THERE was-

wereVERB
 The verb there is/are means: haber.
In english we use it to talk about things we can see and things that exist in the past

THERE was THERE were

• FOR SINGULAR NOUN • FOR PLURAL NOUNS
• FOR UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS • FOR COUNTABLE NOUNS

We also use:
SOME SEVERAL

MANY A LOT
 MAIN STRUCTURE

THERE (+) VERB TO BE FORM OBJECT

THERE WAS A BOOK ON THE TABLE

TWO BOOKS ON THE TABLE

THERE WERE
SOME
SEVERAL
MANY