There was/were - there has/have been / there will be.
* There is train every hour.
* The time now is 11.15.
* There was a train at 11 o'clock .
Compare:
There is/are (present):
* There is nothing on TV tonight
* We are staying at a very big hotel. There are 550 rooms.
* Is everything OK? are there any problems?
* I am hungry, but there isn’t anything to eat.
There was/are (past):
* There was nothing on TV last night
* We staying at very big hotel. There were 550 rooms
* Was everything OK yesterday? Were there any problems?
* I was hungry when I got home, but there wasn’t anything to eat.
There has been/ there have been (present perfect):
* Look! There is been an accident (there is been = there has been)
* This road very dangerous. There have been many accounts.
Compare there was accident last night (not there has been an accident last night):
For past simple and present perfect see this course.
There will be:
* Do you think there will be a lot of people at the party on Sunday?
* The manager of the company is leaving at there will be a new manager soon.
* I am going away tomorrow, I will do my packing today because there wasn’t be time tomorrow. (There wasn’t be = there will not be).
Now the room is empty, but what was in the room last week? Make sentences with: there was… or there were…
1. There was a clock = on the wall near window.
2. There was a carpet = on the floor.
3. There were three pictures = on the wall near the door.
4. There was a small table = in the middle of the room.
5. There were some flowers = on the table.
6. There were some books = on the shelves.
7. There was an armchair = in the corner near the door.
8. There was a sofa = opposite the armchair.
Make sentences. Use there was / there wasn’t/ was there or there were / there weren’t/ were there:
1. I was hungry, but there wasn’t anything to eat.
2. Was everything OK yesterday? Were there any problems?
3. I opened the envelope, but it was empty there was a carpet.
4. We stayed at a very nice hotel. Really was there a swimming pool?
5. Did you buy any banana? No, there weren’t any in the shop.
6. The wallet was empty there wasn’t any money in it.
7. Were there many people at the meeting? No, very few.
8. We didn’t visit the museum there wasn’t enough time.
9. I’m sorry I’m late there was a lot of traffic.
10. Twenty years ago there weren’t many tourists here. Now there are a lot.
Make sentences. Use there + is/are /was / were/ has been/ have been/ will be:
1. There was a good film on TV last night.
2. There are 24 hours in a day.
3. There was a party at the club last Friday? But I didn’t go.
4. Where can I get something to eat? There is a cafe at the end of street.
5. Why are the police outside the back? There is been/ there has been or there was a robbery .
6. When we arrived at the theater there was a long queue outside.
7. When you arrive tomorrow there will be somebody at the station to meet you.
8. Ten years ago there were 500 children at the school. Now. There are more than a thousand.
9. Last week I went back to the town where I was born. It’s very different now there have been a lot of changes.
10. I think everything will be OK I don’t think there will be or there are any problems.
* Look! There is been an accident (there is been = there has been)
1. There was a clock = on the wall near window.