There was / There were: sætninger, øvelser, tests og eksempler

There was / There were bruger

There was / There were bruges til at sige, at noget eksisterede, var til stede eller befandt sig et sted i fortiden.

There was a book on the table yesterday.
Der lå en bog på bordet i går.
There were two students in the classroom.
Der var to elever i klasseværelset.

There was / There were Form

Formen afhænger af, om vi taler om én ting / et utælleligt substantiv eller mere end én ting i datid.

There was + singular noun / uncountable noun
There were + plural noun

There was a problem with the printer this morning.
Der var et problem med printeren i morges.
There was some milk in the fridge.
Der var noget mælk i køleskabet.
There were three chairs in the room.
Der var tre stole i rummet.

There was / There were Regel

  • Der var bruges med et substantiv i ental, og der var bruges med et substantiv i flertal.
    ✅ There was a lamp near the bed.
    ✅ There were two lamps near the bed.
  • Med utællelige navneord bruger vi normalt there was.
    There was enough food for everyone.
    Der var nok mad til alle.
    There was some information in the report.
    Der var nogle oplysninger i rapporten.
  • Efter strukturen tilføjer vi ofte et sted eller en tidsangivelse: i rummet, på bordet, i går aftes.
    There was a cat under the chair.
    Der var en kat under stolen.
    There were many people at the bus stop yesterday.
    Der var mange mennesker ved busstoppestedet i går.
  • I bekræftende sætninger bruger vi ofte some, og i spørgsmål og nægtende sætninger bruger vi ofte any.
    ✅ There were some cookies in the box.
    ✅ Were there any cookies in the box?
    ✅ There weren’t any cookies in the box.
  • I talt engelsk bruges there was ofte i sin normale form, og den negative form forkortes almindeligvis til there wasn’t. Med there were er den fulde form eller there weren’t almindelig.
    ✅ There wasn’t any message for you.
    ✅ There were several mistakes in the text.
  • Hvis en liste kommer efter strukturen, stemmer verbet ofte overens med det første substantiv på listen.
    ✅ There was a sofa and two chairs in the living room.
    ✅ There were two chairs and a sofa in the living room.

There was / There were Negation

Nægtelse dannes med not: there was not / there wasn’t og there were not / there weren’t.

There was not + singular noun / uncountable noun
There were not + plural noun

There wasn’t any sugar in the cupboard.
Der var ikke noget sukker i skabet.
There weren’t any free tables.
Der var ikke nogen ledige borde.
There wasn’t much traffic that morning.
Der var ikke megen trafik den morgen.

There was / There were Spørgsmål

I spørgsmål kommer was eller were før there.

Was there + singular noun / uncountable noun?
Were there + plural noun?
Wh-word + was / were + there ...?

Was there a pharmacy near here before?
Lå der et apotek her i nærheden før?
Were there any clean cups?
Var der nogen rene kopper?
Why was there so much noise last night?
Hvorfor var der så meget larm i nat?
How many students were there in your group?
Hvor mange studerende var der i din gruppe?

There was / There were Typiske fejl

❌ There was two windows in the room.
✅ There were two windows in the room.
❌ There were some milk in the fridge.
✅ There was some milk in the fridge.
❌ Was there any books on the shelf?
✅ Were there any books on the shelf?
❌ In my bag was a notebook.
✅ There was a notebook in my bag.
❌ There were a lot of water on the floor.
✅ There was a lot of water on the floor.

There was / There were Sætninger

There was a bus stop near my house years ago.
Der var et busstoppested nær mit hus for mange år siden.
There were four computers in the office.
Der var fire computere på kontoret.
There was some coffee in the kitchen.
Der var noget kaffe i køkkenet.
There wasn’t enough space in my bag.
Der var ikke plads nok i min taske.
There weren’t any eggs in the fridge.
Der var ingen æg i køleskabet.
Was there a bank near the station before?
Var der en bank nær stationen før?
Were there any mistakes in this sentence?
Var der nogen fejl i denne sætning?
There was a good restaurant on this street.
Der var en god restaurant på denne gade.
There were many flowers in the garden last summer.
Der var mange blomster i haven sidste sommer.
There was too much noise in there.
Der var for meget larm derinde.

There was / There were Eksempler

There was a message on your phone.
Der var en besked på din telefon.
There were some children in the park.
Der var nogle børn i parken.
There was a meeting at 10 o’clock yesterday.
Der var et møde i går klokken 10.
There wasn’t any bread left.
Der var ikke noget brød tilbage.
There weren’t many shops in this village years ago.
Der var ikke mange butikker i denne landsby for år tilbage.
Was there anything interesting to watch on TV?
Var der noget interessant at se i fjernsynet?
Were there any messages for me?
Var der nogen beskeder til mig?
There was a strange smell in the room.
Der var en mærkelig lugt i rummet.
There were two new students in our class last month.
Der var to nye elever i vores klasse sidste måned.
How many pages were there in that book?
Hvor mange sider var der i den bog?

Engelske grammatikøvelser tilgængelige i appen

Tenses

Future Simple Present Simple Present Perfect Present Continuous Past Simple Past Perfect Past Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Present Perfect Continuous Future Continuous Future Perfect Future Perfect Continuous Be going to

Conditionals

Second Conditional First Conditional Third Conditional Zero Conditional

Sentences

Relative Clauses Conjunctions Reported Speech There is / There are There was / There were

Verbs

Used to To be used to To get used to