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Read the following texts. Pay special attention to the form of the verbs.
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Every morning, at 7:00 the alarm clock sounds. I open my eyes, brush my teeth and comb my hair. My mother boils the water and prepares coffee. I prepare myself a cup of cocoa.At 7:40 I open the door and walk to school. I always come to school on time.
When we speak about daily routines and habits we use the Present Simple.
, المضارع نستعمل روتينية فعاليات عن نتحدث عندماالبسيط
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Yesterday morning I opened my eyes at 7:30. I brushed my teeth and combed my hair. My mother boiled the water and prepared coffee. I prepared myself a cup of cocoa.At 7:55 I opened the door and rushed to school.
I ran as quickly as I could and I came to school on time.
When we speak about an action that happened in the past and was finished, we use the Past Simple .
, نستعمل فإننا بالماضي وانتهت بدأت فعاليات عن نتحدث عندماالبسيط الماضي
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صيغة في Past Simpleنستعمل حدثت قد أشياء عن لنتكلمالماضي.
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Time expressions that usually indicate the simple past:
yesterday
a… (moment/ week/month/ year) agolast… (night/Sunday/week/month/year)
in/on a past date (in 1960 / on 25/10/1960)
When? – Commonly used time expressions
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How do we form it?
A- Usually, we make the past simple by adding –ed to the base form of the verb.
opened, brushed, combed, boiled, walked
I brushed my teeth in the morning.
Subject
فاعل
V2The rest of the
sentence
نضيف عام للفعل edبشكل
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How do we form it?
B-When the regular verb ends with “-e” we make the simple past by adding –d to the base form.
prepare - prepared
ب الفعل ينتهي فقط eعندما dنضيف
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Irregular verbs are verbs that don’t get –ed at the end in the past form.Here are some examples:
PresentPresentPastPast
gowent
saysaid
eatate
givegave
thinkthought
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What happened to the verbs in the past?
The word changed.
Irregular Verbs
How do we learn them?
Practice again and again.
• Are there rules for the irregular verbs? No. The only way is to learn them by heart.
It is practice time
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Exercises on Past Simple
Was or Were? Positive Sentences in Simple Past Answer Questions in Simple Past Mixed Exercise in Simple Past Goldilocks and the three bears:
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
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نستعمل فإننا جمل نفي اردنا did notاذااألساسية ( didn’t اختصار) بصيغته الفعل يأتي وبعدها
I finished my homework.She did not finish her homework.
He wrote a letter to her friend.She did not write him back.
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Negative Sentences in Simple Past
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DidDid you learn the simple past?
Yes, we learned the simple past.
DidDid you eat lunch? Yes, I ate lunch. / No, we didn’t eat lunch.
,) المساعد ) – الفعل نستعمل ال نعم سؤال نسأل didلكي
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Questions in Simple Past
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Lets revise the questions words:
What? ماذا؟Where? ?أينWhen? ?متىWhy? لماذا?How? كيف?
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What did you see?
I saw a film on TV.
سؤال نسأل وبعدها whعندما السؤال كلمة نستعملالمساعد .did الفعل األساسية بصيغته الفعل ويأتي
. الماضي بصيغة الفعل نستعمل االجابة عند
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Who baked the cake?
My mom baked it.
, الماضي بصيغة الفعل يأتي الفاعل عن نسأل عندماال المساعد whoبعد الفعل الستعمال نحتاج didوال
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Questions with Interrogatives in Simple Past
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Did the presentation help you?Yes it did. It helped me.ORNo, it didn’t. It didn’t help me.
What did you think about the exercises?They were useful. / They weren’t useful.
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