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التعبير عن العادات الماضية والقدرة والالتزام: used to / had to / was able to
used to, had to and was able to: three ways English narrates a way of life now gone
6 دقيقة
ما يطلبه منك البرنامج
- used to + base verb (past habits/states, no longer true)
- had to / was able to (past obligation/ability substitutes for must/can)
- past simple of 'to be' inside these narrations
الطريقة
- Contrast a one-off past action (Simple Past) with a repeated past habit (used to) before drilling
الأخطاء الشائعة
- Using 'used to' for a single past action instead of a habit
- had to / was able to confused with mustn't/couldn't (wrong polarity)
من الدرس
Alexandria used to have one of the greatest libraries in the ancient world, a building that once held hundreds of thousands of scrolls.
المصطلحات
- used to (كان ... يعتاد)
- was able to (كان قادرا على)
- had to (كان مضطرا إلى)
ما لا يدخل في البرنامج
- Simple Past for single completed actions (previous concept)