CONVERSATION : USE THERE WAS AND THERE WERE

Rumus : (+) There + Was/Were + Noun 
             ( -) There + Was/Were + Not + Noun 
             ( ?) Was/Were + There + Noun 

Contoh : 1. (+) There was a pen on the table yesterday
                  ( -) There was not a pen on the table yesterday
                  ( ?) Was there a pen on the table yesterday ?

              2. (+) There were four cars in the market last night
                  ( -) There were not four cars in the market last night
                  ( ?) Were there four cars in the market last night?

→ Penggunaan kata there was dan there were digunakan pada bentuk kalimat past tense.

→ There was   : Kata benda tunggal
     There were : Kata benda jamak