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    THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE ( KESİN GEÇMİŞ ZAMAN )

    TIME EXPRESSIONS:

    Yesterday : Dün

    Yesterday morning : Dün sabah

    Yesterday evening : Dün akşam

    Last night : Dün gece

    Last ……………………..: Geçen ………

    Last year : : Geçen yıl

    Last month : Geçen ay

    In 1989 :

    Ago : Önce

    Three days ago : Üç gün önce

    A week ago : Bir hafta önce

    In the past : Geçmişte

    V E R B S

    ACTION VERBS (iş fiilleri ) BE VERBS ( oluş ve durum fiilleri)

    Play am-is / are

    Read eg: I am a student

    Write eg: Mary is happy today .

    Swim eg: It is sunny in İzmir now.

    Listen eg: We are at school now.

    Sleep

    Drive
    THE PAST FORM OF BE VERBS: ( Oluş Fiilinin Geçmiş Zamanı )

    PRESENT FORM ( V-1 ) PAST FORM ( V -2 )

    Am-is / are Was / Were


    ______________ _________________________

    (now, at the moment ( yesterday, last night, last year, 2 days ago

    At present, today, last week, in the past etc. )

    Always usually,sometimes

    Seldom,often, never

    Every day, once a day

    On Sundays ,etc.)

    A) POSITIVE FORM ( + )
    I
    He
    She
    It WAS
    Tom
    My mother
    (tekil isim )
    HAPPY YESTERDAY.

    You
    We
    They WERE
    Tom and Bill
    The girls
    ( çoğul isim)

    Eg: We are in İzmir now, but We were in Ankara two days ago.
    Eg: I am a teacher now, but I was a student ten years ago.

    Lütfiye TIN
    THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE ( KESİN GEÇMİŞ ZAMAN İŞ FİİLLERİ İLE )

    Note : Bu zaman, geçmişte olmuş-bitmiş işleri ve tamamlanmış oluşları ifade etmek için
    kullanılır.Konuşma anıyla hiçbir ilişkisi kalmamıştır.)

    A) POSITIVE FORM

    Subject + VERB + 2 + Object + Time Expressions.

    Eg: Peter cleaned his car yesterday

    Eg: We watched a horror film last night.

    Eg: Jane went to the museum last Wednesday.

    Eg: I bought a new dress yesterday afternoon .

    B) NEGATIVE FORM (- )

    Subject + DIDN’T + VERB-1 + Object + Time Expressions

    Eg : I didn’t have breakfast this morning.

    Eg: The men didn’t work at the factory last weekend.

    Eg: You didn’t help me yesterday.

    C) QUESTION FORM: ( ? )

    What

    Where DID + Subject +VERB-1 +Object + Time Ex ?

    Who etc.

    Eg : Did you stay up late last Sunday ?

    Lütfiye TIN

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