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Lecture Notes and Exercises (Alistirmalar)

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Lecture Notes and Exercises (Alistirmalar)

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Use the lecture notes to teach the basics of the present test and assign students some exercises.

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Display various action pictures on the screen. Divide the class into teams. Each team takes turns describing what's happening in the pictures using present tense. Award points for correct usage of present tense verbs. For example: 'Kız koşuyor' (The girl is running), 'Adam yemek pişiriyor' (The man is cooking).

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Write various actions on cards. Students take turns picking a card and acting out the action while others guess what they're doing using present tense. The student acting can only respond with 'Evet' (Yes) or 'Hayır' (No). Example guesses: 'Dans ediyorsun!' (You are dancing!), 'Yemek yiyorsun!' (You are eating!).

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Students work in groups of three: one reporter, one camera operator, and one person performing actions. The reporter describes what their subject is doing in real-time using present tense. Groups can record their segments and share with the class. Example: 'Ahmet şimdi parkta yürüyor. Kuşları seyrediyor.' (Ahmet is walking in the park now. He is watching the birds.)

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When we want to make a To Be sentence in English, the sentence will start with a personal pronoun like “I, You, He, She, etc.”, then we would need to add a to be verb “am/is/are” and finally add the noun or adjective to the end of the sentence.

Watch this video lessons to learn more about the Turkish Present To Be Suffix

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Turkish Present To Be Marker  - Learn Turkish [FREE COURSE]

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Students take turns being weather reporters, describing current weather conditions in different cities using present tense. Provide them with weather maps or images. Example: 'İstanbul'da yağmur yağıyor. Ankara'da güneş açıyor.' (It's raining in Istanbul. The sun is shining in Ankara.)

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Students sit in a circle. The first student starts a story with one sentence in present tense. Each subsequent student adds another sentence, continuing the story. All sentences must use present tense. Record the story and read it back to analyze present tense usage.

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Students walk around the school in pairs with notebooks. They write sentences about what different people are doing in various locations (library, cafeteria, gym, etc.) using present tense. Back in class, they present their observations. Example: 'Öğrenciler kütüphanede ders çalışıyor.' (Students are studying in the library.)

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Create a board game where students move their pieces by rolling dice. When they land on a space, they must create a sentence in present tense based on the picture or prompt on that space. If correct, they stay; if incorrect, they move back two spaces.

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Students create a digital photo journal of their day, taking 5-6 photos of different activities. They present their journal to the class, describing each photo in present tense. Example: 'Bu fotoğrafta kahvaltı yapıyorum.' (In this photo, I am having breakfast.)

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Create cards with different verbs in present tense. Students work in groups to sort these verbs into categories (home activities, school activities, sports, etc.) and then create sentences using each verb in present progressive tense. This helps them understand verb categories while practicing present tense.