A volunteer day · Describing what a team did

Describing what a team did in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

Application goal: Describing what a team did.

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 volunteer day. Identify the wording that achieves this goal, then adapt the details to a situation of your own.

Practical examples

Our group helped at a community garden on Sunday.

ساعدت مجموعتنا في حديقة مجتمعية يوم الأحد.

We carried tools from the storage room.

حملنا الأدوات من غرفة التخزين.

Some volunteers planted flowers near the entrance.

زرع بعض المتطوعين أزهارًا قرب المدخل.

Check your understanding

1. Choose the closest Arabic meaning of this expression: Our group helped at a community garden on Sunday.
2. Choose the English expression that matches this meaning: زرع بعض المتطوعين أزهارًا قرب المدخل.