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Inglês Intermediário Aula

3. There was and There were 3


esta aula aprenderemos a usar there was e There wasn’t a pen here.
N there were, que usamos para falar sobre
coisas do passado. (Não havia uma caneta aqui.)

O there was e there were seriam o passado Para fazermos pergunta, devemos seguir a
do there is e there are, conhecidos como o verbo seguinte estrutura:
“haver”.
Was there?
Como no presente, o passado também
Were there?
apresenta duas formas.
Exemplos:
There was = tinha / havia /existia
Was there a pen here?
There were = tinham / haviam / existiam
(Havia uma caneta aqui?)
There was usamos no singular e there were
usamos no plural. Were there ten apples?

Exemplos usando there was: (Haviam dez maçãs?)


There was a girl outside.
3.1. Let's practice!
(Havia uma garota lá fora.)

There was a book on the table. Exercise 1: Follow the patterns:

(Havia um livro sobre a mesa.) Exemplo:

Exemplos usando there were: car - a - in the garage -> There was a car in
the garage.
There were two books on the table.
on - there - the - table - hammers - were ->
(Havia dois livros sobre a mesa.) There were hammers on the table.

There were three boys outside. 1. there - book - was - on - a - table - the.

(Havia três meninos do lado de fora.) ________________________________

Para usarmos there was e there were na


forma negativa, basta usarmos was not ou were
not, ou suas formas contraídas (there wasn’t e
there weren't).

Exemplos:

There was not a pen here.

(Não havia uma caneta aqui.)


2. five - there - crying- were - babies. 5. crying - was - baby - a - there.

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3. was - a - boy - outside - there. 6. was - a pie – in the freeze - there.


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4. the - were - table - there - two - books - on. 7. there - boys – outside – three - were.
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8. box – candies - in this - there - were. Exercise 2: Fill the gaps with the correct
form of there was and there were:
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1. ___________ a lot of traffic in Valencia.

2. ___________ anywhere to park around here?

3. ___________ much sugar.

4. ___________ enough time to finish?

5. ___________ a few bananas and a few apples.

6. ___________ only one way to solve this


problem.
9. there was - on the sofa - hammer - a.
7. ___________ anyone here who wants to
________________________________ volunteer?

8. ___________ a lot of people in the


supermarket.

9. ___________ a spider in our wardrobe.

10. ___________much traffic yesterday?

10. were -in the icebox - eggs - there.

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