Question

There were和There was的用法

Answer 1

there
be
结构,即“某地有某物,某时有某事”.
具体用法如下：
there
are后面跟复数名词,表示现在某个地方有某些事物或人物.
There
are
many
books
in
the
library.图书馆里有许多书.
there
were后面也是跟复数名词,表示过去某个地方有某些事物或人物.
There
were
many
old
buildings
in
this
street
ten
years
ago.
十年前这条街道上有许多古老的建筑物.
there
is后面跟单数名词或不可数名词,表示现在某个地方有（单数的或）一个事物或一个人或某些（不可数的）事物.
There
is
an
old
tree
in
front
of
the
building.
这建筑物前有一棵古老的树.（现在）
There
was
an
old
tree
in
front
of
the
building
two
weeks
ago.
两周前这建筑物前还有一棵古老的树.
There
is
some
milk
in
the
glass.
杯子时有些牛奶.milk不可数.
There
was
some
milk
in
the
glass
just
now.
刚才杯子里还有一些牛奶.