There was / were + much / many / a lot of

*COUNTABLE NOUNS
Affirmative > We use a lot of.            -Example: There were a lot of people.
Negative > We use many.                  -Example: There weren't many people.
Questions > We use many too.           -Example: How many people were there?

*UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
Affirmative > We use a lot of.            -Example: There was a lot of noise.
Negative > We use much.                   -Example: There wasn't much noise.
Questions > We use much.                 -Example: How much noise was there?

*** PAY ATTENTION:
When the asnwer to a How much / how many question is zero, we use not any for both countable and uncountable nouns.

-Example:  How many survivors were there? There weren't any (suvivors).

****Traducción al castellano:
Cuando la respuesta a una pregunta de How much / how many es cero, no utilizamos por tanto sustantivos contables e incontables.

PAST CONTINUOUS

PAST CONTINUOUS

*We use the past continuous to talk about actions which were still in progress at a certain time. The action had started before this time but hadn't finished.

FORMS:

Affirmative: Subject + was / were + verb with -ing + complement.

Negative: Subject + wasn't + weren't + verb with -ing + complement.

Questions: (Wh-) Was / Were + subject + verb with -ing + complement?

**Forms of verb 'to be' in past:

                              Affirmative                   Negative 

                                 form                                form

I                               was                                  wasn't

You                          were                                weren't

He / She / It              was                                  wasn't

We                           were                                weren't

You                          were                                weren't

They                         were                                weren't          

***Traducción al castellano:

Usamos el pasado continuo para hablar sobre acciones las cuales estaban todavía realizándose en un tiempo determinado. La acción había comenzado antes de ese tiempo, pero no había terminado.

AGO

*AGO
We use 'ago' to especify when an action happened in the past.

-Example:
Hace dos horas.                                > Two hours ago.
Han llegado hace media hora.            > They arrived half an hour ago.
El tren ha salido hace diez minutos.    > The train left ten minutes ago.

**Traducción al castellano:
Nosotros usamos 'ago' para especificar cuando ha sucedido una acción en el pasado.
'Ago' completa una expresión de tiempo y se coloca siempre al final de la oración.