- There was / There were
Geçmişte bir yerde ( place ) var olmayı ifade eder.
Tekil ( singular ) ;
There was a man in front of the car. / Arabanın önünde bir adam vardı.
There was no Money in my account in the bank. / Bankadaki hesabımda hiç para yoktu.
Çoğul ( plural ) ;
There were two men in front of the car. / Arabanın önünde iki adam vardı.
There weren’t ( were not ) any people in the mall. / Alışveriş merkezinde hiç kimse yoktu.
Question;
Was there a gas station near your house ? - Yes, there was. / No, there wasn’t.
Were there a lot of people in the graduation ceremony ? / No,There weren’t / Yes, there were.
- Verb “ be “ / Past Simple.
İngilizcede temel Past Tense / Geçmiş zaman, “ be “ fiilinin “was” ve “ were” ‘e dönüştürülmesi ile yapılır.
I am = I was
She is = She was
He is = He was
It is = it was
We are = we were
They are = they were
You are = you were
Present Past
I am a student / öğrencidir. I was a student / Öğrenciydi
She is a housewife She was a house wife.
Örnekler ;
She was at the party. / Partideydi.
We weren’t at the party. / Partide değildik.
Yukarıdaki özne ( she,he..)lere göre kullanımları artırabilirsiniz.
Yaygın Past tense zaman kavramları / Common Past time expressions;
Yesterday – I was not ( wasn’t ) at the school yesterday. / Dün okulda değildim.
Ago – He was in the class a few minutes ago. / Bir iki dakika önce buradaydı.
Last - He was here last night. / Geçen akşam buradaydı.
He wasn’t at home last night.
We were at the school last week.
In – I was in Italy, in 2007. / 2007’de İtalya’daydım.
On- I was at the concert on Tuesday. / Salı günü konserdeydim.
Were you at the party last night ? – Yes, I was.
Was she at the gym ? No, she wasn’t.
Yanlışı düzeltelim ;
There wasn’t any books on the shelf. ( False )
There weren’t any books…… ( true )
- Past tense 2
Geçmiş zaman’ı tamamlanmış eylemler için kullanırız.
He liked the concert very much./ Konseri çok sevdi.
He played football yesterday.
She cleaned the windows yesterday.
Jane studied at this school in 2008. / Jane 2007’de bu okulda çalıştı.
Şimdi “ like, study , play ve clean “ eylemlerini inceleyelim.
İngilizcede PAst Tense cümle yaparken iki türlü eylem / fiil kullanırız;
Bu fiiller “ regular / düzenli “ ve “ irregular / düzensiz “ fiillerdir.
Regular fiiller sonuna –d, ed, ve ied alırlar ;
-d
Like – liked / Sevdi
Hate – hated
Love- loved
-ed
Play – played
Clean- cleaned
Finish –finished
-ied ( sonu – y ile biten fiillerde )
Study – studied / çalıştı
Cry – cried / ağladı
Örnekler ;
We played tennis yesterday. / Dün tenis oynadık.
He tried to talk to the head master but he couldn’t manage. / Müdür’le konuşmaya çalıştı ama başaramadı.
Negative ;
“ did not / didn’t “ formu tüm özneler için aynıdır;
He didn’t work here last year. / Geçen yıl burada çalışmadı.
She didn’t / we didn’t / He didn’t / They didn’t / you didn’t work here.
She didn’t work at night last week. / Geçen hafta gece çalışmadı.
Olumlu cümlelerde fiil 2.hali ile ( played ), negatiflerde ise yalın/ didn’t play haliyle kullanılır.
Question ;
Did you play football yesterday ? / Dün futbol oynadın mı ?
Did ekinin bütün özneler için aynı şekilde kullanıldığına dikkat edelim ;
Did he / she / we / they / it / eat meal last night ?
Yine yukarıdaki açıklama gibi burada da fiil, yalın / 1. Formu ile kullanılır.
Did you play ? - Yes , I did / No, I didn’t.
