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Past Simple

l’madi — lbare7, chi 7aja kmlat

3lach had dars?

Kaykhrej bezzaf: story, reported speech, passive. Darori.

  1. 9A3IDA — 7FED GHI HADI
  • Regular: V + ed (work -> worked, play -> played, study -> studied, stop -> stopped)
  • Irregular (chad, bla 9a3ida): 7fed l’liste (go->went, see->saw, buy->bought…) Chouf sef7at l’akhira.
  • Negative (nafi: not): didn’t + V base (bla ed!) -> he didn’t go.
  • Soal: did + subject (li kaydir l’fi3l) + V base? -> did you see him?
  • Kelmat: yesterday, last week/year, ago, in 1999, then, when I was young
  • Trick: did / didn’t = l’verb (l’fi3l) kayrje3 3ari (base). Wa7d l’past ghi f wa7d blasa.
  1. MITAL — CHOUF KIFACH KAYTKTEB I visited Fes last summer. → zert fas l’sif li fat. He didn’t come to school. → ma ja l’medrasa. Did you finish your homework? → wach kmmelti l’devoir? She bought a new phone. → chrat telefon jdid.

⚠ 3ANDAK! ‘he didn’t went’ ghalet. Sa7i7: he didn’t go.

  1. TAMARINE — 7ELL B 9LEM
1. I ____ (visit) my uncle last week.11. ____ he ____ (pass) the exam?
2. She ____ (go) to Marrakech yesterday.12. They ____ (leave) early.
3. They ____ (not / come) to the party.13. It ____ (rain) a lot last night.
4. ____ you ____ (see) the film?14. We ____ (eat) couscous on Friday.
5. He ____ (buy) a car two years ago.15. He ____ (tell) me the truth.
6. We ____ (study) all night.16. I ____ (stop) smoking last year.
7. My father ____ (work) in france in 1995.17. The students ____ (not / do) their homework.
8. The teacher ____ (give) us a test.18. She ____ (become) a doctor in 2010.
9. I ____ (not / understand) the lesson.19. ____ they ____ (win) the match?
10. She ____ (write) a long letter.20. He ____ (take) the bus to school.

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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