there was/were... there has/have been... there will be Flashcards
1
Q
There was/were (past)
A
There was nothing on TV last night
2
Q
There has been / there have been (present perfect)
A
…Look! There’s been an accident.
(there’s been = there has been)
…This road is very dangerous. There have
been many accidents.
Compare with there was (past)
…There was an accident last night.(not There has been an accident last night.)
3
Q
there will be
A
…Do you think there will be a lot of people at
the party on Saturday?
…I’m going away tomorrow. I’ll do my
packing today because there won’t be time
tomorrow.(there won’t be = there will not be)
