English Course: From Zero · Week 10 of 12
What Happened?
Grammar: Past simple: regular (-ed) and irregular verbs · didn't · Did…?
This week's plan
| Day | Learn | Listen / Watch | Practise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Words: Regular verbs · Sentences 1–2 | engVid (Adam): “How to say -ed endings in English” (video) | Exercise 1 |
| Day 2 | Words: Irregular 1 · Sentences 3–4 | engVid (Alex): “5 Common Irregular Past Tense Verbs” (video) | Exercise 2 |
| Day 3 | Words: Irregular 2 · Sentences 5–6 | Easy Stories in English (Beginner): “The Pumpkin Jug” (podcast) | Exercise 3 |
| Day 4 | Words: Irregular 3 · Sentences 7–8 | engVid (James): “Speaking English – Say, Tell, Hear, Listen – How to use them correctly” (video) + Easy Stories in English (Beginner): “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” (podcast) | Exercise 4 |
| Day 5 | Words: Telling a story · Sentences 9–10 | Easy Stories in English (Beginner): “The Rabbit and the Tortoise” (podcast) | Write & Speak |
| Day 6 | Review all 30 words + 10 sentences | Easy Stories in English (Beginner): “Think Fast!” (podcast) | Redo mistakes |
| Day 7 | Free day ☺ | Easy Stories in English (Beginner): “The Freezer Door” (podcast) | Tick your tracker |
30 minutes a day: review, learn, listen, practise, speak. Day 7 is a free day.
30 words to learn
Set 1 · Regular verbs
- walkedمشى
- workedعمل
- watchedشاهد
- visitedزار
- calledاتصل
- stayedبقي / أقام
Set 2 · Irregular 1
- go → wentذهب
- have → hadتناول / كان لديه
- eat → ateأكل
- drink → drankشرب
- see → sawرأى
- do → didفعل
Set 3 · Irregular 2
- come → cameجاء
- get → gotحصل على / وصل
- buy → boughtاشترى
- make → madeصنع / عمل
- take → tookأخذ
- give → gaveأعطى
Set 4 · Irregular 3
- say → saidقال
- tell → toldأخبر
- meet → metقابل
- sleep → sleptنام
- leave → leftغادر
- find → foundوجد
Set 5 · Telling a story
- firstأولًا
- thenثم
- after thatبعد ذلك
- finallyأخيرًا
- beforeقبل
- laterلاحقًا
10 sentences to memorise
- 1I watched a film last night.شاهدت فيلمًا ليلة أمس.
- 2We went to Alexandria last summer.ذهبنا إلى الإسكندرية الصيف الماضي.
- 3I didn't sleep well.لم أنم جيدًا.
- 4What did you do at the weekend?ماذا فعلت في عطلة نهاية الأسبوع؟
- 5Did you call your mother? — Yes, I did.هل اتصلت بأمك؟ — نعم.
- 6She bought a new phone yesterday.اشترت هاتفًا جديدًا أمس.
- 7I met an old friend in the street.قابلت صديقًا قديمًا في الشارع.
- 8First I had breakfast, then I left home.أولًا تناولت الإفطار، ثم غادرت البيت.
- 9He told me about his new job.أخبرني عن وظيفته الجديدة.
- 10I lost my keys, but I found them later.أضعت مفاتيحي، لكني وجدتها لاحقًا.
Grammar: Past simple: regular (-ed) and irregular verbs · didn't · Did…?
بعد didn't و Did يرجع الفعل لأصله: I didn't go (وليس didn't went) · Did you see? (وليس Did you saw?).
| Positive | Negative | Question |
|---|---|---|
| I worked. She went. | I didn't work. She didn't go. | Did you work? Did she go? |
Regular: + ed (worked, stayed) · study → studied · stop → stopped. Irregular verbs: learn them by heart (see the word sets).
Say -ed as /t/ (walked), /d/ (stayed) or /ɪd/ after t or d (visited, wanted).
Exercises
Exercise 1 · Write the past form.
- 1) go
- 2) eat
- 3) buy
- 4) watch
- 5) see
- 6) study
- 7) take
- 8) meet
Show the answers
1) went · 2) ate · 3) bought · 4) watched · 5) saw · 6) studied · 7) took · 8) met
Exercise 2 · Complete with the past simple.
- 1) Yesterday I ___ (visit) my uncle.
- 2) We ___ (eat) fish for lunch.
- 3) She ___ (not go) to work on Monday.
- 4) ___ you ___ (see) the match?
- 5) He ___ (buy) a car last year.
- 6) They ___ (leave) at ten.
Show the answers
1) visited · 2) ate · 3) didn't go · 4) Did … see · 5) bought · 6) left
Exercise 3 · Correct the mistake.
- 1) I didn't went to work.
- 2) Did you saw him?
- 3) She buyed a dress.
- 4) We goed to the park.
Show the answers
1) I didn't go to work. · 2) Did you see him? · 3) She bought a dress. · 4) We went to the park.
Exercise 4 · Translate into English.
- 1) ذهبت إلى السوق واشتريت بعض الفاكهة.
- 2) لم أشاهد التلفاز أمس.
- 3) في أي ساعة عدت إلى البيت؟
- 4) قابلت زميلي في المحطة.
Show the answers
1) I went to the market and bought some fruit. · 2) I didn't watch TV yesterday. · 3) What time did you come back home? · 4) I met my colleague at the station.
Do each exercise in pencil first, then open the answers to check.
Write & Speak
Write & Speak — “My last weekend”: write 8 sentences using first, then, after that and finally. Record yourself reading it.
Example: Last Friday was a great day. First, I got up late and had a big breakfast. Then I went to the mosque. After that, I visited my parents and we had lunch together. In the afternoon I met my friends at a café. We drank tea and talked. Finally, I came back home at ten. I was tired, so I went to bed early.