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l’7ader 3adi — 3ada li kaytkerrer kol nhar

3lach had dars?

3la 7abit l’3ada w l’7a9i9a. Kaykhrej f tenses exercise.

  1. 9A3IDA — 7FED GHI HADI
  • Formula: subject (li kaydir l’fi3l) + V (base). M3a he/she/it zid -s !
  • He/she/it + V+s: he works. She plays. It rains.
  • Negative (nafi: not): I/you/we/they + don’t + V || he/she/it + doesn’t + V (bla s)
  • Soal: do you work? / does he work? (bla s mn be3d does)
  • Kelmat li kay3eytou 3lih: always, usually, often, sometimes, never, every day, on mondays
  • Trick: does/doesn’t kharja l-s, 3lahaqach l-s rah dakhla f does.
  1. MITAL — CHOUF KIFACH KAYTKTEB He goes to school every day. → howa kaymchi l’medrasa kol nhar. They don’t like coffee. → homa ma kay3ejbhomch l9ehwa. Does she speak English? → wach hiya katehder inglizia? Water boils at 100 degrees. → l’ma kayghli f 100.

⚠ 3ANDAK! ‘he doesn’t works’ ghalet. Sa7i7: he doesn’t work.

  1. TAMARINE — 7ELL B 9LEM
1. She ____ (work) in a bank.11. My mother ____ (cook) very well.
2. They ____ (play) football every Sunday.12. Cats ____ (eat) meat.
3. My brother ____ (study) English.13. She ____ (do) her homework every evening.
4. I ____ (not / like) fish.14. It ____ (rain) a lot in winter.
5. He ____ (not / watch) tv.15. Students ____ (not / come) on fridays.
6. ____ you ____ (speak) French?16. Ahmed ____ (finish) work at 6.
7. ____ she ____ (live) in Rabat?17. ____ they ____ (know) the answer?
8. The sun ____ (rise) in the east.18. My father ____ (drive) a taxi.
9. We usually ____ (have) lunch at 1 p.m.19. I ____ (wake) up at 7 every day.
10. He often ____ (go) to the mosque.20. She never ____ (tell) lies.

Before you leave this lesson

  1. Explain the main rule in your own words.
  2. Redo the examples without looking at the correction.
  3. Write one new example using the same pattern.
  4. Move to the previous or next lesson and connect the two rules.
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