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1. Turkish Grammar Workbooks 1
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3. Turkish Grammar Workbooks 1
Turkish Grammar Workbooks 1 is a grammar practice book
with short explanations, lots of exercises and answer key.
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4. Contents
Here are some of the grammar points in the book:
Nouns, Adjectives, Compound Nouns, There is & Verb To Have,
Personal Pronouns & Possessive Adjectives, Basic
Questions, Verb To Be, Basic Verb Forms,
Commands, Word Order, Turkish Cases,
Comparison & Superlative, The Present
Tense, Possessive Suffix, Possessive Adjectives
& Noun Cases, Determiners, Time
Expressions, Adverbs in Turkish, Direct
Reported Speech, Suffix – Kİ, Volunteer
Actions: Let me & Let’s, Verbals, When
(Time Clause) and more.

5. How It Works
Here is how the lessons in the book work:
1. Learn the grammar point
2. Do the exercises
3. Listen to the answers
4. Check your answers
Preview a sample lesson on the following
page (The Present Tense – Affirmative) »

6. The suffix for the Present Tense in Turkish is – yor –. For example:
O kitap okuyor. He is reading a book.
O kahve yapıyor. He is making a coffee.
O TV izliyor. He is watching a film.
This verb form is used for the Present Continuous Tense, Simple Present
Tense and Present Perfect Continuous Tense in English. For example:
O şimdi kitap okuyor. He is reading a book now.
O her zaman kitap okuyor. He always reads books.
O 2 saattir kitap okuyor. He has been reading a book for 2 hours.

7. Learn the verb forms below.
1) If the verb (root) ends with a vowel, the suffix is – yor. For example:
Uyumak To sleep Okumak To read
O uyu – yor. He is sleeping. O oku – yor. He is reading.
2) If the verb (root) ends with a consonant, the suffix becomes – iyor / ıyor /
üyor / uyor. For example:
İçmek To drink Yapmak To do, make
O iç – iyor. He is drinking. O yap – ıyor. He is doing / making.

8. 3) If the verb (root) ends with – e / a, a) drop these letters b) add – iyor / ıyor
/ üyor / uyor. For example:
İzle – mek To watch
O TV izl(e) – iyor. He is watching TV.
Yaşa – mak To live
O İstanbul’da yaş(a) – ıyor. He lives in Istanbul.
Remember the vowel harmony:
Last Vowel Suffix Last Vowel Suffix
- a, ı - (ı) yor - e, i - (i) yor
- o, u - (u)yor - ö, ü - (ü) yor

9. Learn the basic verbs.
almak To take, buy çalışmak To work
etmek * okumak To read
başlamak To start, begin ödemek To pay
bakmak To look (at) uyumak To sleep
dönmek To return yemek To eat
* “Etmek” is used to make verbs from foreign words. For example:
Dans etmek To dance
Teşekkür etmek To thank
Kontrol etmek To check

10. 1. Rewrite the verbs with the suffix as in the example.
1. almak O alıyor. 4. çalışmak
2. etmek 5. okumak
3. başlamak 6. . . .
2. Make sentences as in the example.
1. o / şarkı söylemek O şarkı söylüyor.
2. o / dans etmek
3. o / yemek yemek
4. o / ders çalışmak
5. o / tenis oynamak
6. . . .

11. Learn the personal suffixes used with this verb form. Personal suffixes
never change, because the last vowel is always the letter – o –.
Ben film izliyorum.
Sen film izliyorsun.
O film izliyor.
4. Rewrite the verbs with the persons as in the example.
1. Ben / almak Ben alıyorum. 4. Ben / çalışmak
2. Sen / etmek 5. Sen / okumak
3. O / başlamak 6. . . .

12. 5. Fill in the blanks with the missing persons.
1. Ben yemek yapıyorum. 4. ___ kahve içiyorsun.
2. ___ film izliyor. 5. ___ ders çalışıyorum.
3. ___ radyo dinliyorsun. 6. . . .
6. Make sentences as in the example.
1. sen / Türkçe öğrenmek Sen Türkçe öğreniyorsun.
2. Serap / Pelin ile konuşmak
3. ben / ders çalışmak
4. o / bulaşık yıkamak
5. ben / yemek yapmak
6. sen / gürültü yapmak
7. . . .

13. 7. Say what you are doing now, today, tomorrow and this weekend.
Ben şimdi çalışıyorum. Ben bugün …
Learn singular and plural persons.
Ben film izliyorum. Biz film izliyoruz.
Sen film izliyorsun. Siz film izliyorsunuz.
O film izliyor. Onlar film izliyor(lar).
(Onlar) Film izliyorlar.

14. 8. Rewrite the verbs with the persons as in the example.
1. Biz / almak Biz alıyoruz. 4. Biz / çalışmak
2. Siz / etmek 5. Siz / okumak
3. Onlar / başlamak 6. . . .
9. Fill in the blanks with the missing persons.
1. Ben İstanbul’da yaşıyorum. 4. ___ otobüs bekliyorum.
2. ___ kitap okuyor. 5. ___ müzik dinliyor.
3. ___ Türkçe öğreniyoruz. 6. . . .

15. 10. Make sentences.
1. Sen / Türkçe öğrenmek Sen Türkçe öğreniyorsun.
2. Siz / tavla oynamak
3. Ben / ders çalışmak
4. Biz / ona yardım etmek
5. Bebekler / uyumak
6. . . .
11. Say what we are doing now, today, tomorrow and this weekend.
Biz şimdi çalışıyoruz. Biz bu akşam …

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