Talking about the Past

The simple past tense describes a past action or event. The most common way to form the simple past tense is to add ed to the end of a verb, or d if the verb ends in e. For example the simple past tense of walk is walked. There are many irregular verbs in English and they are covered in later lessons.

Verb Past Tense
ask asked تطلب
decide decided يقرر
help helped ساعد
like liked استمتع
live lived عاش
move moved للتحرك، لتغيير موقع
open opened فتح
show showed عرض
talk talked تحدث
want wanted ارادة

Examples

Listen She talked about her vacation. تحدثت عن إجازتها
Listen He closed the door. انه اغلق الباب
Listen We hoped for the best. كنا نأمل في الأفضل
Listen The clouds drifted away. جنحت الغيوم بعيدا

الإعلانات

محادثة

Lake

English

Eric phones Tom to tell him about his vacation at a nearby lake.

Eric: Hi Tom. How's it going?

Tom: Good. How was your vacation?

Eric: Great! We went hiking in the forest, and kayaking around the lake. We were very lucky with the weather, it was sunny and warm every day.

Tom: How many people were there?

Eric: There were five of us.

Tom: Where did you stay?

Eric: We rented a cabin at the south end of the lake. It was right on the lake, with a small beach in front. It came with a kayak and wood for the fire pit on the beach. I had such a great time that I want to go again next summer. Maybe you can come with us next time.

Tom: That sounds great!

المفردات والعبارات

Listen How many people were there? عدد الاشخاص الذين كانوا هناك؟
Listen at a nearby lake عند بحيرة قريبة
Listen We went hiking in the forest, and kayaking around the lake. ذهبنا المشي في الغابة، والتجديف حول البحيرة
Listen beach شاطئ
Listen cabin كوخ
Listen to phone هاتف
Listen to tell حكى
Listen fire pit حفرة النار
Listen kayak قوارب الكاياك
Listen lucky سعيد الحظ
Listen to rent أجر
Listen to come with تعال مع
Listen south جنوب
Listen to stay بقي
Listen vacation عطلة
Listen wood حطب

الإعلانات

Simple Past Quiz

Write the simple past tense for each verb.

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