LessonsThree Past-Tense Patterns: فَعَلَ، فَعِلَ، فَعُلَQuiz

Read the basic verb first, then identify the ending:

سَمِعْنَا — we heard; basic form سَمِعَ
شَرِبَتْ — she drank; basic form شَرِبَ
مَرِضْتُ — I became ill; basic form مَرِضَ

Adding a pronoun ending does not turn these verbs into فَعَلَ or فَعُلَ.

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Three Past-Tense Patterns: فَعَلَ، فَعِلَ، فَعُلَ

Read the basic verb first, then identify the ending:

سَمِعْنَا — we heard; basic form سَمِعَ
شَرِبَتْ — she drank; basic form شَرِبَ
مَرِضْتُ — I became ill; basic form مَرِضَ

Adding a pronoun ending does not turn these verbs into فَعَلَ or فَعُلَ.