Vocabulary Set 18

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

beach: an area of sand or small stones at the edge of the sea or a lake

√ plaj, kumsal, sahil

√ We are going to the beach, are you coming?

fail: to not succeed in achieving something or to not do what is expected, needed, or wanted

√ başarısız olmak, bir şeyi yapmamak, becerememek, yanıltmak (ve türevi her şey)
√ A significant number of drivers fail to keep to speed limits.
√ She failed an important test, she needs to take it again in Summer.
√ Don’t fail me again!

grant: to give someone something or allow them to have something that they have asked for

√ onaylamak, izin vermek (resmi-formal)

√ I am pleased to inform you that your request social help has been granted.
√ A licence to sell alcohol was granted to the club.

allow: to let someone do or have something, or let something happen

√ birine bir şey yapması için izin vermek

√ My parents didn’t allow me to go to the party.
√ Are dictionaries allowed in the exam?

entertain: to amuse or interest people in a way that gives them pleasure

√ eğlendirmek
√ She entertained the children with stories, songs and drama.

serious: a serious situation, problem, accident etc is extremely bad or dangerous

√ ciddi
√ Luckily, the damage was not serious.
√ Can you please be serious?
√ We have a serious problem.

pregnant: having a baby or babies developing inside the womb

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 √ hamile
√ My mother stopped smoking when she became pregnant.
√ She is not overweight, she is just pregnant.
√ When is a good time to ask women if they are pregnant?

convince: to persuade someone or make someone certain

√ ikna etmek
√ He managed to convince the jury of his innocence.
√ hope this will convince you to change your mind.

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

beach x2 fail x2 granted

entertain serious
pregnant convince

1. I ____________________ my driving test the first time I took it.

2. My wife has been ___________________ for 7 months. We are expecting a girl.
3. Your request to see the president has been _________________. You are free to go into the
room.
4. It's a nice day for going to the ___________________ to swim.
5. The driver was taken to hospital with __________________ injuries.
6. It's useless trying to ________________ her that she doesn't need to lose any weight. She is
serious about starting a diet.
7. Students are not ____________________ to eat in class, eat your sandwich somewhere else
please.
8. There are wonderful __________________ in Turkey. You can find them in Fethiye, Antalya,
Muğla, Aydın etc.
9. You spent all your money in a day, are you ______________?
10. As the animation team of the hotel, we are here to _________________ you. So let’s get up
and have some fun.
11. It looks likely that the peace talks for Libya will ___________________ and the civil war will
go on.

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B) Match the Words! Pekiştir!

beach fail grant

entertain serious

pregnant convince

1) _________________: to persuade someone or make someone certain

2) _________________: a serious situation, problem, accident etc is extremely bad or
dangerous
3) _________________: to give someone something or allow them to have something that they
have asked for
4) _________________: an area of sand or small stones at the edge of the sea or a lake
5) _________________: to let someone do or have something, or let something happen
6) _________________: having a baby or babies developing inside the womb
7) _________________: to amuse or interest people in a way that gives them pleasure
8) _________________: to not succeed in achieving something or to not do what is expected,
needed, or wanted

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)

grant: ____________________________________________________________________________.

serious: __________________________________________________________________________.

allow: ____________________________________________________________________________.

pregnant: _________________________________________________________________________.

entertain: _________________________________________________________________________.

fail: ______________________________________________________________________________.

convince: _________________________________________________________________________.

beach: ____________________________________________________________________________.

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CEVAP ANAHTARI:

A: failed, pregnant, granted, beach, serious, convince, allowed, beaches, serious, entertain, fail

B: convince, serious, grant, beach, allow, pregnant, entertain, fail

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

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