苏教译林版六年级上册 unit1 The king’s new clothes 课文讲的时一般过去式，里面讲了一般过去时的用法。今天智学君中小学英语给大家分享里面重要句型 there be 在一般过去时中的用法。

There be ... 在一般过去时中表示过去某处有某人/某物……

苏教译林版六年级上册 unit1：The king’s new clothes 原句：

1：Long long ago，there was a king. 很久以前，有一个国王。

2：There were a lot of people in the street. 街上有很多人。

There be ... 在一般过去时中句型结构为：

There was/were+某人/某物(a man，three children，a house... )(+某处).

重点解析：此句型用于描述过去某处有某人/某物。

there be句型是英语中最重要、最常见的句型之一

在此句型中，there无实际意义。 was/were 是be(is，are)的过去式。

如果be后面是可数名词单数或不可数名词， be就用was；

如果be后面是是可数名词复数，be则用were。
某处通常是表示方位的介词短语，用来说明人或事物的具体位置。如苏教译林版六年级上册 unit1：The king’s new clothes 中原句：There were a lot of people in the street

例句：

1：there was an old house by the river five years ago.

2：there were many people in the street yesterday.

实例讲解：

Shirley到Henry家玩，她看到Henry家所在的小区内有很多花草树木以及娱乐设施，就夸Henry 居住小区环境非常好。

Henry告诉Shirley小区的环境过去不是这样的。

让我们看看Henry是怎样对Shirley说的:
Henry: There were only small and old houses in the past.

中小学英语必考知识点：there be 在过去式中应用的练习题：

光学不练假把式，学习到的知识只有经过练习才能够完全掌握。

智学君为各位中小学生朋友准备了几道关于英语中量词的典型题目供大家练习。

1: There _ a small house here 20 years ago. [ ]

A. is

B. are

C. was

D. were

2: There were many students outside.（改为否定句）

There _______ _______ students outside.

3: The weather was fine.（对画线部分提问）

_______ _______ the weather?

4: There are many tall buildings in this city.（用in the past改写句子）

There _______ many tall buildings in this city in the past.

5: how old, in 2000, was, your grandfather（连词成句）

____________________________________.