Court Decision on President Ramaphosa
Introduction
A big court will decide if the National Assembly followed the law. The Assembly said no to a report about President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Main Body
A group of experts looked at money at the President's farm. They said the President might have broken the law. But the National Assembly voted and said they did not want to investigate him. Two political groups are angry. They say the Assembly is protecting the President. The Assembly says the court cannot tell them how to vote. Also, a police report says some officers did a bad job. These officers helped the President. They did not follow the rules and did not write reports about the crime.
Conclusion
The court will soon decide if the Assembly can ignore these reports.
Learning
💡 The 'Action' Pattern
In this story, we see how to describe people doing things (or not doing things) in the past. This is the heart of A2 English.
1. The 'Did' Pattern (Positive) When something happened, we often use simple words:
- Looked (experts looked at money)
- Voted (the Assembly voted)
- Helped (officers helped)
2. The 'Did Not' Pattern (Negative) To say something was NOT done, we use did not + base word. Notice the word doesn't change back to the start!
- Did not want → (Not 'did not wanted')
- Did not follow → (Not 'did not followed')
- Did not write → (Not 'did not wrote')
3. Quick Word Swap
- Break the law → Do something illegal
- Ignore → To not listen or not look at something
Summary Table
| Action | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Vote | Voted | Did not vote |
| Follow | Followed | Did not follow |
| Write | Wrote | Did not write |