A first visit to the city · Describing completed events

Describing completed events in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

Application goal: Describing completed events.

Use the past simple for a finished event at a past time. Many verbs add ed; irregular forms such as go → went need to be learned.

Context: A first visit to the city. Identify the wording that achieves this goal, then adapt the details to a situation of your own.

Practical examples

Last Saturday, we visited a city near the coast.

زرنا يوم السبت الماضي مدينة قرب الساحل.

We arrived before lunch and walked to the harbour.

وصلنا قبل الغداء ومشينا إلى الميناء.

A local guide showed us the old streets.

أرانا مرشد محلي الشوارع القديمة.

Check your understanding

1. Choose the closest Arabic meaning of this expression: Last Saturday, we visited a city near the coast.
2. Choose the English expression that matches this meaning: أرانا مرشد محلي الشوارع القديمة.