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UNIT 1
TENSES

PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

FORM

Affirmative Negative

He He wasn’t
She was walking. She (was not)
It It
I I
walking.

You You weren’t
We were walking. We (were not)
They They

Question

Was he walking?
Was she walking? What was he buying?
Was it walking? Why was she shouting?
Was I walking? When were you playing football?
Were you walking?
Were we walking? Where were they going?
Were they walking?

KULLANIM

A) Geçmişte belirli bir zamanda devam etmiş olan eylemleri ifade ederken kullanılır.
➠ My colleagues were working in the office last Friday.
➠ The burglars were trying to rob the same place last weekend.

B) Geçmişte geçici bir süre devam etmiş olayların anlatılmasında kullanılır.
➠ Andy was working for an international medicine company between 2010 and 2015.
➠ In 2000, professor Wilkons was studying Japanese history.

C) Geçmişte olmuş bir olayın anlatılmasından önce ortamın betimlenmesi amacıyla kullanılır.
➠ The sun was shining, the birds were singing happily and the river was flowing smoothly, so everything
looked all right to paint a picture.

➠ The man was thinking of getting rid of the dead body, but he was having a difficulty in finding a vehicle to
carry it away. He was in a desperate mood.

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