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Gramer Dersleri - Past Continuous Tense






Past continuous tense

Kullanıldığı Yerler

Past continuous tense, geçmişte başlayıp, hala devam eden işleri ifade etmek için kullanılır. Diğer bir ifade ile, geçmişte tamamlanmamış eylemleri anlatır. Past continuous tense cümlelere Türkçe'de sürekli geçmiş veya şimdiki zamanın hikâyesi diyoruz. Past continuous tense bir işin, bir zamandan beri yapılmakta olduğunu bildirirler.

Kullanıldığı yerler:

  • Often, to describe the background in a story written in the past tense, e.g.
    "The sun was shining and the birds were singing as the elephant came out of the jungle. The other animals were relaxing in the shade of the trees, but the elephant moved very quickly. She was looking for her baby, and she didn't notice the hunter who was watching her through his binoculars. When the shot rang out, she was running towards the river..."
  • to describe an unfinished action that was interrupted by another event or action, e.g.
    "I was having a beautiful dream when the alarm clock rang."
  • to express a change of mind: e.g. "I was going to spend the day at the beach but I've decided to get my homework done instead."
  • with 'wonder', to make a very polite request: e.g.
    "I was wondering if you could baby-sit for me tonight."
Örnekler:
  • They were waiting for the bus when the accident happened.
  • Caroline was skiing when she broke her leg.
  • When we arrived he was having a bath.
  • When the fire started I was watching television.

Note: with verbs not normally used in the continuous form, the simple past is used.

Past continuous yapısı:

Past continuous tense cümleler, özne, yardımcı fiil ve ardından fiilin ing takısı almış hali ve gerekirse tümleç eklenerek kurulur.

Subject was/were base + ing
They were watching
Olumlu
She was reading
Olumsuz
She wasn't reading
Soru
Was she reading?
Olumsuz Soru
Wasn't she reading?

To play, past continuous
Olumlu Olumsuz Soru
I was playing I was not playing Was I playing?
You were playing You were not playing Were you playing?
He was playing He wasn't playing Was he playing?
We were playing We weren't playing Were we playing?
They were playing They weren't playing Were they playing?

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