Past Continuous (Sürekli Geçmiş Zaman)



Sürekli Geçmiş Zaman (Past Continuous Tense), geçmişte bir süre devam etmiş olan olayların aktarımında kullanılır. “Past Continuous Tense” geçmişte yarıda kesilen uzun olayları anlatmak için de kullanılır. Daha uzun olan eylemi yarıda kesen eylem genelde “Simple Past Tense” ile ifade edilir.



v I was studying lesson

v She was earning quite a lot of money

v Richard was studying English with his friends for the final test

v Were you eating dinner yesterday at 6 pm?

v I was watching TV when he called

v Mary was drinking tea when I arrived.

v She was smoking when I saw her





“Stative verbs” ile Past Continuous kullanılmaz



v I was enjoying the party but Ali wanted was wanting to go home (yanlış)

v We knew was knowing each other very well. (Yanlış)