a car in the parking lot
There is a student sitting in the library
There is some water in my glass
There is a lot of soup in the pan.

​There are + Plural nouns/countable nouns.
Use present tense

There are cars in the parking lot
There are students sitting in the library
There aren't any pies in the refrigerator.
Are there any tall buildings in your city?

​There was + singular noun/uncountable noun.
Use past tense
There was a shop next to my house 2 years ago.
There was some sugar in my tea when I drank it.
There wasn't any water in the bucket.
Was there ice cream in the freezer?

​There were + Plural nouns/countable nouns.
Use past tense

There were cars in front of my house.
There weren't students in the library
There weren't any apples in the refrigerator.
Were there any books when you left the class?