THERE WAS OR THERE WERE.

We use there was with singular and there were with plural.

Have a look at these examples in afirmative sentences:

✔ There was a cinema in your town
✔ There were three chairs in the room

To make the negative, add "not" to "was" or "were". You can also use the contracted forms "wasn't" and "weren't"

Examples:
✔ There wasn't an apple
✔ There weren't many restaurants

To make a question, put "was" or "were" before "there". Here you have two examples:

✔ Was there a bicycle?
✔ Were there two books?