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44 BIOGRAPHIES
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TALKING ABOUT PAST EVENTS

THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE OF THE VERB "TO BE"

* Canlı ve cansız varlıkların geçmişteki durumlarından bahsederken "to be" fiilinin past formu olan
“was / were” yardımcı fiilleri kullanılır. Bu yardımcı fiiller, fiilin bulunmadığı cümlelerde yani
durum cümlelerinde kullanılır.
* "was / were" yapısının kullanım biçimleri şöyledir:
Affirmative Sentences (Olumlu Cümleler) Negative Sentences (Olumsuz Cümleler)
I I
EDİTÖR YAYINLARI
He He was not
was
She She (wasn’t)
Noun / Adjective Noun / Adjective +
It It
+ Time expression. Time expression.
You You
were not
We were We
(weren’t)
They They
œ Examples:

y I was at the cinema last weekend. (Geçen hafta sonu sinemadaydım.)
y They were on holiday last summer.(Geçen yaz tatildeydiler.)
y The park wasn’t very crowded yesterday morning. (Dün sabah park çok kalabalık değildi.)

y They weren’t at home last night. (Onlar geçen gece evde değildi.)
Interrogative Sentences (Soru Cümleleri) Wh- Questions (Wh- Soruları)

I What
he Where
Was was
she When
Noun / Adjective + Noun / Adjective +
it Who
Time expression? Time expression?
you Why
Were we Which were
they How

œ Examples:
y Conrad: Were you in London last month? (Geçen ay Londra’da mıydın?)
Brittany: Yes, I was. (Evet, oradaydım) / No, I wasn’t. (Hayır, orada değildim.)
y Harry: Where were your parents yesterday? (Dün ebeveynlerin neredeydi?)
Frank: They were at the hospital. (Onlar dün hastanedeydiler.)