there was和there were怎麼區分

區分就是根椐緊跟其後的名詞單複數形式決定，中文意思是某地有某物或某人，具體的不同如下

there was的例句

Sometimes a mist seemed to be falling， and sometimes there was a sudden downpour of heavy， slanting rain.一忽兒像是下大霧，突然間又下起傾盆大雨。

there were的例句

Before jQuery 1.3， there were three ways to get around this problem， none of them elegant (for those of you who continue to use jQuery 1.2.x， these are still valid).