Simple Present Tense

Simple present tense, Türkçedeki “geniş zaman” ile hemen hemen aynıdır.

Simple present tense’in cümle yapısı
OLUMLU	OLUMSUZ		SORU
	uzun şekil	kısa şekil
I play	I do not play	I don’t play	Do I play?
You play	You do not play	You don’t play	Do you play?
He/she/it plays	He/she/it does not play	He/she/it doesn’t play	Does he/she/it play?
We play	We do not play	We don’t play	Do we play?
You play	You do not play	You don’t play	Do you play?
They play	They do not play	They don’t play	Do they play?

I get up early every morning.  (Her sabah erken kalkarım.)

Mothers lovetheir children. (Anneler çocuklarını severler.)

The sun sets in the west. (Güneş batıdan batar.)

They do their homework at school. (Onlar ödevlerini okulda yaparlar.)

Most people rest in their homes on Sundays.  (Çoğu insan pazar günleri evinde dinlenir.)

The train leaves every morning at 8 am.  (Tren her sabah saat 8’de hareket eder.)

She always forgets her purse. (O hep cüzdanını unutur.)

He never forgetshis wallet. (O hiç cüzdanını unutmaz.)

I swim         he swims                     I study     he studies                I come     he comes

Sonu “-sh, -ch, -ss, -x” ile biten kelimelere ” -es” eklenmelidir.

kiss – kisses, finish – finishes, watch – watches, mix – mixes, go – goes

“Sessiz harf+y” ile biten kelimelerde, “y” harfi kaldırılarak ” -ies” eklenir.

study – studies, copy – copies, try – tries

“Sesli harf+y” ile biten kelimelerde     sadece ” -s” eklenir.

pay – pays    buy – buys

work:	I work in London;	They work in Berlin;	He works in an office
study:	You study English;	We study geography;	she studies French
finish:	I finish early;	You finish late;	John finishes tomorrow
pass:	You pass your exams;	They pass their exams;	Maria passes her exams
do:	They do their homework;	We do our homework;	She does her homework
have:	We have a nice car;	You have a big car;	Fred has a black car

What do you like?   I like pop music.              

What does Ahmet like? Ahmet likes pop music.

Where do you live? I live in Germany.              

Where does he live? He lives in Germany.

Where do they play? They play in the garden.          

Where does she play? She plays in the garden.

FREQUENCY ADVERBS (sıklık bildiren zarflar)                                               

I always get up at early on Sundays.

always, usually, regularly, normally, often, sometimes, occasionally, rarely, seldom, never Bu ifadeleri ingilizce gramer kurallarına göre genellikle ÖZNE İLE YÜKLEM ARASINA KOYARIZ.

always	her zaman
usually- generally – normally	genellikle
often- frequently	sık sık

sometimes – occasionally	bazen
seldom – rarely	nadiren
never	hiç (olumsuz cümle)
ever	hiç (soru cümlesi)

What time do you usually go to school?  (Okula genellikle saat kaçta gidersin?)

We often brush our teeth. (Biz sık sık dişlerimizi fırçalarız.)

My parents can seldom go on holiday. (Annem ve babam nadiren tatile çıkabiliyorlar.)

She always comes here at weekends. (O her zaman buraya hafta sonları gelir.)

I certainly like London. (Ben kesinlikle Londra’yı severim.)

We alreadyknow each other.(Biz zaten birbirimizi tanıyoruz.)

Sıklık zarflarını sormak için HOW OFTEN soru kelimesi kullanırız.                   

Howoftendo you go to movies? (Ne kadar sıklıkla sinemaya gidersin?)

Howoftendo they play tennis? (Ne kadar sık tenis oynarlar?)

Howoftenis he late? (Ne kadar sık geç kalır?)

How often does he see his grandmother. She sometimes visits her grandmother