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UNIT 1
TENSES
Tip By the time ya da by ile yapılan zaman cümleri/yapılarında ana cümlede ‘past perfect tense’
varsa eylemin tamamlandığı ve ne kadar devam ettiği vurgulanır.
Diğer örnekler:
➠ James waited until his boss finished speaking.
➠ James had already arrived by the time his boss finished speaking.
➠ By the time the foreign aid arrived, some of the refugees had already left the country.
➠ Most of the refugees waited patiently until the foreign aid arrived.
➠ By the time the government took the necessary precautions to bring the inflation down, the country was
already in crisis.
➠ By the time we made it to the bus station, our coach was already moving.
EXERCISE 10 In order to make a meaningful paragraph, put the sentences into the correct place.
After (1) __________, I didn’t lose my contact with my relatives there. For example, when (2) __________, l was
very excited. (3) __________ as soon as l got the invitation. However, by the time l arrived there, (4) __________.
In the village square, (5) __________ while the village youth were dancing gaily. Then, after (6) __________, the
young boy arrived. He stayed with us because (7) __________ until he got married. I think he was a little drunk
because while (8) __________, he kept grinning all the time. Then, it was time for the girl to arrive. When (9)
__________, her face was covered under a veil. And, according to customs, she wouldn’t open the veil until (10)
__________!
A) he had his best shave in the village barber
B) he was talking to other young boys
C) I left my village
D) l left home for the village
E) l was invited to a village wedding last week
F) she appeared on a horse
G) the boy gave her a precious present
H) the wedding ceremony had already started
I) they did not let him see his wife-to-be
J) two people were playing traditional music
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