İngilizce Zaman Zarfları

İNGİLİZCE ZAMAN ZARFLARI 

İngilizce de bir olayı anlatmak için , olayları ve anlattıklarımızı daha ilginç kılmak için değişik zaman zarfları kullanırız.
Simple Present Tense -Kalıcı durumlar
Kalıcı durumları anlatmak için geniş zamanı kullanırız.
I live in a small town. / Nowadays I live in a small town. / These days, I don’t have much of a social life.
Present Continious Tense-Geçici durumlar
Geçici durumları anlatmak için şimdiki zamanı kullanırız.
At present / At the moment I’m living in a small town.
For the time being I’m living in a small town, but I hope to move soon.
Simple Past Tense -Geçmişte ki belirli bir zaman diliminden bahsederken
My mother started work as a nurse in the 1960s.In those days she lived in London.Back then nurses were badly paid.At that time, nurses lived in special accommodation.
Geçmişteki basit bir olaydan bahsederken
At one time she lost her door key and had to stay in a hotel.
On one occasion she nursed the son of a famous politician.
Geçmişteki bir olayın zamanını belirtmek
Bir çok şekilde belirtiriz en çok kullanılanlar aşağıdaki gibidir.
After (cümle ortasında,bağlaç olarak)
Afterwards / After that / After a while (cümle başında)
Then / Before (cümle başında veya ortasında)
Before that / Previously / Until then (cümle başında)
By the time (cümle ortasında past perfecet zamandan önce)
By then / by that time (cümle başında)
I went shopping after I finished work.
I worked all day in the office. Afterwards / After that, I went shopping.
I went shopping. After a while, I got bored.
I worked before I went shopping.
I went shopping at 6pm. Before that / Previously / Until then I had worked all day in the office.
I worked all day, then I went shopping.
I was desperate to go shopping by the time I had finished work.
I worked until 6pm. By then / By that time, I was glad for the opportunity to go shopping.
Geçmiş zamanda bir sonraki olayı anlatırken kullanacağımız zarflar
Later on
Before long
At that moment / Suddenly
Meanwhile
At the same time
Simultaneously (meanwhile / at the same time aynı anlamda fakat daha resmidir)
I worked and then went shopping. Later on I met some friends for pizza.
I waited for a while in the restaurant. Before long, the waiter came up and asked me…
At that moment / Suddenly, I heard the door slam.
Meanwhile / At the same time / Simultaneously my phone started to ring.
Şu anda beraber olmadığımız kişiler için;

An ex-president = şu anda başkan değil: “The ex-president of France is still influential.”
A previous / former boss: “A previous boss taught me how to make presentations.”
“My former boss now works for a different company.”
My late wife = ölmüş eşim: “My late wife painted watercolours.”