Simple Past Tense
Simple past , geçmişte belirli bir zamanda başlamış ve bitmiş bir durum veya aktiviteyi işaret eder.
FORMÜLÜ : Özne + Verb 2 ( Fiilin 2. hali )---- yani Simple past hali
· I walked to school yesterday
· He lived in paris for ten years , but now he is living in rome
· I bought a new car three days ago
Eğer Simple past tense ile kurulmuş bir cümle (When) kalıbını içeriyorsa : when ile başlayan cümle diğerinden önce olmuştur aşağıdaki ilk örnekte önce yağmur başladı sonra ağacın altında durdum ifadesi anlaşılmalıdır.
· I stood under a tree when it began to rain
· when she heard a atrange noise she got up to investigate
· when I dropped my cup , the coffee spilled on my lap
Eğer geçmiş zaman (past tense) ile kullanılan bir cümlenin fiili yoksa geçmiş zamanı belirtmek için : was , were kullanılması zorunludur.
Positive
Negative
Question
I
was
I
was not
was
I
You
were
You
were not
were
You
we
were
we
were not
were
we
they
were
they
were not
were
they
he
was
he
was not
was
he
she
was
she
was not
was
she
it
was
it
was not
was
it
Last year Rachel was 22 , so she is 23 now
When I was a child , I was afraid of dogs
we were hungry after the journey but we weren't tired
the hotel was comfortable but it wasn't expensive
was the weather good when you were on holiday
those shoes are nice . were they expensive
why were you late this morning