Describir lo que había: comida, lugares y recuerdos.
Colegio Ángeles del NorteInglés · L. R. Montaño Rincón
❓Antes de aprender · pregunta problematizadora
What was in your kitchen yesterday?
01Nombra cinco alimentos en inglés.
02¿Cuáles son contables y cuáles no?
03Descríbelos usando “there was / there were”.
🎯Al terminar este tema podrás
Desempeños
I
Usar there was / there were para describir cantidades en el pasado.
II
Diferenciar sustantivos contables e incontables.
III
Describir hábitos alimenticios y platos típicos en inglés.
💡La idea central
Lo que había en la mesa
There was acompaña al singular y a los incontables; there were acompaña al plural. Es la forma pasada de there is / there are.
“There was rice and there were three arepas.”
El verbo concuerda con lo que viene después, no con “there”.
WAS + singular
WERE + plural
🧩La estructura
Introductor
There
+
Verbo
was / were
+
Sustantivo
a lot of fruit
There were many people at the market.Singular e incontables → was. Plural → were.
Afirmativa · Negativa · Pregunta
Affirmative
There was some milk. There were two eggs. There was bread.
some en afirmativas
Negative
There wasn't any sugar. There weren't any apples. There wasn't rice.
any en negativas
Interrogative
Was there any salt? Were there any onions? How much soup was there?
Yes, there was. / No, there wasn't.
🥚Food matters
Countable & uncountable
COUNTABLE → were
an
apple
apples
an
egg
eggs
a
potato
potatoes
a
sandwich
sandwiches
UNCOUNTABLE → was
some
rice
rice
some
milk
milk
some
sugar
sugar
some
cheese
cheese
Palabras de cantidad
many — contables, negativas y preguntas
How many eggs were there?
much — incontables, negativas y preguntas
There wasn't much milk.
a lot of — todos, afirmativas
There was a lot of food.
a few — contables, poca cantidad
There were a few grapes.
a little — incontables, poca cantidad
There was a little salt.
any — negativas y preguntas
Was there any bread?
There was o There were
There was
There was a cake on the table.
Un solo elemento, o algo que no se puede contar.
There were
There were six cakes on the table.
Varios elementos contables en plural.
Mira la palabra que sigue: si es plural, siempre were.
📖Lectura contextualizada
Breakfast at Grandma’s House
When I was a child, there was always a big breakfast at my grandmother's house. There were fresh arepas, and there was hot chocolate with cheese. There weren't any packaged snacks, and there wasn't much sugar, but there was a lot of love in that kitchen.
afirmativasnegativas
💬Cómic · conversación
Breakfast at Grandma’s
V
Valentina
What was there for breakfast at your grandmother’s house?
T
Tomás
There were fresh arepas and there was hot chocolate.
V
Valentina
Was there any sugar in it?
T
Tomás
Not much. But there was a lot of cheese.
Foco del diálogo: there was / there were. Después de escucharlo, léanlo en parejas cambiando los nombres por los suyos.
✅Opción múltiple · 1 de 3
______ three oranges in the basket.
AThere was
BThere were
CThere is
DThere been
✅Opción múltiple · 2 de 3
There ______ any milk in the fridge.
Aweren't
Bwasn't
Caren't
Dnot was
✅Opción múltiple · 3 de 3
How ______ sugar was there in the recipe?
Amany
Bmuch
Clot
Dfew
🤔True or False
¿Verdadero o falso?
Rice es un sustantivo incontable.
TRUE
FALSE
“There were a cake” es correcto.
TRUE
FALSE
Much se usa con incontables.
TRUE
FALSE
Any aparece en negativas y preguntas.
TRUE
FALSE
There were se usa con singular.
TRUE
FALSE
🔗Asociar · matching
Cantidad → sustantivo
Haz clic en la palabra de cantidad y luego en el sustantivo adecuado.
many
much
a few
a little
water
apples
butter
cookies
📝Completar el espacio
Fill in the blanks
any
were
was
many
1. There five plates on the table.
2. There some soup left.
3. How eggs were there?
4. There weren't vegetables in the soup.
🔢Ordenar la oración
Build the sentence
the
many
not
soup
vegetables
in
were
There
🔍Encontrar el error
Find the mistake
There were a big cake
There was manyapplesthere
How much eggswerethere
🏁Después de aprender
Lo esencial
there was + singular/incontable · there were + plural · much con incontables, many con contables.
Tarea: describe en ocho oraciones qué había en tu cocina el domingo pasado.