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SIMPLE PAST TENSE or PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

Simple Past Tense Past Continuous Tense
Geçmişte birbirini izleyen iki eylem Geçmişte aynı anda ve birbirlerinden bağımsız
olarak gerçekleşen iki eylem
Timothy got off the car and went into the shoe
shop. Meg was washing the floors while Peggy was
hanging the laundry.
Geçmişte başka bir eylem devam ederken Geçmişte başka bir eylem olduğunda devam
olup biten bir eylem etmekte olan bir eylem

Mr Dawson fell off the ladder while he was While I was sitting in the balcony, a crow flew
mending the top shelf. towards me.

TIME CLAUSES USED WITH SIMPLE PAST TENSE and PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

TIME CLAUSE MAIN CLAUSE EXAMPLES
When After I had dinner, I went on playing the
As soon as computer game.
After + Simple Past Simple Past I went swimming as soon as the rain stopped.
Before I heard a lot about Kiran Desai before I read her
Until books.

While As I was driving to Ankara, I stopped at Bolu.
As + Past Cont. Simple Past Howard met Lucy while he was working as an
Just as interpreter.

While we were waiting on the pavement, the old
While + Past Cont. Past Cont. lady was crossing the street.

Just as The telephone was ringing just as I was
cleaning the cage.

When I saw Macy, she was talking to Linda
When + Simple Past Past Cont.
about her long holiday.

PREVIOUSLY IN YKS-DİL

1. The Sumerian civilization ---- the first 3. Bessie Smith, who ---- her stage career in the
alphabet, which ---- it easier for older 1910s as a dancer and singer, ---- the most
generations to pass on their cultural well-known blues singer of the 1920s.
heritage to younger generations. (2011) (2012)
A) will have developed / has made A) began / was
B) would have developed / made B) had begun / had been
C) developed / makes C) has begun / has been
D) would develop / had made D) would begin / would be
E) were developing / will make E) was beginning / could be

2. He ---- a book in the garden when I ---- there. 4. Tourists visiting China ---- Mount Lushan as
(2001) a magnificent mountain that ---- out of the
water. (2012)
A) will read / have got
B) is reading / will get A) had described / should rise up
C) was reading / got B) described / would have risen up
D) would be reading / was getting C) have described / rises up
E) had read / had got D) would describe / will rise up
E) were describing / has been rising up

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