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Friday Message  15/1/2016 Hello there! I hope you are having a nice Friday.  Today we are going to have a look at “there was” and “there were” to see exactly when and how to use them. Hoje vamos estudar “there was” e “there were” para saber quando e como usá-los. We use “there was” and “there were” when we want to say something existed or something was present in the past.  Usamos “there was” e “there were” quando queremos dizer que algo existia ou estava presente no passado.  * Remember that “there was” and “there were” refer to the past and are the past tense of “there is” and “there are”. * Lembre-se que “there was” e “there were” são as formas no passado de “there is” e “there are”. - We use there was with singular nouns. For example: Usamos “there was” com substantivos singulares. Por exemplo: There was a big garden in the front of the house. Havia/tinha um grande jardim na frente da casa.  There was a man at the bus stop. Havia/tinha um homem na paragem do ônibus. - We use there were with plural nouns. For example: Usamos “there were” com substantivos plurais. Por exemplo: There were many travel guides at the bookshop yesterday. Havia/tinha muitos guias de viagem na livraria ontem.  There were seven hundred people at the convention last week. Havia/tinha setecentas pessoas no congresso a semana passada.  Look at this dialogue between Eric (E) and Pam (P) to see how to use “there was” and “there were” in conversation: E: Were there many people at the show, Pam? Havia/tinha muita gente no espetáculo, Pam? P: Yes, it was packed. You should have come! There wasenough room in the car for you. Sim, estava lotado. Você deveria ter vindo! Havia lugar suficiente para você no carro E: I know, I just didn’t feel like going out. There was a great film on TV last night anyway. Eu sei, mais não tinha vontade de sair. Passou um filme muito bom na TV ontem à noite, de qualquer jeito.  P: There were amazing decorations set up too around the stage area and there was a new guitar player who I hadn’t seen before. Havia umas decorações incríveis ao redor do palco e também um novo guitarrista que não tinha visto antes. E: It sounds great. Next time I might come along. Parece ótimo. Talvez eu me anime na próxima vez. As you can see, we make questions by placing “was” or “were” at the beginning of the sentence followed by “there.” • Were there many people at the show? Havia/tinha muita gente no espetáculo? • Was there anything good on TV last night? ¿Havia/tinha algo algo bom na TV ontem à noite? To form the negative we add “not” to “was” or “were” to form “was not” or “were not.” Alternatively, you can use the contracted forms “wasn’t” or “weren’t”. Look at some examples: • There were not / There weren’t many people at the show. Não havia/tinha muita gente no espetáculo. • There was not / wasn’t anything good on TV last night. Não havia/tinha nada algo bom na TV ontem à noite I hope this has been helpful for you. For more information on this topic, please take a look at unit 64 of the online ABA course. Have a great weekend! Bye for now! Priscilla ABA English Teacher

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