THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE
THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE Türkçede geçmiş zaman anlamına gelir. Geçmişteki eylem ve durumları ifade etmek için kullanılır. Olumlu cümle kurarken fiilin 2. hali alınır. Olumsuz ve soru cümlelerinde fiilin birinci hali kullanılır.
verbs Regular verbs İrregular verbs Speak-spoke Play-played Write-wrote Go-went Play-played Clean-cleaned Watch-watched
REGULAR VERBS save-saved arrive-arrived Sonu –e ile biten düzenli fiillerin ikinci halini alırken sadece –d takısı getirilir. save-saved arrive-arrived Sonu “-y” harfi ile bitiyorsa ve “-y”den önce gelen harf de sessiz bir harfse fiilin 2. halini alırken “-y” düşer, yerine “-ied” takısı gelir. study-studied dry-dried
SUBJECT+VERB+OBJECT VERB2 OR VERBed
SUBJECT+DIDN’T+VERB
SIMPLE PAST TENSE I went to Adana last year. He watched TV yesterday. NEGATIVE FORM(- ) I didn’t go to Adana last year. He didn’t watch TV yesterday. POSITIVE FORM(+)
Question form(?) Did you go to Adana last year? Yes, I went to Adana last year. No, I didn’t go to Adana last year.
Geçmiş zamanda kullanılan zaman zarfları; Last year, month… Two years ago… Yesterday…
EXAMPLES; I went to the bank an hour ago. I didn’t go to the bank an hour ago. Did you go to the bank an hour ago?
Did you study English yesterday? -Yes, I studied English yesterday. -No, I didn’t study English yesterday.
Where did they spend their holiday last year? -They spent their holiday in Antalya. When did you visit your grandmother? -I visited my grandmother last weekend.
We didn’t play basketball yesterday. He watched Kurtlar Vadisi last night She went to theathre last weekend.
Prepared by DUYGU ŞENYER