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1) Using the vocabulary below, translate the following sentences from English to Turkish.

ev - house
kitap - book
pencere - window
para - money
çanta - bag
arkadaş - friend
misafir - guest
araba - car
masa - table
kedi - cat

example - there is a car - araba var

a) there is a guest
b) there isn't a book
c) There is a house but there isn't a window
d) there was a guest
e) there was a cat
f) there wasn't a bag on the table
g) is there a house?
h) was there a book?
i) is there not a car?
j) i have a cat
k) you (singular/familiar) have a friend
l) i don't have a book in my house
m) do we have a guest?
n) do i have a friend?

2) Translate the following sentences from Turkish to English using the same vocabulary.

a) masa var
b) kedi var
c) pencere yok
d) çanta var ama para yok
e) ev yoktu
f) kitap vardı
g) masada kitap var mı?
h) kedi yok mu?
i) benim param yoktu
j) onun evi yok
k) senin misafirin vardı
l) bizim evimiz var mı?

3) Spot which of the sentences below are true and which are false.

a) Istanbulda çok Türk var
b) Radyoda müzik var
c) Izmirde insanlar yok
d) Antalyada plaj var
e) kitapta para var
f) sinemada filmler yok

Answers!

1) a) misafir var, b) kitap yok, c) ev var ama pencere yok, d) misafir vardı, e) kedi vard,
f) masada çanta yoktu, g) ev var mı?, h) kitap vardı mı?, i) araba yok mu?, j) benim kedim var, k) arkadaşın var, l) evimde benim kitabım yok, m) bizim misafir var mı?, n) benim arkadaşım var mı?

2) a) there is a table, b) there is a car, c) there isn't a window, d) there is a bag but there is no money, e) there wasn't a house, f) there was a book, g) is there a book on the table?, h) is there not a cat?, i) i didn't have money, j) he doesn't have a house, k) you had a guest, l) do we have a house?

3) a) true, b) true, c) false, d) true, e) false, f) false