3. Celebrations and holidays
Talk about past celebrations, and invite, accept or refuse politely.
AaRésumé du cours
Vocabulary
Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, wedding, birthday, Independence Day, Throne Day, Amazigh New Year (Yennayer), to celebrate, to decorate, guests, gifts, traditional clothes (djellaba, kaftan), feast.
Grammar: the past simple and “used to”
- Regular verbs add -ed: celebrate → celebrated, visit → visited.
- Irregular verbs must be learnt: go → went, eat → ate, buy → bought, give → gave, wear → wore.
- Negative and questions use did + base form: We didn’t travel. Did you go to the wedding?
- Used to + base form: past habits that are no longer true. We used to spend Eid at my grandparents’ house.
Function: inviting, accepting and declining
Invite: Would you like to come to my birthday party? Accept: I’d love to! Decline: I’m sorry, I can’t. I have to study.
Writing tip: an invitation card or email
Occasion, date, time, place, dress code, “Please reply by…”.
✎Exemples corrigés
Exemple 1
Put the verbs in the past simple: Last Eid, we (buy) new clothes and (visit) our relatives.
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Exemple 2
Make the sentence negative: She wore a kaftan at the wedding.
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?Teste-toi
Clique sur la bonne réponse.
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The past of “give” is…
Réponse
b) gave — Irregular verb. -
When I was a child, I ___ fireworks.
Réponse
a) used to love — used to + base form. -
A polite way to refuse an invitation is…
Réponse
b) I’m sorry, I can’t. — Apologise and give a reason.
Résumé rédigé par Nqraw selon le programme officiel marocain.