8-AS VE KULLANIMLARI

a)AS

-‘as’ bağlacı ‘çünkü-için’ anlamında sebep-sonuç bağlacı olarak kullanılabilir.

- As I came home late , I couldn’t watch the documentary on TV.

-Zaman bağlacı olarak kullandığımızda ise ‘when’ yada ‘while’ ile aynı anlamda kullanılabilir.

- As the president came to the room , everybody stood up and welcomed him.
- They saw a dead body as they were walking in the forest.

-‘AS’ bağlacından sonraki cümlede ‘grow-develop-increase-decrease…vb’ kelimeler kullanıldığında

‘yaptıkça , ettikçe’ anlamında kullanılır

- As we grow older , we understand the life better

-‘’sıfat/zarf + as + yarım cümle’’ formatında zıtlık bağlacı olarak da kullanılabilir.

- Hard as I tried , I couldn’t find the solution of the problem.

- Although I tried hard , I couldn’t find the solution of the problem.

-‘’as + isim’’ formatında olarak anlamında kullanılır.

- Her boss gave her a golden watch as a retirement gift.

-‘’as + yarım cümle’’ formatından ise ‘gibi’ anlamında kullanılabilir.

- As I promised , I brought your car back.

b)JUST AS

-Zaman bağlacı olarak ‘while’ ile aynı anlamda kullanabiliriz.

- Just as he was looking for his watch , he found a golden ring.

-Karşılaştırma bağlacı olarak iki şeyi karşılaştırırken kullanılabilir.

- Adana’s economy depends on the cotton , just as Aydın relies on olive oil and fig

-Karşılaştırma anlamında ‘so’ bağlacıyla beraber kullanılabilir ve ‘so’dan sonra devrik yapı gelebilir.

- Just as the railway bridges were the great structural symbols of the 19th century , so
highway bridges became the engineering emblems of the 20th century.
- Just as the railway bridges were the great structural symbols of the 19th century , so did
highway bridges become the engineering emblems of the 20th century.
- Just as the railway bridges were the great structural symbols of the 19th century , highway
bridges became the engineering emblems of the 20th century.
-‘just as + yarım cümle’ formatında ‘gibi’ anlamında kullanılabilir.

- Just as I have said before , you should be carefull while studying on this virus.

c)AS IF/AS THOUGH (..MIŞ GİBİ)

-Bu bağlaçlar kendilerinden önce genellikle ‘’seem-appear-look-behave-act-treat-describe-feel-

speak-talk…etc’’ gibi duyu his fiileri ile kullanılırlar.

- He has broken the vase , but he behaves as if nothing had happened.

- As if lung cancer and heart diseases were not enough , researchers now say smoking may
be to blame for some common aches,too
-‘as if’ nadiren cümle başında da kullanılabilir ve bu kulanımda duyu his fiili kullanılmasına gerek
yoktur.Ancak cümle de mutlaka ‘not enough’ geçmesi gerekir
- As if their problem was not enough , they had to deal with their grandparents’ problems

d)AS FAR AS(….KADARIYLA)

-‘AS FAR AS’ ifadesi bu kullanımında kendisinden sonra ‘yarım cümle’ ile kullanılır.

- As far as I know , there are many obstacles that prevent them from improving.
- As far as they are concerned , they will say something about this problem.

e)AS OF + ZAMAN İFADESİ (İTİBAREN)

- As of July , we will serve in our new office.

f)AS FOR + İSİM (-E GELİNCE)

- Everybody is going to the party. As for me , I am not going

g)AS REGARDS + İSİM(İLE İLGİLİ-HAKKINDA)

- There is no problem as regards the financial arrangements.

h)AS TO + N.C/İSİM (-E GÖRE/HAKKINDA)

There is no decision as to when the work might start

1-……English contains a vast lexical inheritance from Latin , Persian has absorbed a great number
of Arabic loanwords.

A)Now that
B)Inasmuch as
C)Unless
D)Just as
E)As if

2-………the bubonic plague overturned the social order in Medieval Europe , so AIDS seems likely
to shape Africa.

A)As though
B)Because
C)Although
D)Whereas
E)Just as

3-On long space flights , astronauts’ bones seems to thin much ………...they suffered from
osteoporosis.

A)as though
B)as far as
C)since
D)while
E)just as

4-Turkey has a number of problems.One of them is inflation. ……….overpopulation, it is also

causing problems.

A)as of
B)despite
C)as for
D)besides
E)as

5-Relations between North and South Korea worsened …….the North expelled South Korean
officials from their industrial park.

A)but
B)much as
C)as
D)as if
E)whereas

6-………collapsing prices were not enough , American mortgage firms now have to cope with home
rage.

A)As if
B)Just as
C)As far as
D)Since
E)Although
7-People treat foreign banknotes ………they were Monopoly money.

A)as far as
B)just as
C)as
D)as though
E)though

8-………our consultants are concerned , we are working on process efficiency projects.

A)As though
B)Just as
C)However
D)As
E)As far as

9-Some of America’s finest novelists began to write in the 1920s, or the ‘’Jazz Age’’, ……..this
decade is sometimes termed.

A)as long as
B)before
C)just like
D)as though
E)as

10-We have changed many things so far. ………… racism , much progress has been made.

A)as for
B)as if
C)as well as
D)as to
E)as far as

11-In the Olympic games , there will be some athletes from the countries ---- Togo and Fiji

A)as
B)just as
C)though
D)like
E)in that

12------ I know , she will go to Ankara this weekend

A)Just as
B)On the grounds that
C)Provided that
D)As far as
E)Even if