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When do we use the Simple Past?A- When we speak about an action or a series of actions that began and ended in the past, we use the Simple Past.
כאשר הפעולה או הפעולות החלו והסתיימו בעבר.
A- When we speak about an action or a series of actions that began and ended in the past, we use the Simple Past.
When do we use the Simple Past?B- When we speak about a habit in the past, that we don’t have now, we use the Simple Past.
כאשר אנו מדברים על הרגל שהיה בעבר ועכשיו כבר לא עושים אותו.
When do we use the Simple Past?
משהו בעבר, שהיה ונגמר.משהו בעבר, שהיה ונגמר.
An action in the Past
A habit in the Past
Actions in the Past
A single duration in the Past
Examples:
Dan finished his work last week.(Now, he is not working.)
An hour ago, she washeded her face and combeded her hair. (Now, her face is clean and her hair looks nice.)
המעשה נגמר - היה ועבר.
yesterday
a… (moment, week, year) agolast… (night, week, year)
in/on/at a past date (in 1960 / on 25/10/1960 / at 8:00)
When? – Commonly used time expressions:
How do we form it?
We use the past form of the verb (V2).
נשתמש בצורת העבר של הפועל, כי לדבר על דברים שקרו בעבר.
How do we form it?
A-Regular VerbsWith regular verbs we make the simple past by adding –ed (or –d if the verb ends in –e).
.ededלפעלים הרגילים, נוסיף בדרך כלל
How do we form it?
More Spelling rulesA1
When the verb ends with e we add only –d
I like to watch movies.I liked yesterday’s movie.
.dd, נוסיף רק eeלפועל רגיל המסתיים ב-
A-2
When the verb ends in a consonant with one vowel before it, we double the
consonant and add –ed.stop stoppedrub rubbed
כשהפועל מסתיים בעיצור )אחת ולפניו "אות ניקוד"
נכפיל את העיצור לפני במילה(,.edהוספת
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A-3
VC + C +ed
… but we don’t double -w, -x, ymix mixed show showedplay played
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- ,w, -x-כאשר האות האחרונה היא y ,
לא מכפילים אותה.
A-3If the verb ends in one consonant before -y, change the –y to –i and then add –ed.
study studiiedplay played
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A-3VC +ed
When the verb has two or more syllables, we double the consonant only when the accent is on the final syllable.
prefer preferred happen happened
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A-4
If the verb ends in one consonant before -y, change the –y to –i and then add –ed.
study studiedcry cried
BUT…
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It is practice time
Yesterday we (celebrate*) my friend’s Bat Mitzvah. We (listen) to music and (dance) a lot.
She was very happy that she (start) to cry.
We (stop) dancing and (hug) her .
She (laugh) again and than we (play) together until 11 o’clock.
*celebrate - לחגוג *hug - לחבק