İngilizce öğrenirken ne yapıyoruz?

Şimdi aşağıdaki ifadelerden size uygun olanları iyi okuyun.

Sınıfta;

• Sınıfta kullandığımız yabancı dil ders kitaplarına çalışmak yeterlidir.

• Yabancı dili ancak sınıf ta çalışır ve öğrenirim.

• Yabancı dili kendim öğrenmek zorundayım; öğretmenim benim için öğrenemez.

• Benim başarı ve başarısızlığımdan öğretmen sorumludur.

• Derslere katılırsam daha iyi öğrenirim.

• Başka kişileri canlandırdığımda (role-play) kendimi o kadar kaptırırım ki yabancı dilde konuştuğumu unuturum.

• “Başka kişileri canlandırma” diğer insanların bakış açılarını anlamama yardımcı olur.

• Grup çalışması yaparken diğerleri konuştuğu için benim konuşma şansım olmuyor.

• Yalnızca öğretmenimi dinlemek istiyorum, arkadaşlarımı değil.

• İkili çalışma tek başına çalışmaktan daha zevkli.

• Dil bilgisi kurallarını formülleştirip ezberlerim,

• Hata yapmaktan korkarım.

• Önemli gördüğüm bilgileri not alırım.

• Bir şeyi anlamazsam hemen öğretmenimden yardım isterim.

• Derste geçen yeni kelimeleri, daha sonra tekrar etmek amacıyla küçük kağıtlar üzerine yazarım.

• Yabancı dil dersinde dinlerken, okurken veya üretirken önce

Türkçe düşünürüm.

• Başkalarının duygu ve düşüncelerini anlamaya çalıştığım gibi kendi duygu ve düşüncelerimi ifade ederek iletişim kurarım.

Ders çalışırken;

• Yabancı dili kendi kendime öğrenemem.

• Bilmediğim bütün sözcükler için sözlüğe bakarım.

• Kelime listemi ezberler, sık sık tekrar ederim.

• Test soruları çözerim.

• Diğer öğrencilerle çalışmak istemiyorum, çünkü hatalarımı görüyorlar.

• Kendi başıma çalışabileceğim konusunda yönlendiriliyorum.

• Bana çalışmam için belirli bir süre verilirse daha iyi çalışırım.

• Hedeflerimi kendim belirlediğimde daha iyi çalışıyorum.

• Yabancı dil öğretimi ile ilgili internet sitelerinden faydalanırım.

• Yabancı dil öğrenmek için gereken bütün bilgiler kitabımda var.

• Anlamadığım şeylerle karşılaştığımda onları çözmeye çalışmam, geçerim.

• Zihnimde hatırlamaya yardımcı olacak resimler çizerim.

• Yabancı dil öğretmek için hazırlanmış kaset ve CD’leri dinlerim.

• Diğerlerinden hatalarımı düzeltmelerini isterim.

• Kendi bildiklerimle diğerlerini karşılaştırırım.

• Sınıf dışında da hikâye kitapları okurum.

• Yabancı dilde düşünmeye çalışırım.

A) Write what the underlined word is; adjective or adverb:

1.  Fast runners win races.                                        …… adjective …….
2.  Mathematics is difficult.                                      …………………….
3.  She’s a good typist.                                              …………………….
4.  She behaved rudely to her boss.                          …………………….
5.  You’ve done well in your test.                             …………………….
6.  The clowns are very funny.                                 …………………….
7.  She’s a pretty girl.                                               …………………….
8.  He runs fast.                                                         …………………….
9.  Ann is very sad.                                                   …………………….
10. She plays the piano beautifully.                          …………………….
11. Father is very busy in his office.                          .……………………
12. The doctor arrived immediately.                         …………………….

B) Underline the correct item:

1.      He left the room quiet / quietly.
2.      Jane works hard / hardly.
3.      He’s a very nice / nicely man.
4.      The sun is shining bright / brightly.
5.      Smoking is bad / badly for your health.
6.      She behaves very good / well.
7.      He always dresses smart / smartly.
8.      He shouted angry / angrily at me.
9.      This chair is comfortable / comfortably.
10.  He smiled sad / sadly.
11.  You drive very slow / slowly.

C) Complete these sentences:

1.      There was some heavy rain last night.
Yes, it rained very ….. heavily. …………………
2.      Aren’t the children quiet!
Yes, they’re working very ……………………….
3.      James has a loud voice.
Yes, he always talks very ………………………..
4.      Isn’t the teacher angry!
Yes, he’s shouting very ………………………….
5.      Angela’s very happy today!
Yes, she’s laughing very …………………………
6.   The telephone rang in the middle of the night. Nick was very sleepy.
He answered it very ……………………………..
7.   Kate likes playing slow music.
Yes, she’s playing this piece very ……………….

D) Complete the sentence with the correct word from the brackets:
Example: Mice move ….. quietly …… (quiet / quietly)

1.      This exercise is ……………………… (easy / easily)
2.      These people are speaking ………………………….. (quiet / quietly)
3.      Mr. Brown can speak English ………………………. (good / well)
4.      Tigers are ………………………… animals. (brave / bravely)
5.      The footballer is ………………………. (tired / tiredly)
6.      Cheetahs run …………………………. (quick / quickly)
7.      She is lifting the weight …………………………… (easy / easily)
8.      The children are playing …………………………… (happy / happily)
9.      Tony is a ………………………….. skier. (good / well)

E) Supply the proper form, ADJECTIVE or ADVERB:

1.      He always does his homework …………………………………….. (careful).
2.      He is a very ……………………………… (careful) student.
3.      Come …………………………… (quick). We need your help.
4.      You should drive more …………………………… (slow) along this road.
5.      The old man walks very ………………………….. (slow).
6.      Helen is a very ……………………………. (slow) student.
7.      Her brother, on the other hand, learns …………………………… (rapid).
8.      Mr. Gonzales has a ………………………………. (permanent) visa.
9.      He hopes to remain in this country ………………………….. (permanent).
10.  This is an …………………………… (easy) exercise.
11.  I can do all of these exercises ……………………… (easy).
12.  Helen works very ………………………… (hard) in her new job.
13.  You walk very ………………………… (fast).
14.  They are both ………………………. (serious) students.
15.  They both study English very ……………………………… (serious).
16.  I agree with you ……………………………. (complete) in that matter.
17.  This apple is very ………………………. (soft).
18.  She always speaks ………………………. (soft) to the child.
19.  Helen is a …………………………….. (beautiful) girl.
20.  Her sister plays the violin …………………………… (beautiful).

Examples:

We have been living in San Francisco for ten years.
We have been living in San Francisco since 1996.

I’ll be in Paris for a week.
I’ve been in London since last Tuesday, and I’m leaving tomorrow.

Expressions and idioms with since & for:

Joan has been studying Chinese for ages and she still doesn’t speak it well!
(for ages = for a very long time!)

We’ll be staying in this apartment for the time being.
(for the time being = for now; for a while)

Since when do you wear cologne to school?
(since when = when did you start doing that?)

Ever since you told me that Cindy likes to gossip, I haven’t told her anything.
(ever since = starting when; since the time when)
FOR OR SINCE

1 I haven’t been to Italy  10 years.

2 She has lived in Paris  January.

3 Jim has studied  three hours. Now he is tired.

4 My friend has been ill  a long time.

5 It has been raining  more than four days.

6 I haven’t seen him  Eastern.

7 He hasn’t had a holiday  last summer.

8 He hasn’t done any work  a month.

9 We have had this car  1998.

10 We have been here  two hours.

11 She hasn’t written  Christmas.

12 Carol hasn’t eaten meat  ages.

13 We worked in his office  three years.

14  how long have they lived here?

15 I haven’t spoken to her  our quarrel.

FOR OR SINCE

1 Nobody has seen him  last Friday.

2 It has been foggy  some days.

3 He has been fishing  six o’clock.

4 They’ve been living in France  eight years.

5 The pilots have been on strike  two months.

6 We’ve had terrible weather  Saturday.

7 I’ve known Tom  1990.

8 We have been waiting for the bus  half an hour.

9 She hasn’t lost a match  April.

10 Things have changed  she’s become headmaster.

11 The police has been looking for him  a month.

12 Our dog has been ill  two days.

13 I’ve been looking for this book  a long time.

14 I’ve been working  I got up.

15 The kettle has been boiling  ten minutes

Complete USING  for  or  since

1.We haven’t gone to the cinema …………………… September.
2.She has studied  Medicine ………………………… six years.
3.It hasn’t rained in that area ……………………………. 1918.
4.I haven’t received any postcards ………………….. seven years.
5.He hasn’t seen his girlfriend …………………. several weeks.
6.My aunt has been in İstanbul ……………………… 1986.
7.She has waited at the bus stop ……………. thirty minutes.
8.I haven’t spoken Dutch ………………… four years.
9.Pınar hasn’t come to school ……………… five days.
10.Our Science teacher has been ill  ………. two months.
Complete these PRESENT PERFECT sentences using “for” or “since”.

1. She’s very tired. She hasn’t slept …………………………….

2. He smells very bad. He hasn’t washed …………………………..

3. That student is very bored. He hasn’t had a good teacher …………

4. This teacher is very boring. He hasn’t taught a good lesson ……….

5. I have been studying English verb tenses ………………………..

6. I haven’t spoken my own language ……………………………….

7. Those ladies are unhappy. They haven’t kissed anybody ……………

8. I am very thirsty. …………………………………………..

9. How long have you been learning English? ……………………….

10. How long have you been living in England? ……………………….

Fill in the spaces by using for or since.

1)We’ve been fishing ______ two hours.
2)I’ve been working in this office _______ a month.
3)They’ve been living in France _____ 1970.
4)he has been in prison _____ a year.
5)I’ve known that _______ a long time.
6)That man has been standing there ______ six o’clock.
7)She has driven the same car ____ 1975.
8)Things have changed ______ I was a girl.
9)The kettle has been boiling _______ a quarter of an hour.
10)The central heating has been on ______ October.
A) since or for?

1) …… two hours

2)  ………. few minutes

3)  ………..12 o’clock

4)  ………..five years

5) …………Christmas

6)  ………..a long time

7)  ……… Sunday

8)  ………1997

9) ……….years

10)  ………. I was three years old