Simple Past
FORM Simple Past
يتكون زمن الماضي البسيط من الفعل مضاف له ed
( verb+ed)
:EXAMPLES
I visited my friends
I often visited my friends
استخداماته
USE 1 Completed Action in the Past
يستخدم زمن الماضي البسيط للتعبير عن حدث بدأ و انتهي في وقت محدد بالماضي.
Use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past. Sometimes the speaker may not actually mention the specific time, but they do have one specific time in mind
:EXAMPLES
I saw a movie yesterday
I didn't see a movie yesterday
Last year, I traveled to Japan
Last year, I didn't travel to Japan
She washed her car
She didn't wash her car
USE 2 A Series of Completed Actions
نستخدم زمن الماضي البسيط لسرد مجموعه من الاحداث انتهت في الماضي
We use the Simple Past to list a series of completed actions
.....in the past. These actions happen 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
EXAMPLES
I finished work, walked to the beach, and found a nice place to swim
He arrived from the airport at 8:00, checked into the hotel at 9:00, and met the others at 10:00
USE 3 Single Duration
يمكن ان يستخدم الماضي البسيط لمده زمنيه بدأت و انتهت في الماضي. المده الزمنيه الطويله غالبا ما تكون مصحوبه ببعض التعبيرات مثل for two years او
for five minutes او all day
او all year
The Simple Past can be used with a duration which starts and stops in the past. A duration is a long action often used with expressions like "for two years," "for five minutes," "all day" or "all year."
:EXAMPLES
I lived in Brazil for two years
Shauna studied Japanese for five years
They sat at the beach all day
We talked on the phone for thirty minutes
؟How long did you wait for them
We waited for one hour
USE 4 Habit in the Past
للتعبير عن عاده في الماضي
يمكن ان يستخدم الماضي البسيط ايضا للتعبير عن عاده توقفت في الماضي.
The Simple Past can also be used to describe a habit which stopped in the past.
EXAMPLES
I studied French when I was a child
He played the violin
She worked at the movie theater after school
They never went to school, they always skipped
ACTIVE / PASSIVE Simple Past
:EXAMPLES
Tom repaired the car. ACTIVE
The car was repaired by Tom. PASSIVE
