Past continuous tense

When/While I was walking home from work, I met an old friend on the street.

Past continuous tense, GEÇMİŞTE BAŞLAMIŞ, BİR SÜRE DEVAM ETMİŞ VE YINE GEÇMİŞTE BİTMIŞ eylemlerden bahsetmek için kullanılır. Konuşmacı geçmişteki bir andan bahseder. Bu İngilizce zaman kalıbının dilimizdeki kullanımı “yapıyordum” şeklinde açıklanabilir. Diğer ifade ile”Bitmiş Şim. Zaman”.

Past continuous tense ’in cümle yapısı
OLUMLU	OLUMSUZ		SORU
	uzun şekil	kısa şekil
I was playing	I was not playing	I wasn’t playing	Was I playing?
You were playing	You were not playing	You weren’t playing	Were you playing?
He/she/it was playing	He/she/it was not playing	He/she/it wasn’t playing	Was he/she/it playing?
We were playing	We were not playing	We weren’t playing	Were we playing?
You were playing	You were not playing	You weren’t playing	Were you playing?
They were playing	They were not playing	They weren’t playing	Were they playing?

John left home while his mother was cooking.          (Annesi yemek pişirirken John evden ayrıldı.) While Erdal was sleeping I was making a cake                                                 (Erdal uyurken ben kek yapıyordum.)

When it started raining, we were waiting for bus.       (Yağmur yağmayabaşladığında otobüs bekliyorduk.) Nilay was driving Ankara, when she had an accident (Nilay kaza yaptığında,Ankara”ya gidiyordu.)

When I saw my brother , He was eating chocolate.    (Kardeşimi gördüğümde, çikolata YIYORDU.)

I was doing my homework when my brother went outside (Kardeşim dışarıyaçıktığı zaman ödevimi yapıyordum.)

When she saw me, I was going to the cinema with my friends. (O beni gördüğünde,arkadaşlarım ile sinemaya gidiyordum.)

Erdem was reading an English book while Ayşe was watching TV. (Ayşe televizyon seyrederken Erdem İngilizce bir kitap okuyordu.)

WHEN + simple past tense

He wasn’t listening to the radio when you phoned him.

When I saw him, he was playing tenis                      (Onu gördüğümde tenis oynuyordu.) When he came in, I was studying.                                                                (O içeri girdiğinde, ben ders çalışıyordum.)

I was reading when he came in.                               (O geldiğinde, ben kitap okuyordum.)

When I went out, it was snowing.                                                                         (Dışarı çıktığımda kar yağıyordu.) They were arguing when I entered the room.                                                                                                                              (Odaya girdiğimde, tartışıyorlardı.)

When he arrived, we went into the cinema.                 (O gelince, sinemaya girdik.)

When he left work, he got on a bus and went home.   (İşten çıkınca, otobüse binip eve gitti.) When the teacher asked a question, I raised my hand. (Öğretmen soru sorunca, elimi kaldır.)

I was studying when Ayşe telephoned.                       (Ayşe telefon ettiği zaman ben ders çalışıyordum.) I was studying English when you came in.                                                                            (Sen içeri girdiğinde ben İngilizce çalışıyordum.) Mr. Brown was writing stories when he was with us.                                               (Mr. Brown bizimle beraberken hikâye yazıyordu.)

WHİLE + past continuous tense

While I was playing with my dog, my sister was doing her homework.

While I was studying, he came in.                                        (Ben ders çalışırken o geldi.)

I left home while my parents were sleeping.                         (Annem babam uyurken evden çıktım.) I took a photograph while you weren’t looking.                                                                              (Sen uyurken, fotoğraf çektim.)

While I was listening to music , she was reading the book.    (Ben müzik dinliyorken, o kitap okuyordu.) While I was listening to music, she called me.                                                                                    (Müzik dinliyorken, o beni çağırdı.)

“While” cümleciği, temel cümledeki eylemle AYNI ANDA OLAN bir eylemi anlatmak için de kullanılır    

I sang while I washed the dishes.                                                                      (Bulaşıkları yıkarken şarkı söyledim.) She watched me while I made the cake.                                                                (Ben kek yaparken o beni izledi.)

I waited outside while she had an interview.              (O görüşme yaparken ben dışarıda bekledim.)