Past continuous

Geçmişte süregelen zaman · A2 Temel seviye İngilizce dilbilgisi

Geçmişte süren eylem

Past continuous, geçmişte belirli bir anda devam etmekte olan eylemi anlatır: "Dün saat sekizde yemek yiyordum." Yapısı: was / were + fiil-ing.

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

At 8 o'clock last night I was having dinner.Dün akşam saat sekizde yemek yiyordum.
What were you doing at midnight?Gece yarısı ne yapıyordun?
It was raining all morning.Bütün sabah yağmur yağıyordu.

Arka plan anlatmak

Hikâye anlatırken sahneyi kurmak için past continuous kullanılır: "The sun was shining and birds were singing." Olaylar ise past simple ile sıralanır.

Türkçeden farkı: Türkçedeki "-iyordu" eki büyük ölçüde past continuous'a karşılık gelir: yapıyordum = I was doing. Ama Türkçede "biliyordum, istiyordum" dediğimiz durum fiilleri İngilizcede past simple olur: I knew, I wanted.

Sık yapılan hatalar

Yanlış	Doğru	Neden
We was sleeping.	We were sleeping.	we: were.
She was cook dinner.	She was cooking dinner.	-ing gerekir.
I was wanting a drink.	I wanted a drink.	want durum fiili.

Kendini dene

At ten o'clock yesterday I ___ TV.

Seçenekler: watched / was watching / were watching

Cevap: was watching. Belirli anda süren: was watching.

What ___ you doing at 9 p.m.?

Seçenekler: was / were / did

Cevap: were. you: were.

He ___ a shower when the phone rang.

Seçenekler: had / was having / has

Cevap: was having. Süren eylem: was having.

The children ___ sleeping, they were playing.

Seçenekler: wasn't / weren't / didn't

Cevap: weren't. they: weren't.

I ___ him very well.

Seçenekler: was knowing / knew

Cevap: knew. Durum fiili: knew.

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