Past Simple (Keçmiş qeyri-müəyyən zaman)

M + qaydalı feil “ed”/ qaydasız ikinci forma

Past Continuous (Keçmiş davamedici zaman)

M + was/were + feil “ing”

Jack was reading book.

Sual: Was Jack reading a book?
Inkar: Jack was not reading a book.
(Keçmişdə müəyyən müddətdə davam edən hərəkətləri bu zaman
veririk)

Example
Past Simple
What did you do yesterday morning?
We played tennis. (from 10 to 11:30)
I started work at 9 o’clock and finished
at 16:30.
Past Continuous
What were you doing at 10:30?
We were playing tennis.
At 14:30 I was working.
 Present perfect continuous (indiki davamedib bitmiş)

M + have/has been + feil “ing”

Past perfect continuous (keçmiş davamedib bitmiş)

M + had been + feil “ing”

Present perfect continuous Past perfect continuous

I hope the bus comes soon. I have been
waiting for 20 minutes. (20 dəqiqədi
gözləyir və daha çox da gözləyə bilər)
James is out of breath. He has been
running.(adam qaçmağa davam edir)
At last the bus came. I had been waiting for
20 minutes. (avtobus gəldi , gözləmək
bitdi)
James was out of breath. He had been
running.(qaçmaq bitdi , adamın nəfəsi
qurtardı)
Past Continuous və Past Perfect Continous

I was waiting. (Past Continuous)

Mən gözləyirdim.

I had been waiting. (Past Perfect Continuous)

Mən gözləyirdim.

Mən 20 dəqiqədir ki , gözləyirdim.

I had been waiting for 20 minutes. (Past Perfect olmalıdır)
Mən saat 8-də gözləyirdim.
I was waiting at 8 o’clock. (Past Perfect olmaz)

Qeyd: Bitmiş zamanlarda (present perfect, present perfect

continuous,past perfect,past perfect continuous) kankret vaxt
verilməz.