C. DEFINITION AND SHORT DESCRIPTION

c. DEFINITION AND SHORT DESCRIPTION

Use there is/are:

The phrases " there is" and "there are" indicate that something 

or a group of things exist or do not exist.

Use there was/were:

The past forms of the verb to be are was and were. and 

the conjugation of the verb is as follows:

   I / he / she / it  à was

   You / we / they à were

The forms was and were are used to describe a situation or 

situations in the past that no longer exist.