There is / There are / There was / There were

 

There is / There are : used in Present Tense

1. There is + Singular Noun

2.  There is + Uncountable Noun

3.  There are + Plural Noun

Examples

There is + Singular Noun

There is an apple in the basket.

There is a red pen on the table.

There is a cat sleeping on the rocking chair.

There is a cow grazing in the field.

There is a bird on the roof at the moment.

There is something on your shoulder.

There is a good film on TV tonight.

There is a glass of water on the table.

There is + Uncountable Noun

There is a lot of water in my rice field.

There is a lot of snow on the road.

There is some sugar on the floor.

There is some red wine left in the bottle.

There is plenty of time to spare before the train leaves.

There is so much rain here in rainy season.

There are + Plural Noun

There are three apples left in the basket.

There are twenty five students in my class.

There are five people in my family.

There are many monkeys at the zoo.

There are many interesting books in the library.

There are a lot of fish in my pond.

There are two mobile phone shops near my home.

Notice

much : is used with Uncountable Noun    =   There is + much + Uncountable Noun

many : is used with Plural Noun = There are many + Plural Noun

There was / There were : used in Past Tense

1. There was + Singular Noun

2.  There was + Uncountable Noun

3.  There were + Plural Noun

There was + Singular Noun

There was an apple in the basket just now.

There was a red pen on the table a moment ago.

There was a cat sleeping on the rocking chair last night.

There was a cow grazing in the field this morning.

There was a very big bird on the roof when I got up.

There was something on your shoulder just now.

There was a good film on TV last night.

There was a broken glass on the table this morning.

There was + Uncountable Noun

There was a lot of water in my rice field last year.

There was a lot of snow last winter.

There was some sugar spilt on the floor earlier.

There was some red wine left in the bottle last night .

There was plenty of time to spare before the train left.

There was so much rain here last rainy season.

There were + Plural Noun

There were three apples left in the basket last night.

There were twenty five students in my class last term.

There were five people at the meeting yesterday.

There were many monkeys at the zoo when we last visited.

There were many interesting books in the library last year.

There were a lot of fish in my pond, but some have died now.

There were two mobile phone shops near my home last year.

Notice

much : is used with Uncountable Noun    =   There was + much + Uncountable Noun

many : is used with Plural Noun =   There were + many + Plural Noun