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Tenses: the clues you need in the BAC

Chno khassek tfhem

F l-exam, ma khassekch t7fed smiyat dyal tenses بوحدها. Qelleb 3la clue li kaybayan lik wa9t l-action.

L-patterns l-asasiya

  • Present Simple: V / V(s)
  • Past Simple: V2
  • Continuous: BE + V-ing
  • Present Perfect: have / has + V3
  • Past Perfect: had + V3
  • Future: will + V

Kifach t3ref l-tense

  • yesterday / last / ago → ghaliban past
  • now → continuous
  • since / for / already / yet → ghaliban perfect
  • before + past event → check past perfect
  • tomorrow → future

Examples

She ___ yesterday.went

They ___ now.are studying

I have ___ already.finished

BAC practice

  1. She ___ (go) yesterday.
  2. They ___ (study) now.
  3. I have ___ (finish) already.
  4. He ___ (leave) before I arrived.
  5. We ___ (travel) tomorrow.

Correction

  1. went
  2. are studying
  3. finished
  4. had left
  5. will travel

Ghalatat li khassk t7der

  • Ma tchofch clue dyal wa9t.
  • Tdir V2 mora have / has.
  • Tkhlet past perfect m3a past simple bla ma tchof tartib dyal l-events.

Before you leave this lesson

  1. Explain the main rule in your own words.
  2. Redo the examples without looking at the correction.
  3. Write one new example using the same pattern.
  4. Move to the previous or next lesson and connect the two rules.
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