Chapter 5 There was_were … Was_Were there …_ 语法 课件(共21张PPT)

(共21张PPT)
Primary Longman Elect
4A Chapter 5
There was/were …
Was/Were there …
Simple Past Tense
We use this tense to talk about things that happened in the past.
People got water from wells many years ago.
Tina and I won a singing contest two years ago.
Singing cont
2007
Now (2009)
Simple Past Tense
We use this tense to talk about things that happened in the past.
If there is no action in the sentence, we use was or were as the verb.
There was an airport in Hong Kong twenty years ago.
is was
Simple Past Tense
There wasn’t a theme park in Hong Kong a hundred years ago.
isn’t wasn’t
If there is no action in the sentence, we use was or were as the verb.
Simple Past Tense
are were
There were tall buildings in Hong Kong twenty years ago.
If there is no action in the sentence, we use was or were as the verb.
Simple Past Tense
aren’t weren’t
There weren’t any supermarkets in Hong Kong a hundred years ago.
Use any to emphasise there was not one.
If there is no action in the sentence, we use was or were as the verb.
Simple Past Tense
There was an airport 20 years ago.
were tall buildings
wasn’t a theme park 100
weren’t any supermarkets
Use any to emphasise there was not one.
Key structure
Practice
In my neighbourhood …
There ________ (wasn’t/weren’t) any supermarkets thirty years ago.
There ______ (was/were) a post office two years ago.
3 There ________ (wasn’t/weren’t) a library three years ago.
4 There ______ (was/were) banks five years ago.
5 There ______ (was/were) a shopping centre eight years ago.
weren’t
was
wasn’t
were
was
We can also ask questions using was and were.
Asking questions
Was there an airport in Hong Kong twenty years ago
Yes, there was.
Was there a theme park in Hong Kong a hundred years ago
No, there wasn’t.
We can also ask questions using was and were.
Asking questions
Were there tall buildings in Hong Kong twenty years ago
Yes, there were.
We can also ask questions using was and were.
Asking questions
Were there any supermarkets in Hong Kong a hundred years ago
No, there weren’t.
Use any to ask plural questions.
We can also ask questions using was and were.
Asking questions
Was there an airport 80 years ago
Were any supermarkets
Use any to ask plural questions.
Yes, there was.
were.
No, wasn’t.
weren’t.
Key structure
Practice

Was there a canteen
No, there wasn’t.
canteen
Debbie is asking her dad about his school when he was young. Finish what they say.

Were there any computers
No, there weren’t.
computers
Practice
Debbie is asking her dad about his school when he was young. Finish what they say.

Was there an art room
Yes, there was.
art room
Practice
Debbie is asking her dad about his school when he was young. Finish what they say.

Was there a lift
No, there wasn’t.
lift
Practice
Debbie is asking her dad about his school when he was young. Finish what they say.

Were there any toilets
Yes, there were.
toilets
Practice
Debbie is asking her dad about his school when he was young. Finish what they say.

Was there a school hall
Yes, there was.
school hall
Practice
Debbie is asking her dad about his school when he was young. Finish what they say.
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