SİMPLE PAST TENSE (GEÇMİŞ ZAMAN)

Simple past , geçmite 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