Vocabulary Set 3

Target Vocabulary:
Bu bölümde öğrenmenizi hedeflediğimiz ‘’hedef kelimeler’’.

to be good/bad at: doing something good/bad, being successful-unsuccessful about doing

something

√ bir şeyi iyi/kötü yapmak, bir şeyde iyi/kötü olmak

√ Christiano Ronaldo is good at playing football but he is bad at playing the piano. (with a verb)
√ She is good at math but not that good at biology. (with a noun)

to be afraid of: frightened because you think that you may get hurt or that something bad may
happen

√ korkmak
√ I am afraid of snakes.
√ I am afraid that he won’t ever come back.
√ She is not afraid of dying.

to be scared (of): frightened of something, or nervous about something

√ korkmak, ürkmek, ödü kopmak

√ I’ve always been scared of dogs.
√ She was scared of losing him, so she did everything he asked.
√ Why aren’t you coming outside? Are you scared?

to be keen on: wanting to do something or wanting something to happen very much

√ hevesli, meraklı olmak

√ My friend is keen on learning more about science.

to be tired of: bored with something, because it is no longer interesting, or has become annoying

√ (bir durum çok sık tekrarlandığı veya olumsuz olduğu için) yorulmak
√ I am tired of trying to help people who are doesn’t deserve it.
√ I am tired of doing homework every day.

to be interested in: giving a lot of attention to something because you want to find out more about
it or because you enjoy

√ ilgili olmak, ilgi duymak, ilgilenmek, merakı olmak

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 √ I am interested in fashion.
√ She is interested in going to England to improve her English skills.

to be ashamed of: feeling very sorry and embarrassed because of something you have done

√ utanmak
√ I’m ashamed to admit that I’ve never read any of his books.
√ She was ashamed of speaking in front of a crowd.

to be excited about: happy, interested, or hopeful because something good has happened or will
happen

√ heyecanlı, hevesli
√ He’s excited about his new job.
√ I am excited about going on a holiday at the weekend.

to be worried about: unhappy because you keep thinking about a problem, or about something
bad that might happen

√ endişeli, kaygılı
√ Marion was worried about losing her job.

to be proud of: feeling pleasure and satisfaction because you or people connected with you have
done or got something good

√ gurur duymak
√ I am proud of you!
√ You must be very proud of your son.

A) Exercise: Öğren!
Fill in the blanks with the target words!

good/bad at to be afraid of to be scared of

to be keen on tired of interested in
ashamed of excited about to be worried about proud of

Not: to be kısmını çekimlemeyi unutmayınız (eğer gerekiyorsa)

1. I felt ______________________ the things I said to him because he felt so sorry and didn’t
deserve that much.

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 2. I ________________________about the economy and the future of my country because
nobody knows for sure what will happen.
3. You graduated from the University with the first degree, you should be
____________________ yourself.
4. The kids always get ______________________ their birthday.
5. My son is very __________________ learning foreign languages, but he is _______________
Math. I think I should send him to a Math course.
6. Ellen ___________________ of telling her husband that she paid $600 for a bag.
7. Most women _____________________ small animals like spiders and mice.
8. She doesn’t have a lot of experience but she is very _____________________ learning.
9. I know you love football very much. Are you also ____________________ Basketball?
10. He was so ___________________ his life that he finally tried to commit suicide but the police
stopped him just in time.

B) Match the Words! Pekiştir!

To be good/bad at To be afraid of To be scared of

To be keen on tired of To be interested in

Ashamed of Excited about Worried about Proud of

1) ______________________: frightened of something, or nervous about something

2) ______________________: wanting to do something or wanting something to happen very
much
3) ______________________: feeling pleasure and satisfaction because you or people
connected with you have done or got something good
4) ______________________: giving a lot of attention to something because you want to find
out more about it or because you enjoy
5) ______________________: frightened because you think that you may get hurt or that
something bad may happen
6) ______________________: unhappy because you keep thinking about a problem, or about
something bad that might happen
7) ______________________: happy, interested, or hopeful because something good has
happened or will happen

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 8) ______________________: feeling very sorry and embarrassed because of something you
have done
9) ______________________: bored with something, because it is no longer interesting, or has
become annoying
10) ______________________: doing something good/bad, being successful-unsuccessful about
doing something

C) Write a sentence of your own for each of the words you’ve just learned! ++ Write
Turkish meanings of the words. – Uzmanlaş!

- Öğrendiğiniz kelimelerin Türkçe karşılıklarını hiçbir yere bakmadan yazın, daha sonra bu
kelimelerle en az 1 tane örnek cümle yazın. (Verilen her anlam için bir örnek)

to be afraid of: _______________________________________________________________.

to be scared (of): ______________________________________________________________.

to be good/bad at: ____________________________________________________________.

to be interested in: ____________________________________________________________.

to be keen on: ________________________________________________________________.

to be tired of: _________________________________________________________________.

to be worried about: ____________________________________________________________.

to be ashamed of: ______________________________________________________________.

to be proud of: _________________________________________________________________.

to be excited about: _____________________________________________________________.

CEVAP ANAHTARI:

A: ashamed of, am worried, proud of, excited about, good at, bad at, is afraid of (ashamed of,
worried about vs. de olabilir), are scared of, interested in, tired of

B: to be scared of, to be keen on, proud of, interested in, afraid of, worried about, excited about,
ashamed of, tired of, to be good/bad at.

C: Kendi cümleleriniz + kelimelerin anlamlarını en üstten kontrol edebilirsiniz.

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