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Recognise the pattern.
Cümleyi kur.
Use this page whenever you need to remember a tense, choose a verb, add useful information, or practise thinking directly in English.
The complete MindSet technique
Do not memorise a sentence.
Learn how to build one.
Use the same five steps every time you practise. Turkish is there to confirm meaning, not to become a sentence-by-sentence translation habit.
Meaning
Decide what you actually want to communicate.
Ne demek istiyorum?Pattern
Choose the tense frame that matches the time and meaning.
Hangi zaman kalıbı?Verb
Choose the correct verb form: V1, V2, V3, or V-ing.
Fiilin hangi hali?Details
Add what, where, when, with who, how, or why.
Ne? Nerede? Ne zaman? Kiminle? Neden?Speak
Say the sentence before you overthink or translate it again.
Çevirmeden söyle.Learn the verb as an action
Hear play.
See the action.
When you hear the English verb play, try not to first think “oynamak” and then translate back into English. Connect the English sound directly to a picture, movement, memory, or situation.
PLAY → “oynamak” → picture
PLAY → picture / action
Türkçe destek: “play = oynamak” anlamı kontrol etmek için kullanılabilir. Ama konuşurken hedef, İngilizce kelimeyi doğrudan hareket ve anlamla bağlamaktır.
See it. Imagine yourself playing basketball. Hear “play” while the action is already in your mind.
Before the 12 tenses
Four families make
the system easier.
Instead of seeing twelve unrelated grammar topics, notice four repeating families. The time changes: present, past, or future. The family tells you the structure.
Facts, routines, completed actions
Present: I play.
Past: I played.
Future: I will play.
Türkçe düşünce: yaparım / yaptım / yapacağımAn action in progress
Present: I am playing.
Past: I was playing.
Future: I will be playing.
Türkçe düşünce: yapıyorum / yapıyordum / yapıyor olacağımLooking back from a point in time
Present: I have played.
Past: I had played.
Future: I will have played.
Türkçe anlam desteği bağlama göre değişir; kelime kelime eşleştirme yapma.Duration leading up to a point
Present: I have been playing.
Past: I had been playing.
Future: I will have been playing.
Türkçe ipucu: “... süredir” fikrine dikkat et.The 12 tense pattern map
See the frame first.
Then change the verb.
The Turkish line gives you the natural meaning. It is not a word-for-word formula. Learn the English pattern as one reusable frame.
Routine, fact, state, repeated action.
I play basketball every Friday.
Her cuma basketbol oynarım.
every day · usually · often · sometimesAction happening now or around now.
I am playing basketball now.
Şu anda basketbol oynuyorum.
now · right now · at the momentPast action connected to now; experience or unfinished time.
I have played basketball twice this week.
Bu hafta iki kez basketbol oynadım.
already · yet · ever · never · this weekAn activity continuing or recently continuing, with duration.
I have been playing basketball for two hours.
İki saattir basketbol oynuyorum.
for · since · all morningFinished action at a finished past time.
I played basketball yesterday.
Dün basketbol oynadım.
yesterday · last week · in 2025 · agoAction in progress at a past moment.
I was playing basketball when you called.
Sen aradığında basketbol oynuyordum.
when · while · at 7 yesterdayAn action completed before another past point.
I had played basketball before class started.
Ders başlamadan önce basketbol oynamıştım.
before · after · by the timeDuration continuing up to another past point.
I had been playing basketball for an hour before class.
Dersten önce bir saattir basketbol oynuyordum.
for · since · beforeDecision, prediction, promise, or future statement.
I will play basketball tomorrow.
Yarın basketbol oynayacağım.
tomorrow · next week · laterAction that will be in progress at a future time.
I will be playing basketball this time tomorrow.
Yarın bu saatte basketbol oynuyor olacağım.
this time tomorrow · at 8 tomorrowAction completed before a future deadline.
I will have played basketball by 8 o’clock.
Saat 8’e kadar basketbol oynamış olacağım.
by · by the time · beforeDuration continuing up to a future point.
By 8, I will have been playing for two hours.
Saat 8’de iki saattir basketbol oynuyor olacağım.
for · by · by the timePositive → negative → question
Do not learn three new systems.
Move the helper.
For most tenses, the helping verb already tells you how to make negatives and questions. Present Simple and Past Simple are the two important exceptions.
+ I play basketball.
− I do not play basketball.
? Do I play basketball?
He/she/it uses does: Does she play?+ I played basketball.
− I did not play basketball.
? Did I play basketball?
After did, return the verb to V1.+ I am playing.
− I am not playing.
? Am I playing?
The same idea works with is/are, was/were, have/has/had and will.Choose the correct verb form
One verb.
Four useful shapes.
Do not memorise a tense with one fixed sentence. Learn what form the tense needs, then choose any verb from your reference list.
play
oynamakPresent Simple / after will, do, did, modals
played
oynadı / oynadımPast Simple positive
played
oynamış / oynanmış bağlama görePerfect tenses after have / has / had
playing
oynuyor / oynarken bağlama göreContinuous tenses after be
Use the full bilingual Action & State Verb reference whenever you need V1, V2, V3, or Turkish meaning.
Vocabulary bank
Words are building blocks.
Use them as information.
Learn words in small useful groups. Then pull one item from each group to add detail to your sentence.
Useful verbs · Fiiller
- go gitmek
- come gelmek
- eat yemek
- drink içmek
- study çalışmak / ders çalışmak
- work çalışmak
- play oynamak
- watch izlemek
- read okumak
- write yazmak
- speak konuşmak
- listen dinlemek
- learn öğrenmek
- practise pratik yapmak
- meet buluşmak / tanışmak
Places · Yerler
- at home evde
- to school okula
- at work işte
- at the gym spor salonunda
- at a café kafede
- at the library kütüphanede
- in the park parkta
- at university üniversitede
- online çevrim içi
- in Istanbul İstanbul’da
Time · Zaman
- today bugün
- tomorrow yarın
- yesterday dün
- now şimdi
- every day her gün
- usually genellikle
- sometimes bazen
- after class dersten sonra
- before work işten önce
- at night gece
- on weekends hafta sonları
People & links · Kişiler ve bağlar
- with my friend arkadaşımla
- with my teacher öğretmenimle
- with my family ailemle
- for my exam sınavım için
- because çünkü
- ve ve
- but ama
- then sonra
- before önce
- after sonra
Question prompts · Soru ipuçları
- what? ne?
- where? nerede / nereye?
- when? ne zaman?
- who? kim?
- with who? kiminle?
- why? neden?
- how? nasıl?
- how often? ne sıklıkla?
Useful states · Durumlar
- happy mutlu
- tired yorgun
- busy meşgul
- ready hazır
- free müsait / boş
- hungry aç
- interested ilgili / meraklı
- important önemli
- easy kolay
- difficult zor
Turn information into a sentence
Start small.
Keep adding useful details.
You do not need a long sentence immediately. First make the tense correctly. Then answer one more question at a time.
1I will study.Çalışacağım.
2I will study İngilizce.İngilizce çalışacağım.
3I will study English at home.Evde İngilizce çalışacağım.
4I will study English at home tonight.Bu gece evde İngilizce çalışacağım.
5I will study English at home tonight with my friend.Bu gece arkadaşımla evde İngilizce çalışacağım.
6I will study English at home tonight with my friend because we have an exam.Sınavımız olduğu için bu gece arkadaşımla evde İngilizce çalışacağım.
Use it anytime
Your personal
pattern practice generator.
Choose a tense and a verb. The page gives you the frame and detail questions. Say your own sentence first, then reveal a model.
Now answer these in English:
Say your own sentence aloud before you look at the example.
I play basketball every day.
play = oynamakA three-minute routine
Small practice.
Every day.
Use this page as a reference, but make your own sentences the main activity.
Pick one tense
Read its pattern once. Do not study all twelve every day.
Pick three verbs
Visualise each action and say the V1/V2/V3 form you need.
Build three sentences
Add where, when, with who, or why. Make them true about your life.
Change the form
Turn one sentence into a negative and a question.
Speak without Turkish
Look away from the translation and say the idea directly in English.
Keep this page as your practice home
Choose a pattern.
Build your own English.
Return whenever you forget a tense. Use Turkish to check meaning, then practise the English pattern until you can access it without translation.