THE PRESENT SIMPLE

TENSE
We use the Present Simple Tense for
daily routines, repeated actions,
habits, likes or dislikes.
Sürekli tekrarlanan ve alışkanlık haline
gelmiş olaylardan, hoşlandığımız veya
hoşlanmadığımız durumlardan
bahsederken Geniş Zaman kullanırız.
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• I go to bed at ten o’clock every night.

(Her gece 10’da yatarım.)
• They play football on Sundays.
(Pazar günleri futbol oynarlar.)
• I like reading a book.
(Kitap okumayı severim.)
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AFFIRMATIVE

I like milk
You like milk
He likes milk
She likes milk
It likes milk
We like milk
You like milk
They like milk
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Most verbs take “-s” in the third person singular.

Üçüncü tekil şahıslarda çoğu fiil “-s” takısı alır.

Come – comes drink – drinks

She comes home at five o’clock.

He drinks tea for breakfast.
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Verbs ending in:

• -ch
• -sh
• -x + -es ATTENTION
• -ss
• -o SPECIAL CASES
He watches television.
He washes the dishes.
She fixes radios.
He misses his girlfriend.
She goes to school.
She does her homework.
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Verbs ending in a “consonant + y” drop “-y” and take

“ies”
Sonu “y” ile biten ve “y” harfinden önce sessiz bir harf
olan fiillerde “y” düşer ve fiil “-ies” takısını alır.
Study – studies
Fly – flies
Try – tries

He studies French.
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“have” has an irregular form for the third person

singular.
Have fiilinin üçüncü tekil şahıslarda düzensiz bir formu
vardır.
have – has
She has English class every day.
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NEGATIVE

I don’t like vegetables

You don’t like vegetables
He doesn’t like vegetables
She doesn’t like vegetables
It doesn’t
It doesn’t like
like vegetables
vegetables
We don’t like vegetables
You don’t like vegetables
They don’t like vegetables
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INTERROGATIVE

Do I love Mary?
Do you love Mary?
Does he
he love
love Mary?
Mary?
Does she
Does she love
love Mary?
Mary?
Does it
Does it love
love Mary?
Mary?
Do we love Mary?
Do you love Mary?
Do they love Mary?
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SHORT ANSWERS

Do you work in an office?

Yes, I do. No, I don’t.

Do they like vegetables?

Yes, they do. No, they don’t.

Does he love Mary?

No, he doesn’t.
Yes, he does.