THE PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

Bu zaman kalıbı Türkçede “geçmiş zamanın hikayesi” olarak da bilinir. (yapıyordum, gidiyordum vb.) Bu zaman
kalıbının kullanımında yardımcı fiile (was/were) ihtiyaç duyulur ve ana fiile “-ing” eki getirilir.

POSITIVE (+) NEGATIVE (-) QUESTION FORM (?)

I was walking. I wasn’t walking. Was I walking?

He was walking. He wasn’t walking. Was he walking?

She was walking. She wasn’t walking. Was she walking?
It was walking. It wasn’t walking. Was it walking?

You were walking. You weren’t walking. Were you walking?

We were walking. We weren’t walking. Were we walking?
They were walking. They weren’t walking. Were they walking?

• Bu zaman kalıbını geçmişte belli bir noktada yapmakta olduğumuz eylemleri ifade ederken kullanırız.
• Bu zaman kalıbı ile geçmişteki bir eylemin başlangıç ve bitiş zamanını belirterek de anlatabiliriz.

Adverbs of Time (Zaman Zarfları)

at that time
then
at the time
yesterday
this time yesterday
Examples:
last week/month/year …
I was playing basketball this time last week.
this time last year
last winter/summer … We were working at office at this hour yesterday.

this time last summer They were dancing at that time.

two days ago She was watching a horror movie from 9 to 11 last night.
all night
…
all day
at 6 o’clock
from 3 to 5 yesterday
at this hour yesterday
while
as
just as

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