Lesson13: on Expressions of Opinion and Simple past

Lesson13: on Expressions of Opinion and Simple past

Vocabulary:
I think (أعتقد)
In my opinion (برأيي)
I believe (أعتقد)
I'm sure (أنا متأكد)
I'm positive (أنا متأكد تماما)
I do not think so (انا لا اظن ذلك)
I'm not sure (لست متأكدا)
I suppose (أعتبر)
I guess (أظن)
Maybe (ربما)

Conversation:
Aisha: Hi, what do you think about the new restaurant in town?
Mohammed: I think it's really good. In my opinion, the food is delicious and the service is excellent.
Aisha: I'm afraid I disagree. I went there last night and the food wasn't very good.
Mohammed: Really? I'm not sure about that. I've heard good things from other people.
Aisha: Well, maybe it just wasn't my cup of tea. I guess we'll have to go back and try it again.
Mohammed: I suppose you're right. But I'm positive that you'll like it next time.

Grammar:
Past Simple Tense:

-------Form: Subject + verb (past simple) + object
---Negative form :
(verb " to be ") = was/ were +not
did not + verb (infinitive)
ex: You did not eat.
---Interrogative form:
did+ subject+ verb (infinitive)
ex: Did you eat?
--Signal words : last…., yesterday, …..ago, in 2011.....
-----The past simple is used to talk about completed actions in the past.
يستخدم الماضي البسيط للتحدث عن الاحدات المكتملة في الماضي.
-Regular verbs are formed by adding -ed to the base form of the verb.
ed تتكون الأفعال المنتظمة عن طريق الإضافة إلى الصيغة الأساسية للفعل.
Form: Subject + verb +ed(past simple) + object
Example:
I walked to the park yesterday.
He studied for the exam last night.
They visited the museum last week.

-Irregular verbs have a different form in the past simple.
الأفعال الشاذة لها شكل مختلف في الماضي البسيط.
Example:
Be: Was/Were - Been - كان/كانت
Have: Had - Had - لديك
Do: Did - Done - فعل
Say: Said - Said - قال
Go: Went - Gone - ذهب
Take: Took - Taken - اخذ
Make: Made - Made - صنع
Know: Knew - Known - عرف
See: Saw - Seen - رأى
Come: Came - Come - جاء
Give: Gave - Given - أعطى
Find: Found - Found - وجد
Get: Got - Got - حصل على
Tell: Told - Told - أخبر
Think: Thought - Thought - ظن
Note: These are just a few examples, there are many more irregular verbs in English.

Exercise:

Fill in the blanks with the correct past simple form of the verb in parentheses.

1- Mike’s parents ________ (arrive) yesterday at 6 O’clock.

2- My little brother ________ (see) a nightmare last night.

3- Alfred and Dave ________ (to be) in the swimming two hours ago.

4- We (not, to like) ________ the party last weekend; it was too noisy.

5- (Nancy, go)________ shopping last night

6- I ________ (go) to the park yesterday.

7- She ________ (eat) a sandwich for lunch.

8- They ________ (play) soccer in the afternoon.

9-We ________ (visit) the museum on Saturday.

10- He ________ (watch) a movie last night.