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UNIT 1
TENSES

B) Geçmişte belli bir süre devam edip sona ermiş eylemleri ifade eder.

➠ Vicky stayed in an asylum between 1995 and 2000.
➠ We drank coffee and tea in a café all afternoon.
➠ Eric worked for Microsoft for ten years.

C) Geçmişte ardı ardına gerçekleşen eylemleri ifade ederken kullanılır.

➠ Jeff got on the car, drove along the coast, stopped at a bay and watched the sunset.

D) Geçmişte belirli bir zaman diliminde tekrarlanmış olan olaylar ve alışkanlıklar için de kullanılır.
Bu durumlarda olayın olma sıklığını belirtmek için always, usually, sometimes, every week, every month gibi
ifadeleri kullanırız.

➠ I had a student in my English class. His name was Dave. He always came to class late. He never did his
homework on time. He rarely raised his hand to give an answer to my questions.
➠ When we were in Phuket, we had a boat trip every weekend.
➠ I always smiled at the people who stopped me in the street until I discovered that they were beggars in
London.

E) Geçmişte belirli bir zaman dilimindeki durumları ifade ederken durum bildiren fiiller olan “was” ve
“were”ü kullanırız.
The bag was heavy, so I couldn’t carry it.

➠ After a long walk along the river, we were really in need of a good night’s sleep. So, we directly went to bed
when we got back home. I was very tired.

F) Bir hikâyeyi ya da bir masalı anlatırken The Simple Past Tense kullanılır.

Simple Past Tense ile kullanılan zaman zarfları şunlardır:

yesterday for ten years

last night / week / winter in 250 B.C. / 1071 A.D. / 2004

two years ago always / usually

from 1995 to 2000 every week / month / summer

between 1995 and 2000

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