ሰፈርSefer
ዝርዝሮች ለ ኮሎምበስ, OH

የእርስዎ ከተማ

ይህን ከበይነመረብ ግንኙነትዎ እንገምታለን። የስልክ አውታረ መረቦች ብዙ ጊዜ ይሳሳታሉ።

የእርስዎ ከተማ አይደለም?
Englishይለጥፉ
ዝርዝር

በColumbus, OH ያሉ ይመስላሉ፤ ስለዚህ በኮሎምበስ, OH አስቀምጠንዎታል።

የሰዋስው መጽሐፍ · ጊዜያት

Past continuous

ያለፈ ቀጣይ ጊዜ (past continuous)

I was working። በያለፈ አንድ ቅጽበት በሂደት ላይ ለነበረ ድርጊት፤ ብዙ ጊዜ በያለፈ ቀላል በሚገለጽ አጭር ድርጊት ይቋረጣል።

ቅርጹ

was / were + ግሥ-ing። was ከ I, he, she, it ጋር፤ were ከ you, we, they ጋር። ከአማርኛው "እየሠራሁ ነበር" ጋር ይመሳሰላል፦ I was working።

I / he / she / ityou / we / they
+I was sleeping.They were sleeping.
−She wasn't sleeping.We weren't sleeping.
?Was he sleeping?Were you sleeping?
short answersYes, he was. / No, he wasn't.Yes, we were. / No, we weren't.
  • ጠቋሚ ቃላት፦ while, when, at 8 o'clock last night, all evening, at that moment።
  • At ten last night I was watching the news.
  • We were living in Virginia when my son was born.
  • Were you driving when the police stopped you?
  • She wasn't listening, so she missed the instructions.

መቼ ይሠራበታል

በጊዜ መስመር ላይ ያለፈ ቀጣይ በያለፈው ውስጥ ረጅም ክፍል ነው፤ ያለፈ ቀላል ደግሞ ወደ ውስጡ የሚቆርጥ አጭር ነጥብ ነው። I was cooking (ረጅም) when the phone rang (አጭር)። while ከረጅሙ ድርጊት በፊት፣ when ከአጭሩ በፊት ይጠቀሙ፦ While I was cooking, the phone rang። በአንድ ጊዜ የሆኑ ሁለት ረጅም ድርጊቶች፦ While I was cooking, my husband was helping the kids with homework። የታሪክንም ዳራ ያስቀምጣል፦ The sun was shining and people were walking on the Strip።

  • የሁኔታ ግሦች ቀጣይን አይወስዱም፦ I knew him (I was knowing him አይደለም)።
  • I was waiting for the bus when it started to rain.
  • While she was working, someone stole her car.
  • The baby was sleeping, so we were talking quietly.
  • What were you doing at 3 o'clock yesterday? — I was picking up the kids.

ያለፈ ቀጣይ ወይስ ያለፈ ቀላል?

ያለፈ ቀላል ሙሉ፣ የተጠናቀቀ ድርጊትን ያሳያል፤ ያለፈ ቀጣይ በመሐል ላይ ያለ፣ ያልተጠናቀቀ ድርጊትን ያሳያል። ያወዳድሩ፦ When I arrived, they had dinner (እኔ ከደረስኩ በኋላ መብላት ጀመሩ) / When I arrived, they were having dinner (በእራት መሐል ላይ ነበሩ)። አንዱ ከሌላው በኋላ ለሚከተሉ ድርጊቶች ያለፈ ቀላልን ይጠቀሙ፦ I got home, took a shower and went to bed።

Past continuous (in progress)Past simple (complete)
I was reading the letter when he came in.I read the letter and then I called him.
It was snowing when we left Denver.It snowed a lot last winter.
  • when + ያለፈ ቀላል "ከዚያ" ማለት ሊሆን ይችላል፦ When the alarm rang, I got up።
  • I was walking home when I saw an accident.
  • When I saw the accident, I called 911.
  • He fell while he was climbing the ladder.

የተለመዱ ስህተቶች

ስህተትትክክልለምን
I was cook when you called.I was cooking when you called.was/were + verb-ing.
They was working late.They were working late.they takes were.
While I cooked, the phone was ringing.While I was cooking, the phone rang.The long action is continuous; the short interruption is past simple.
I was knowing the answer.I knew the answer.know is a state verb.
When I was arriving, the store closed.When I arrived, the store was closing.arriving is a short action: past simple.

ልምምድ

እያንዳንዱ መልስ ወዲያው ከምክንያቱ ጋር ይታረማል። እዚህ ምንም አይቀመጥም።

  1. I ___ TV when the power went out.

  2. They ___ (sleep) when I got home. (two words)

  3. ___ I was driving, my phone rang.

  4. She was walking to work when she ___ her old friend.

  5. What ___ you doing at 9 last night? (one word)

  6. Which is correct?

  7. I ___ (not / listen), so I missed the address. (short form)

  8. When we arrived, they ___ dinner, so we joined them.

  9. I got home, ___ a shower and went to bed.

  10. Were the kids playing outside? — Yes, they ___.

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