Topic 27

Topic 27     Simple Past Tense  ( didn’t V)      (Negative  - )

To express the ordinary verb of the Simple Past Tense in negative, put ‘didn’t’ before the subject [S] and a root verb after it. 

     

       S      F3

       S      didn’t   V    

   

      [ I ] saw a snake yesterday.

      [ I ] didn’t see a snake yesterday.

      [ You ] laughed loudly yesterday afternoon.

      [ You ]  didn’t laugh loudly yesterday afternoon

      

     [ Peter ] told us a story.

     [ Peter] didn’t tell us a story.

     [ Tina ] bought an umbrella last Tuesday.

     [ Tina ] didn’t buy an umbrella last Tuesday.

     [ The dog] barked loudly last night.

     [ The dog] did not bark loudly last night.      (didn’t = did not)

     [ Yalee and I ] shared our lunch yesterday.

     [ Yalee and I] didn’t share our lunch yesterday.

     [ You and Hassan ] went fishing last Sunday.

     [ You and Hassan] didn’t go fishing last Sunday.

     [ Jack and his friends] jumped a lot yesterday.

     [ Jack and his friends] didn’t jump a lot yesterday.

When the ordinary verb is in F3,  you always use ‘didn’t V’ for negative statements.  The auxiliary verb ‘did’ is not affected by the subject in number (singular / plural) at all.

Exercise    121          

Change the following statements into negative.

1.  [Peter] painted well last Friday.

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2.  [I] drew a picture yesterday.

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3.  [James and his sister] played the piano well last Sunday.

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4.  [You and Hassan] arrived at my house late last Friday.

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5.  [My grandparents] talked happily yesterday.

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6.  [The little boy] took a nap yesterday afternoon.

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7.  [The boy] fell off from his tricycle.

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8.  [The girls] carried a flower each.

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9.  [Hassan] gave me an invitation card.

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10. [I] held my mother’s hand tightly.

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