was / were

Geçmiş zamanda "olmak" · A1 Başlangıç seviye İngilizce dilbilgisi

be fiilinin geçmişi: was / were

am / is / are fiilinin geçmiş zaman hâli was ve were'dir. Türkçedeki "-dı / -di" (evdeydim, yorgundu) karşılığıdır.

Özne	Olumlu	Olumsuz	Soru
I / he / she / it	was	wasn't (was not)	Was I / he ...?
you / we / they	were	weren't (were not)	Were you / they ...?

I was at home yesterday.Dün evdeydim.
They were very tired.Çok yorgunlardı.
The film wasn't good.Film iyi değildi.
Were you at school? — Yes, I was.Okulda mıydın? Evet.

Zaman ifadeleri ve there was / there were

Geçmiş zamanla sık kullanılan ifadeler: yesterday, last night, last week, two days ago, in 2010. "Vardı" demek için tekil isimle there was, çoğul isimle there were kullanılır.

There was a cat in the garden.Bahçede bir kedi vardı.
There were many people at the concert.Konserde çok insan vardı.
I was ill two days ago.İki gün önce hastaydım.

Türkçeden farkı: Türkçede "-dı" eki her kişiye eklenir (evdeydim, evdeydin). İngilizcede sadece iki biçim var: I / he / she / it için was, you / we / they için were. "ago" Türkçedeki "önce" gibi zaman ifadesinden sonra gelir: two years ago (iki yıl önce).

Sık yapılan hatalar

Yanlış	Doğru	Neden
We was late.	We were late.	we: were.
I were tired.	I was tired.	I: was.
before two days	two days ago	"…önce": ago, sonda.

Kendini dene

My parents ___ in Antalya last week.

Seçenekler: was / were

Cevap: were. they: were.

It ___ cold yesterday.

Seçenekler: was / were

Cevap: was. it: was.

Where ___ you yesterday?

Seçenekler: was / were

Cevap: were. you: were.

She ___ at work on Monday.

Seçenekler: wasn't / weren't

Cevap: wasn't. she: wasn't.

___ the shops open last Sunday?

Seçenekler: Was / Were

Cevap: Were. shops çoğul: Were.

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