Elementary 5 (Simple Past Tense)

Bu derste:

can                  present (-e bilmek)

could               past (-e bilmek)

was                 past, no action, tekil

were                pas, no action, çoğul

did                  past, action, (?) (-)

verb 2              past, action, (+)

can :

(+)       Subject + can + V₁ + object + place + time

(-)        Subject + can’t + V₁ + object + place + time

(?)        Can + subject + V₁ + object + place + time

I can cook

She can’t play piano

Can you speak English ?

Could :

(+)       Subject + could + V₁ + object + place + time

(-)        Subject + couldn’t + V₁ + object + place + time

(?)        Could + subject + V₁ + object + place + time

I could swim

My father couldn’t drive

Could they learn Germany?

EX:

I could swim when I was seven

Ben yedi yaşındayken yüzebiliyordum.

EX:

She could cook when she was just 12

O sadece 12 yaşındayken yemek pişirebiliyordu.

EX:

We could dance when we were at primary school

Biz ilkokuldayken dans edebiliyorduk.

	Present	Past
am	I am ill	I was ill
is	She is a teacher	She was a teacher
are	They are my new cars	There were my new cars
do	We don’t like animals	We didn’t like animals
	Do you study English	Did you study English
does	She doesn’t eat meat	She didn’t eat meat
	Does she speak spanish	Did she speak spanish
V1 (+)	We sing (V1) well	We sang (V2) well
‘s (+)	She sings well	She sang (V2) weel
can	My girl friend can play tennis well	My girl friend could play tennis well

Time expression (zaman zarfları)

last (geçen)

last year , last week,last Monday, last weekend, (last day olmaz)

ago (önce)

2 years ago, six week ago

yesterday (dün)

yesterday morning, last night (yesterday night olmaz)

EX:

She was here 2 days ago

2 gün önce o buradaydı. (no action, past, tekil)

They were my good friends a few (birkaç) years a go

Onlar birkaç yıl önce benim iyi arkadaşlarımdı. (no action, past, çoğul)

I didn’t see him yesterday

Dün ben onu görmedim. ( (-), past, action)

Did she come to school last week?

O geçen hafta okula geldimi? ( (?), action, past)

She cooked (V₂)  for her husband last weekend

O geçen haftasonu onun kocası için yemek pişirdi.