Past Tense of Be (Was-Were)
(Soru Kelimelerinin Geçmiş Zamanda TO BE fiiliyle Kullanımı)
Şimdi belli başlıca soru kelimelerinin geçmiş zamanda TO BE fiiliyle nasıl kullanıldığını inceleyelim.
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"Wh Questions" (Soru Kelimeleri İle Kurulan Soru Cümleleri)
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"Wh- Word"
(Soru Kelimeleri)
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Was / Were
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Subject (Özne)
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Where (Nerede)
When (Ne zaman)
Why (Niçin)
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was
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I
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were
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you
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was
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he
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was
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she
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was
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it
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were
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we
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were
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you
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were
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they
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Geçmiş zamanda kullanılan bazı zaman ibarelerini ve Türkçe karşılıklarını da aşağıdaki tabloda görebiliriz.
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Past Tense with time expressions
(Geçmiş Zamanda Kullanılan Zaman İbareleri)
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Present
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Past
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Türkçe Karşılığı
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today
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yesterday
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dün
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this morning
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yesterday morning
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dün sabah
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this afternoon
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yesterday afternoon
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dün öğleden sonra
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this evening
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yesterday evening
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dün akşam
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tonight
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last night
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dün gece
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this week
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last week
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geçen hafta
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this month
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last month
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geçen ay
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this year
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last year
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geçen yıl
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now
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then
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o zaman (lar)
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Aşağıdaki tabloda listelenen zaman ibareleri de geçmiş zamanda kullanılır.
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Time Expression
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Türkçe Karşılığı
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two weeks ago
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iki hafta önce
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two months ago
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iki ay önce
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two days ago
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iki gün önce
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a year ago
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bir yıl önce
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Varlık bildiren there is ve there are kalıplarındaki is ve are geçmiş zamanda
(Simple Pest Tense) was ve were şeklini alır. Aşağıdaki tabloyu inceleyelim.
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PRESENT
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PAST
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SINGULAR
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There is
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There was
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PLURAL
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There are
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There were
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Examples About the Use of Was and Were in Different Forms
of Sentences
(Değişik Cümle Yapılarında Was ve Were Kullanımı İle İlgili Örnekler)
Positive and Negative Sentences
1) Peter was at the theatre.
2) Last June, I was in Europe.
3) Charlie Chaplin was film actor.
4) Albert Einstein was a scientist.
5) The meeting was at nine o'clock.
6) We were late yesterday morning.
7) We were at the cinema last night.
8) The weather was good yesterday.
9) Picasso and Van Gogh were artists.
10) I was in Ankara last week. I wasn't here.
11) Celal Bayar and Turgut Özal were presidents.
12) Ömer and Pınar were happy after the meeting.
13) There weren't any cars in Rize one hundred years ago.
14) Ali was at school yesterday. But Ahmet wasn't with him.
15) Zeynep was in Izmir two weeks ago. He wasn't in Ankara. He was there.
Questions and Short Answers
1) Was Veli ill last week? Yes, he was.
2) Was the weather nice? No, it wasn't.
3) Were you at school yesterday? Yes I was.
4) Was the play last night? No. It was last Friday.
5) Were you at the picnic on Saturday? Yes, I was.
6) Were you at the meeting yesterday? Yes, I was.
7) Were we in France two years ago? Yes, we were.
8) Were Kemal and Aylin in college last year? Yes, they were.
9) Was Hakan at home last night? No, he wasn't. He was at the garage.
10) Was there a footbal match on television yesterday? No there wasn't.
Mixed Examples About Past Form of Verb TO BE
(TO BE Fiilinin Geçmiş Zamandaki Çekimi ile İlgili Karışık Örnekler)
1) Ayşe was happy. 2) Ali was a mechanic.
3) The lawyer was late. 4)The boys were ready.
5) The chairs were green. 6) Mrs. Yılmaz was a nurse.
7) The examples were easy. 
The service at the hotel was good.
Question And Short Answers (Soru ve Kısa Cevaplar)
1) Was the food good? No, it wasn't.
2) Were they happy then? No, they weren't.
3) Was the news good yesterday? Yes, it was.
4) Were the shops expensive? Yes, they were.
5) Were the museums open? No, they weren't.
6) Were the workers tired last night? Yes, they were.
Comparison of Verb TO BE in Present and Past Simple
(TO BE Fiilinin Geniş ve Geçmiş Zamandaki Çekimlerinin Karşılaştırması)
1) The cat was on the chair but it is under the table now.
2) The birds were in the cage but they are out of cage now.
3) The children were in the class but they are at home now.
4) The house is clean now. Was it clean yesterday?
Yes, it was.
5) Richard is in class now. Was he in class yesterday?
Yes, he was.
6) Jane is a reporter now. Was she a reporter last year?
No, she wasn't.
7) The teachers are at the meeting now. Were they at the meeiting last week?
No, they weren't.
8) It is midnight now. The children are in bed.
They were in the living room three hours ago.
9) It is Mnoday today. Ali and Ahmet are at work.
It was Sunday yesterday and they were at home.
KENDİ CÜMLELERİM
WAS
I was at home two hours ago. ( Ben, iki saat önce evdeydim.)
She was in hospital last Monday. ( O, geçen pazartesi hastanedeydi.)
He was in İzmir in June. (O, haziran ayında İzmir'deydi.)
It was rainy yesterday. ( Dün, yağmurluydu.)
There was some milk in the fridge yesterday.( Dün, buzdolabında biraz süt vardı.)
WERE
Were you at school yesterday? (Dün okulda mıydın?)
We were in the cinema last weekend. ( Geçen hafta sonu sinemadaydık.)
They were in Paris in 1999. ( 1999 yılında , onlar Paris'teydiler.)
There were forty students in our class last year. ( Geçen yıl sınıfımızda kırk öğrenci vardı. )
WASN'T
She wasn't at school yesterday. ( O, dün okulda değildi.)
He wasn't in Isparta last week. (O, geçen hafta Isparta'da değildi.)
I wasn't ill yesterday. ( Ben dün hasta değildim.)
WEREN'T
You weren't a bad student. ( sen, kötü bir öğrenci değildin.)
We weren't on the bus at five o'clock. (Biz, saat beşte otobüste değildik.)
They weren't tired in the morning. (Onlar sabahleyin yorgun değillerdi.)
The service at the hotel was good.