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“WHETHER” KULLANIMI -1

İSİM CÜMLECİĞİ - NOUN CLAUSE

FİİLİ TAMAMLAYAN “WHETHERCÜMLECİĞİ” FURTHER EXAMPLES

ÖZNE – FİİL – NESNE a) Whether there is water on Mars has been a

“Whether” bir isim cümleciği oluşturmak için sıkça
kullanılır. Bu tür kullanımda amaç, fiilin anlamını b)
tamamlamaktır. “Whether” ifadesi fiilinin anlamını
“olup… olmadığını” şeklinde tamamlar.
matter of research for years
Scientists are trying to understand whether
climatic conditions played a role in the demise
of the dinosaurs.

Örnekler: c) Whether water came from space by

meteorites has been puzzling scientists.
a) We asked whether the date was suitable
(or not).

b) We asked if the date was suitable

c) Whether the date is suitable will be asked to

all parties.

d) If the date is suitable will be asked to all

parties.

“IF” SADECE “EĞER” ANLAMINDA BAŞA GELİR

a) If the date is suitable, we will organize the

meeting.

“WHETHER” KULLANIMI -2

KOŞUL CÜMLECİĞİ - IF CLAUSE

KOŞUL CÜMLECİĞİ OLARAK KULLANIM Cümle başında kullanım:

“Whether....or not” şeklinde “olsa da… olmasa da..” a) Whether or not he loves me, I am going to
anlamı veren yapı, bir koşul cümleciği gibi de get married with him
kullanılabilir. Bu tür kullanımda, iki ayrı cümlecik olması
b) Whether I study or not, I am certainly going
beklenir.
to fail.
Örnekler:

a) I am going to get married with him whether or

Bu tür kullanım “even if”, no matter what /how” gibi
not he loves me.
yapılara eş anlam vermektedir.
b) I am certainly going to fail whether I study or
not.
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DİKKAT EDİLMESİ GEREKENLER

“Whether” ile bilinmezlik ve sorgulama fiilleri “WHETHER… OR” – “WHETHER OR ….NOT “

kullanılır: İFADELERİ HAKKINDA

Bu tür kullanımda sık kullanılan fiiller ; Bir isim cümleciği olarak “whether” ifadesi “or not” ile
isteğe göre pekiştirilebilir. Ancak bu kullanım zorunlu
“ask, want to know, question/argue/discuss/debate,
değildir.
wonder, be curious about” vb…
a) I can’t remember whether I turned the gas off
a) I can’t remember whether I turned the gas off
when I left the house
when I left the house.
b) I can’t remember whether or not I turned the
b) I can’t remember that I turned the gas off
gas off when I left the house.
when I left the house.
c) I can’t remember whether I turned the gas off
c) I wonder whether the principles of the
when I left the house or not
agreement will ever be implemented effectively.

d) I wonder that the principles of the agreement

will ever be implemented effectively.

e) Naturally one can't help wondering whether

there'll be a third industrial revolution in the
future.

f) Naturally one can't help wondering that there'll

be a third industrial revolution in the future.
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----- there are serious defects in online shopping ----

benefits in doing so have been serious questions that
have loomed for decades.

A) Not only / but also

B) Neither / nor
C) Whether / or

D) The more / the more

E) As / as

16. 19th-century scientists fell into a bitter debate as

to ---- intelligence lay in anatomy ---- a vital force
was responsible for thoughts.
A) as / as B) neither / nor
C) so / that D) whether / or
E) not only / but also

15. ---- you are a long-time fan ---- casual follower of the
series of Street Fighter, you are already well-aware that
it is constantly updated with new characters, costumes,
and story content.
A) Both / and
B) Neither / nor
C) Rather / than
D) Whether / or
E) Not only / but also

1. Fitting more physical activity into your daily life

can bring several health benefits ---- it is
something like parking farther from rather than
closer to your destination ---- a well-structured
program at the gym.

A) the more / the more

B) neither / nor

C) whether /or

D) as / as

E) so / that
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19. By analysing the spectrum of light from a star or

galaxy, astronomers can tell how fast it is
moving, and ---- it is moving toward ---- away from
Earth.

A) not only / but also

B) the more / the less

C) neither / nor

D) whether /or

E) as / as

4. In the works of many twentieth-century dramatists

it is possible to see ---- the individual writer's Ideas
and experience ---- some of the social and political
developments of his period.

A) as much / as B) not only / but also

C) only / such as D) more / than
E) whether / or

19. You might be a good walker, but Istanbul is ----

huge ---- sooner or later you will have to catch a
bus or tram to further explore the megacity.
A) such / as B) as / as
C) both / and D) so / that
E) whether / or
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19. In ancient Rome, pearls were ---- rare and

expensive ---- they were reserved almost
exclusively for the noble and affluent.

A) whether or

B) as/as

C) so/that

D) either / or

E) such / that

15. Known as the 'Lady with the Lamp' during the

Crimean War, Florence Nightingale, the most
famous nurse in history, focused her efforts ----
on the prevention of diseases ---- the promotion
of healthy living in a more positive way.

A) the more / the more

B) not only / but also

C) whether / or

D) such / that

E) as / as
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For a long time no one was able to explain ----.

A) though none of their ideas were actually

mainstream ones
B) if so many academics had opposed the Vietnam
War
C) while he had a better understanding of peasant
societies
D) why the Vietnamese peasants didn't want to be
liberated
E) whether this informal economy should have been
taken seriously