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A) TENSES 1-14
1. Simple Present Tense 1-2
2. have got/has got 3-4
3. Present Continuous Tense 4-5
4. Simple Past Tense 5-6
5. Past Continuous Tense 6-7
6. Present Perfect Tense 7-9
7. Future Tense 10-11
8. Future Continuous Tense 11
9. Future Perfect Tense 12
10. Future Perfect Continuous Tense 12
11. Present Perfect Continuous Tense 13
12. Past Perfect Tense 13-14
13. Past Perfect Continuous Tense 14
B) THE USAGE OF TENSES 15-17
C) SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD 18
D) VOCABULARY 19-20
E) MY WORST VACATION 21
F) UNEMPLOYMENT IN TURKEY 22
G) THE COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES 23
H) PRONOUNS 24-26
I) ADJECTIVES &ADVERBS 26-27
J) CONJUNCTIONS 28-35
K) COUNTABLES &UNCOUNTABLES 36-39
I.) DIRECT &INDIRECT SPEECH 40-41
M) GENERAL DIFFERENCES 40-44
N) PREPOSITIONS.... 45-53
O) GERUND VERBS 54-57
P) UPPER& ADVANCED STRUCTURES 58-64
R) DISTRIBUTIVES 65-66
S) PREFIXES& SUFFIXES 67
T) SUBJUNCTIVES 68-69
TENSES
Time Expressions:
Negative Statements:
I
You
We don't V1
You
Thev
He
She doesn't V1
It
you
they
Do we V1+ Obj + Time Expressions ?
I
he
Does she V1+ Obj + Time Expressions ?
it
Frequency Adverbs:
always %.100
usually
generally
often
frequently
sometimes
occasionally
rarely
seldom
never %0
After Subject:
AFFIRMATIVE
I
WE
YOU + HAVE/HAVE GOT a car.
THEY
HE
SHE + HAS/HAS GOT a car.
IT
NEGATIVE
I
WE
YOU + DON'T HAVE/ HAVEN'T GOT any money.
THEY
QUESTION
I I
we we
Do Have
you you
they have a house? they got a house?
Short Answer
We can use contractions ( ve' and 's) with "have got", but not with "have".
In the past tense, we can use "had" as a past tense form of "have" . But we aren't able to use
"had" as a past form of "have got".
I —• am
He. She. it ---• is + Ving
We. you. they —• are
Time Expressions:
now
at the moment
at present
nowadays
today
tonight
this week / month / year etc.
USAGE
1 - Happening now
2- Near future plans
• I'm going to fly London next week. I have arranged everything ( %80)
• I"m flying to London one hour later. I*m at the airport (%99)
Usage:
V2
Time Expressions
yesterday
2 days ago
last week / year/ month etc.
the day before yesterday
# Auxilary verb " was / were" is generally used in the sentences which hasn't got any "
Main Verb" in Simple Past Tense, such as:
* I was tired yesterday. ( no main verb)
Negative Statements :
I didn't invite him to lunch this noon,
did not V1
Time expressions are used as same as the expressions that are used for Simple Past
Tense.
VERBS
Long Action Short Action
* With " long action verbs" we generally use " continuous" tenses.
While we are using long action verbs; we use " while" in past tenses. Such as:
Ex:
While she was cooking her favorite meal, her husband suddenly came home.
* "Cook" is a long action verb so we prefer to use " past continuous tense" with "while".
With short action verbs we use " when" in the past actions.
If you learnt the difference between long action and short action verbs, you could easily
understand the difference between tenses.
Time Expressions:
already
recently
so far
just
yet
for
since
ever/ never
Usage:
1) The actions which have started in the past and is still going on.
2) The actions which started in the past and finished in the present but there is a possibility to
go on.
* We use " ever " in questions and " never " in negative sentences.
Example: (?) Have you ever ( at any time in your life ) been to England?
(?) Has your mother ever cooked Italian food for dinner?
2. Yet
"Yet" means "until now" and it's used in negative and question sentences.
3. Just
"Just" means "short time before now" and it's used in only affirmative sentences.
4. Already
"Already" means "before the given or the implied time" it's used in affirmative sentences.
Examples: (+) She has already cleaned her room. ( Now her room is clean.)
(+) Nilüfer has already prepared all the unit tests.(Now her unit tests are ready.)
5. Recently
6. So far
"so far" means " up till now, up until now". It is used both affirmative and negative sentences.
Examples:
• since Christmas
• since the beginning of the semester
• since April
• since 1997
• since 4 o'clock
• for 3 years
• for 4 hours
• for 2 minutes
• for 2 months
Actions started in the past and the effect is still going on.
Time Expressions:
tomorrow
next week/ year/month
a few days later
2 days later
the day after tomorrow
1)Prediction:
will:
be going to:
It expresses a present fact. There is evidence now that something is certain to happen.
"will" is used as a modal auxiliary verb to express a decision or offer made at the
moment of speaking.
3) Arrangements:
The Present Continuous can be used to express a future arrangement between people. It is
common with verbs: go, come, see. have...
Time Expressions:
by the time
by 2000
by this time tomorrow / next week
at this time tomorrow
• by the time
• by 2000
• by this time tomorrow / next year
The difference between " will be Ving " and " will have V3 " ;
1) In Future Cont. Tense " will be Ving " ; the action is still going on. But in Future
Perf. Tense " will have V3 " ; the action has already finished.
For example:
2) We generally use the time expressions of perfect tenses in Future Perfect Tense
" will have V3 "
3) We can use long action verbs with Future Perf. Tenses such as;
I will have lived in Beşiktaş for 6 years by the end of this month.
This tense has the same usage as the future perfect tense; the difference is
"long action verbs"
We prefer to use "long action verbs" with "future perfect cont. tense" "will have been Ving"
1) With long actions verbs ; we prefer to use " have / has been Ving "
• Time Expressions are as same as the T.E used in Present Perfect Tense
In addition to the time expressions used in Present Perfect there is also "all" in Present
Perfect Continuous Tense.
My mother is tired now. She has been cleaning home all morning.
Sign have/has been Ving
The actions continued in the past and finished in the past; but continuation is very
important.
Subj+ had been Ving+Obj+ Time Expressions Long action verbs in the past
SIGN:
After - Before
For Example :
Explanation :
We use " Past Perfect Tense "," had V3 " to define first actions.( former actions) in the
past; and we use " S. Past Tense " " V2 " to define second actions (latter actions ) in the
past.
PAST TENSES
Simple Past Tense (Geçmiş Zaman) (V2)
Past Continuous Tense ( Geçmişte Süreklilik) (was/ were+ Ving)
Past Perfect Tense ( Geçmişten Önce) (had V3)
Past Perfect Continuous Tense (Geçmişten Önce Uzun) ( had been Ving)
Would+Vl (~erdi.ardı)
Could + V1 (~ehildi)
Had to + Vl (~mek zorundaydı)
Should + Vl (~meliydi)
There are seven wonders in the world. It is expected to be more in the future.
Competition : A situation in which two or more people or trying to win the something
The two factory were in competition.
Answer Key:
1 went to Miami with my friends last summer. Firstly it was great but then it started to
go wrong. We stayed at a hotel. It wasn't a luxurious hotel but it had everything in it. There
was an old man next door. He was very strange. He never left his room and watched
mysterious programmes. Everything was very weird. We started our holiday and we went to
beach, in the evening we had dinner at the hotel's restaurant and at night we went to the disco
to enjoy together. However one of my friends turned to our room to get his wallet that he had
forgot before. He heard some strange noise coming from the next door. He became curious
and started to listen and he decided to walk along the man's room. He found the door half
opened. He saw the man while he was killing his dog with his own knife. The dog was dead
but he was still going on snabbing it. It was the worst scene that he had ever seen. Suddenly
the man looked back and my friend saw his bloody face. He got frightened and the old man
started to run towards him. My friend escaped immediately and he decided to get to the lift
but it was out of order. He went through the stairs but the door was locked. He trapped. The
man started to get closer and closer. He was screaming and crying desperately. Then we
became worried about our friend and decided to go upstairs. When the old man saw us. he
immediately turned to his room again and he screamed. He said " This is your last night. You
will die all."
We called the hotel attendants to explain the situation but they didn't believe us
because the man was very wealthy and he had been living in that hotel for years. It stroke
three at night and we decided to go back. The weather was so dull. Everybody was sleeping
and the lights were off. We packed our luggage and opened our rooms door slowly. When we
opened the door, it was too calm. The elevator was working. We pushed the button of the lift.
if came to our floor. When we opened the door of the lift, we encountered the old man. He
said " Where do you think you are going? Our night has just started." We began to run away.
Fortunately he was too old to run. We saw his room's door opened. We couldn't get into our
room because we had already locked it. We had to enter his room. We closed the door. He
started to knock the door violently. We all saw the dead dog lying on the floor among all dead
animals. He was a phsyco.
We tried to call the police but the telephone wires had already been cut. He had
planned everything. He was about to break the door. We graviated to the windows but it was
too high to jump. He managed to break the door and he entered into the room. He ran towards
us by screaming " I will kill you all." We looked down and each other, we were going to
jump or die. We all jumped down and I broke my left leg. The ambulance arrived and we
went to hospital and we all decided not to go on holiday to Miami again.
Turkish youths can not find a job after they finish their universities. Why? Because
there are a lot of people who want to have a well-paid job. But the working areas are too
limited. So the government, private sector can not afford their demand. The companies
have to choose the best one among them. They have some conditions to employ workers.
These conditions are usually fluency in English and computer skills.The youths have to
have some qualifications after they graduate from uni unfortunately a few of these young
people are aware of the importance of these qualifications.
Firstly, the young people who are studying at the university should improve
themselves in every field. They should talk over every subject and they should have a
constant idea of life. However in Turkey the youths spend their time in pubs or in cafes
chatting and dating. They don't really think their future and they just live the day " Carpe
Diem*'. After they graduate from uni, they finally understand that something is wrong
with their social and professional lives to get a job. But it is too late.
On the other hand they are too young to lead their own lives. Parents should lead them
while they are studying at uni. Because they can not decide what they will live in the
future. Moreover our country's life standards are not enough to find a job easily.
Consequently, life is too hard to live in Turkey. The youths should be aware of these
difficulties against the business life. They should be well-qualified before they graduate
from their universities to find a suitable and well-paid job for themselves easily. This is an
inevitable result of living in Turkey for youths.
careful caxefully
Regular Adjectives slow slowly
soft softly
easy easily
Adjectives
busy busily
ending in "-y"
happy happily
Adjectives
full
ending in "-II fully
capable capably
Adjectives
comfortable comfortably
ending in "able"
l.Possessive Pronouns
mine
yours
his, hers. its
ours
yours
theirs
4. NOUNS
house houses
pencil pencils
notebook notebooks
address addresses
crash crashes
watch watches
box boxes
secretary secretaries
country countries
way ways
monkey monkeys
man men
woman women
wife wives
leaf leaves
foot feet
life lives
child children
knife knives
thief thieves
6. ADJECTIVES& ADVERBS
a. Adjectives:
Before nouns
Opposite adjectives
Irregular Adverbs
Adjective Adverb
good well
fast fast
hard hard
high high
early early
1) Supporting Conjunctions
2) Contrasting Conjunctions
3) Giving Reason Conjunctions
4) Giving Result Conjunctions
5) Illustration Conjunctions
6) Amplification Conjunctions
1) Supporting Conjunctions
* Two actions must support each other in negative way or affirmative way.
* The conjunctions written below have all same meanings but '"in addition to" have
a different usage.
Moreover
Furthermore
What's more
Together with
Not only that Sentence ( Buna ek olarak/ Dahası)
In addition that
Along with
On top of that
As well as
• He shouted at me. Moreover he slammed the door and went out furiously.
Negative Negative
( This sentence is about his characteristic properties . The sentences are both
affirmative.)
2) Contrasting Conjunctions
* Two actions must contrast each other. One negative ( - ) . one affirmative ( + )
action should be used.
* The conjunctions written below have all same meanings. "In spite of" and
"Despite" have same meanings, too; but they have different usages.
a)
Although
Even though
Though Sentence ( Rağmen, aksine)
Notwithstanding
In spite of the fact that
Despite the fact that
( His studying a lot, he should pass the exam but he failed. Failing from the exam is a
contrasting action.)
( This sentence is about the characteristic properties . She is beautiful but she is
foolish.)
Though she knows everything about me, she seems not to know anything.
Affirmative Negative
In spite of the fact that it is snowing, I prefer going out with him.
Negative Affirmative
( Meaning is the same as " in spite of the fact that" but after in spite of we should use
Ving or noun.)
( "Despite" and "In spite of have same meaning and usage. They are used with a noun
or gerund ( Ving ).)
UNITY
c) In contrast
On the contrary + Sentence ( Aksi takdirde)
On the other hand
In other respect
Conversely
Contrarily
* The conjunctions written above are generally used in essays or compositions when we
have a contrasting idea.
* These conjunctions are used to unite cause and effect. They give the reason why
the action has happened.
Because
Since
Owing to the fact that
Due to the fact that + Sentence ( Çünkü. - den dolayı)
For
On account of the fact that
For this reason
Accordingly
He failed the class due to the fact that he didn't study enough.
Effect Cause
* These conjunctions are used while giving the results of the actions.
a) So
Therefore
Thereby + Sentence ( Böylece)
Thus
Hence
5) Illustration Conjunctions
There are lots of species that have mother children relationship. For example cats, dogs...
6) Amplification Conjunctions
As a matter of fact
In fact + Sentence
Indeed ( Aslında)
Actually
A coordinating conjunction connects words, phrases and clauses that have same grammatical
functions two nouns, verbs, adjectives.
And noun phrase+ noun phrase We have tickets for the opera
and the ballet.
Sentence+ sentence The opera rehearses on
But Tuesday, but the ballet
rehearses on Wednesday.
Or Verb+ verb Have you seen or heard the
ballet by Grigorovich?
I wanted to sit in the front, so
So Sentence + sentence
ordered my tickets early.
2. Correlative conjunctions
A correlative conjunction is coordinating conjunction that works in pairs to connect
elements in a sentence.
When When the bell rings, the students must sit down
A bus, five flowers, six hundred dollars Countable nouns have plurals.
Uncountable nouns are the names of things that you can't count.
Desks money
Chairs tea
Dictionaries water
Pencils coffee
Pens jewellry
Computers orange-juice
Scissors rice
Books fish
Notebooks information
Vases happiness
As a general rule, use some in affirmative (+) sentence, we use any in questions (?) and
negative (-) sentences
a little/ a few:
a little : a small amount but enough ( uncountable)
a few : a small amount but enough ( countable)
little / few:
little : a small amount and not enough ( uncountable)
few : a small amount but not enough ( countable)
Imperative Infinitive
Yes / No question
If + noun clause
here there
this that
these those
come go
( a piece of advice)
we can't use" an advice" (It is uncountable)
(three pieces of advice)
* They are different from each other by their usage. They are same as meaning.
FOR
die for his/ her country'
die for a cause
IN
die in a war
die in a battle
die in a rebellion
die in poverty
die in a gas chamber
THROUGH
die through neglect
BY
die by the sword
die by the knife
She can ride a bike. Do you know how to sail the ship?
be economical on petrol
economic history
the country's economic future
the government's economic policy
a bad economic state
study economics
This isn't a very economical method of heating.
We must charge an economic rent.
My son is studying economics at university.
A word expressing the relationship between a noun, a pronoun or a noun phrase and another
element of the sentence.
Examples:
In On At
In On At
• On time : punctual
• For / since :
• during: (boyunca)
Placed before known periods of time.
during 1949
during the Middle Ages
during that time
in front of/ behind / along / among / over / /under / on / in / next to / near / above / below
5. Prepositions of direction:
up. down, along, across; through, into, between, among, up/ down
• Between / among
6. No Preposition ( x )
Answer Key:
A. 1. by , on 2. by 3. in 4. X 5. at. off
B. 1. in 2. on 3. on 4. at, on 5. X 6. at. in 7. to / until / till 8. in 9. in 10. o n . at
PREPOSITIONS
Supply the missing prepositions - where necessary.
Answer Key:
• Teacher's Advice:
To learn gerund and infinitive verbs, it is enough to learn the gerund ones. The rest
of them are infinitive ones.
on account of = yüzünden
in case of = durumunda
difficulty in = sıkıntı çekmek
in addition to = ilaveten ,yanı sıra
in charge of = ile yükümlü
in danger of = tehlikesiyle karşı karşıya
in exchange for = karşılık olarak
excuse for = mazereti olmak
in favour of = lehinde olmak,taraftar olmak
for fear of = korkusuyla
in the habit of = alışkanlığında olmak
in return for = karşılık olarak
instead of = yerine
interest in = ilgisi olmak
in the course of = sırasında,esnasında
in the middle of = ortasında
need for = olan gereksinim
reason = nedeni
for the sake of = hatırı için,..uğruna
in spite of = rağmen
technique for = nın tekniği
the point of = nın gereği ,..nın anlamı yok
on the point of = yapmak üzere olmak
B. IF CLAUSE
C. UNLESS - IF NOT
• "Unless" have to the some rules as " if clause" ( we have again Type I, Type II, Type III)
• If the students hadn't understand the units. I could have explained them again
• Unless the students had understood the units, I could have explained them again
Past Perf. Tense could have V3
D. MIXED TYPE
• Type II-1
The time expressions of Present Continuous Tense are used in mixed type such as:
today
now
at the moment Present Cont. Time Exp.
at present
tonight
this week/ year/month
For example:
If she had been rude to you. you would be dismissed this Monday.
Type III Type II
E. OMITTING IF
IF Type I
IF Type II
If Type III
It was time to have gone home yesterday. ( Dün eve gitme zamanı gelmişti.)
It was time we had gone home. ( Eve gitme zamanı gelmişti.)
It is the first time I have seen that film. ( Bu filmi ilk seyredişim.)
It was the second time I had seen that film. ( Bu filmi ikinci seyredişimdi.)
When
Before
Once = Simple Past Tense
Directly Simple Present Tense
By the time
Every time
As soon as
J. BY THE TIME :
1) Present:
2) Past:
By the time she went home, I had already cooked her meal.
By the time they arrived at the office, their boss had already finished his work.
While (-iken)
Just as( -iken) = Present Continuous Tense
Whilst( -iken) Past Continuous Tense
As( -iken)
L. AFTER/ BEFORE
After they had negotiated about this topic, they got contented.
Before she went abroad, she had learned English.
M. CERTAIN PATTERNS:
I would rather you had gone to an English Course than had gone to
German Course.
Example:
1. All cheese contains protein
All children need affection
2. All the people in the room were silent.
Have you eaten all the bread?
3. I've invited all my friends to the party.
I've been waiting all my life for this opportunity.
4a. Who's left all this paper on my desk?
4b. Look at all those balloons!
Example:
1. Both children were born in Italy.
2. He has crashed both (of) the cars.
3. Both (of) my parents have fair hair.
4 You can take both (of) these books back to the library.
Example:
1. I bought half a kilo of apples yesterday.
2. You can have half (of) the cake.
She gave me half (of) the apples.
3. I've already given you half (of) my money.
Half (of) his books were in French.
4 Half (of) these snakes are harmless
You can take half (of) this sugar.
NOTE: All, both, half+ OF: 'OF' must be added when followed by a pronoun:
N. THE DISTRIBUTIVES
These distributive words are normally used with singular nouns, and are placed
before the noun.
It can also express different points in a series, especially with time expressions:
~un unhappy,unpleasant
~in indirect, incapable
~il illegal, illeterate
~im impossible, improbable
~ir irregular
~dis disappear
~un unpack
~mis misunderstand,misuse
VERBS
advise : öğüt vermek
command : emir vermek
arrange : düzenlemek
beg : yalvarmak
decide : karar vermek
determine : belirlemek
ask : sormak
agree : onaylamak
desire : hayran olmak
order : emretmek that + Subj + ( should) + V1
request : rica etmek
insist : ısrar etmek
persist : ısrar etmek
suggest : önermek
propose : teklif etmek
stipulate : öngörmek
urge : cesaretlendirmek
recommend : tavsiye etmek
demand : talep etmek
ADJECTIVES
imperative
essential
important
crucial
significant
necessary
unnecessary
vital that + Subj+( should) + V1
proposal
better
natural
fair
just
advisable
reasonable
NOUNS
law
requirement
regulation
suggestion
stipulation that + Subj + ( should) + VI
imperative
importance
significance
necessity