Tense Konu Anlatımı | 1.Gün 1.Video | 12 Günde Grammar Kampı | 2026 | YDT
This video is the first day of a 12-day English tense camp, focusing on present tenses. The instructor emphasizes the importance of tenses for exams and explains present simple, present continuous, and present perfect with usage rules, keywords, and example questions. The session ends with a promise to continue with remaining tenses in the next video.
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Introduction
The instructor starts the first day of a 12-day tense camp, emphasizing that tenses are critical for exams and interconnected with other grammar topics like passive voice and relative clauses.
Three Main Tenses
Tenses are categorized into past, present, and future. Understanding these three categories helps solve all tense questions.
Present Simple
Present simple corresponds to the simple present tense in Turkish. It uses the base form for I/you/we/they and adds -s for he/she/it. Negative uses don't/doesn't, and questions use do/does.
Uses of Present Simple
Five main uses: daily routines, general truths, scientific facts, press language (headlines), and timetables/schedules. Scientific facts are especially common in exams.
Keywords for Present Simple
Frequency adverbs (always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, never) are key. Also, 'date back', 'go back', 'trace back' strongly indicate present simple.
Present Continuous
Present continuous describes actions happening now, temporary situations, arranged future plans, complaints (with 'always'), and gradual changes. Structure: be + verb-ing.
Keywords for Present Continuous
Now, at the moment, currently, for the time being, at present, nowadays, these days.
Present Perfect
Present perfect is used for past actions with no specific time, actions affecting the present, experiences, and with 'since/for'. Structure: have/has + past participle.
Present Perfect Continuous
Present perfect continuous (have/has been + verb-ing) is treated as equivalent to present perfect for exam purposes. Keywords include since, for, lately, recently, so far, up to now, just, already, yet.
FIDOW Rule
For, in, during, over, between + the last/past + time period signals present perfect.
Example Question
A sample question demonstrates using 'since' to choose the correct tense (present perfect).
Conclusion
The first video ends; the remaining tenses (past and future) will be covered in the next video.
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