Past Continuous Tense
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Past Continuous Tense yapısında cümleler kurmak için formül şu şekildedir.
subject + was/were + verb_ing
| Subject |
auxillery verb |
verb |
rest of sentence |
| I |
was |
moving |
to a new house. |
| You / We / They |
were |
moving |
to a new house. |
| He / She / It |
was |
moving |
to a new house. |
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Past Continuous Tense'in kullanım alanları şu şekildedir.
1) Geçmişte süreklilik arz eden durumları anlatmak için kullanılır.
I was reading a book last night.
We were having a party last weekend.
It was raining last night.
They were discussing about books and shelves.
2) Geçmişte aynı anda olmakta olan iki durumu anlatırken kullanılır.
She was cooking while her children were playing in the garden.
Nikki was crying while her husband parking the car.
I was reading the book while our neighbours were walking down the street.
3) Geçmişte olmuş bir olayın Geçmişte başlayıp devam etmekte olan bir olayı kestiği durumlarda kullanılır.
I was baking cookies when the phone rang.
He was playing tennis when the car stopped.
I was watching soccer match on tv when the door opened.
She was taking a shower when her friends came.
Tom ws washing the plates when the window broke.
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Olumsuz cümle yapısı kullanılırken am/is/are not kullanılır.
subject + was/were not + verb_ing
| Subject |
auxillery verb |
verb |
rest of sentence |
| I |
was not |
moving |
to a new house. |
| You / We / They |
were not |
moving |
to a new house. |
| He / She / It |
was not |
moving |
to a new house. |
I was watching tv last night.
I was not watching tv last night.
Her mother was working in the hospital last summer.
Her mother was not working in the hospital last summer.
We were walking on the walls when we were child.
We were notwalking on the walls when we were child.
They were cleaning the garden yesterday.
They were not cleaning the garden yesterday.
It was raining last night.
It was not raining last night.
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Question cümle yapısında am/is/are başa gelir verb_ing aynen kullanılır.
was/were + subject + verb_ing
| Subject |
auxillery verb |
verb |
rest of sentence |
| Was |
I |
moving |
to a new house? |
| Were |
you / we / they |
moving |
to a new house? |
| Was |
he / she / it |
moving |
to a new house? |
I was watching tv last night.
Was I watching tv last night?
Her mother was working in the hospital last summer.
Was her mother working in the hospital last summer?
We were walking on the walls when we were child.
Were we walking on the walls when we were child?
They were cleaning the garden yesterday.
Were they cleaning the garden yesterday?
It was raining last night.
Was it raining last night?
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Bill (play) with the dos this morning.
Bill was playing with the dogs this morning.
Bill was not playing with the dogs this morning.
Was Bill playing with the dogs this morning?
They (talk) silently when the ambulance passed by.
They were talking silently when the ambulance passed by.
They were nottalking silently when the ambulance passed by.
Were they talking silently when the ambulance passed by?
It (snow) when they planned to drive home.
It was snowing when they planned to drive home.
It was not snowing when they planned to drive home.
Was it snowing when they planned to drive home? |