The Present Simple Tense

4. DERS

3-     THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

3-1   FORM

Affirmative ( Olumlu )	Negative ( Olumsuz )	Interrogative ( Soru )
I get up early. You go on holiday every year. He studies hard. She cleans the house herself. It stands in the corner. We keep our promises.                      You like animals very much.              They help the people around.	I don't get up early. You don't go on holiday every year. He doesn't study hard. She doesn't clean the house herself. It doesn't stand in the corner. We don't keep our promises.               You don't like animals very much. They don't help the people around	Do I get up early? Do you go on holiday every year? Does he study hard? Does she clean the house herself? Does it stand in the corner? Do we keep our promises? Do you like animals very much? Do they help the people around?

Üçüncü tekil şahıs için ( he/she/it) fiil, olumlu cümlede -s takısı ahr.

He reads a lot/She buys a newspaper regularly. /The cat drinks only milk in the morning.

Olumsuz cümlede ve sorada, yani "does"    ya da "doesn't" bulunan cümlelerde fiil daima yalındır.

He doesn't read a lot. /She doesn't buy a newspaper every day.               Does the cat drink milk in the morning?

"have" fiilinin üçüncü şahıs biçimi "has" dir. Ancak, soruda  ve  olumsuz cümlede   fiilin yalın hali                " have " kullanılır.

— Do you have a bath every day?

— Yes, I do. (I have a bath every day.)

— Does your son have a bath every day?

— Yes, he does. ( He has a bath every day.)

— Does your father have breakfast in the morning?

— No, he doesn't. ( He doesn't have breakfast in the morning.)

3-2   USE OF THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

a)        Bu tense ile. genelde yaptığımız işleri,  alışkanlıklarımızı anlatırız  ve  always, sometimes, never, often vb. sıklık bildiren zarfların yanı sıra, every day, every month, every year, every summer gibi zaman zarflarım sıkça kullanırız.

— What time do you usually get up?

— I usually get up at seven o'clock.

— Does she always get up early?

— Not always. She sometimes gets up very late.

— How often do you go to the cinema?

— I go to the cinema every weekend/once a week/twice a month/three times a year etc.

— How often does your brother write to you?

—      He writes to me very often.

b)        Frequency Adverbs ( Sıklık bildiren zaman zarfları)

always                                                                      all the time ( hep, her zaman )

almost always/nearly always                          almost all the time, nearly all the

time (hemen hemen her zaman)

very often                                                          (çok sık)

usually                                                               generally ( genellikle )

often                                                                   frequently ( sık sık )

sometimes                                                                occasionally, from time to time

        (bazen,ara sıra)

rarely                                                                 seldom ( ender, nadiren, seyrek) hardly ever                                                      almost never (hemen hemen hiç )

never                                                                  ( hiç,hiç bir zaman, asla )

Yardımcı fiil bulunmayan olumlu cümlelerde    bu    zarflar asıl    fiilden önce, yani özne ile yüklemin arasında yer alır.

She always sings in English. /I sometimes feel depressed. /They seldom go to the theatre.

Bu zarflar am, is, are  dan sonra gelir.

I sometimes go to work late. /I am sometimes late for work.

Sıklık bildiren zarfların olumsuz cümledeki yeri değişiktir. Always daima olumsuzluk eki not

dan sonra gelir.

I don't always get up early. /She doesn't always study very hard.                       They aren't always late for class.

frequently, sometimes ve occasionally  olumsuzluk ekinden önce gelir.

I sometimes don't want to be with people. /She frequently doesn't want to study.

They sometimes aren't ready on time. /She occasionally isn't polite to the people around.

NOTE: Birinci tekil şahıs için bu kural geçerli değildir. Zarf, yardımcı fiil 'am' ile 'not' arasında

yer alır.

I'm sometimes not patient enough with children.

usually, generally ve often her iki durumda da kullanılır.

They usually don't go out in the evenings. /They don't usually go out in the evenings.                     We often don't turn on the television. /We don't often turn on the television.                                    They generally aren't awake till 11a.m./They aren't generally awake till 11a.m.

rarely, seldom, hardly ever, almost never ve never olumsuz cümlede kullanılmaz. Bu zarflar sadece olumlu cümlede kullanılır, ancak olumsuz bir anlam taşır.

I hardly ever go to the theatre.  ( Tiyatroya hemen hemen hiç gitmem.)

He almost never goes to work in his own car. (İşe kendi arabasıyla neredeyse hiç gitmez.)

I'm hardly ever nervous before an exam.  ( Sınav öncesi neredeyse hiç heyecanlanmam.)

She never comes to her appointments on time. = She is never on time for her appointments.                    ( Randevularına asla vaktinde gelmez.)

Olumlu   anlam   taşıyan sıklık   zarflarını   (usually, generally, often, frequently, sometimes

and occasionally) dilbilgisi kurallarına uygun bu kullanımlarının yanı sıra, cümlede vurguyu artırmak için, cümlenin başında da kullanabiliriz. Özellikle sometimes bu şekilde çok sık kullanılır.

Sometimes I get angry easily.

Occasionally I don't need to get up early.

Usually they spend too much money on luxuries.

NOTE:  always bu şekilde cümle başında yer almaz.

Olumsuz anlam taşıyan sıklık zarflan (rarely , seldom , hardly ever, scarcely ever and never) cümlenin başına geldiği zaman cümle devrik olur.

I never eat fish.                                                    Never do I eat fish.

He rarely smokes.                                                Rarely does he smoke.

You seldom make mistakes.                             Seldom do you make mistakes.

She scarcely ever visits us.                                 Scarcely ever does she visit us.

ever olumlu veya olumsuz soruda kullanılır ve 'hiç' anlamını verir. Olumsuz cevapta 'hiç' demek için 'do not ever' yerine 'never' kullanılır.

— Do you ever smoke?                                 — Don't you ever help your mother?

— No, I never smoke.                                    — Yes, I help her when I have time.

c)        Doğa kanunlarını, her zaman geçerliliği  olan doğruları ve  genellemeleri bu tense ile ifade ederiz.

Diamond is a precious stone. /Water consists of oxygen and hydrogen.                  The world revolves round the sun. /Plants need water in order to grow.          Water boils at 100° C. /Wood floats in water but iron sinks.

d)         'What do you do?' sorusu    kişinin    neyle uğraştığını, işini sorar. Yani 'What is your Job/occupation? sorusu ile aynı anlamdadır.

— What do you do?                                       — What does your father do?

— I'm a teacher.                                              — He is an accountant.

'What do you do?' sorusunu bir zaman zarfıyla kullanırsak, 'sözü edilen zamanda ne yaparsın'

anlamına gelir.

— What do you do at the weekends?         — What does your father do in the evenings?

— I usually meet friends.                              — He reads his newspaper or watches television.

e)            Why don't you..............? kalıbı birine öneri getirirken kullanılır.

— I have a headache.                                    —We have nothing to eat at home.

— Why don't you take a tablet?                  — Why don't we go out for dinner?

NOTE:     "Why don't you get up early in the mornings? I can't, because I usually go to bed late." ifadesinde, "Why don't you ..........?” gerçek bir soru özelliği taşır ve kişi yanıt verilmesini bekler. Ancak: "I'm too tired. Why don't you lie down and rest?" ifadesinde, "Why don't you ..........?" yapı olarak soru olmasına karşın, kendisi bir yanıttır ve öneri getirir.

f)         Sinema, tiyatro gibi etkinliklerin başlama ve bitiş saatlerini, ders programlarını ya da uçak, tren, otobüs tarifelerini belirtirken, geniş zamanı gelecek zaman anlamıyla kullanabiliriz.

The buses start at 6 a.m. and stop at 12 p.m. every day. (simple present)

The train to Ankara leaves at 9 a.m. tomorrow and arrives there at 6 p.m.     (future)

Our classes usually begin at 9 and finish at 12. (simple present)

My class begins at 9 tomorrow and finishes at 12. (future)