Past Simple: negative sentences + questions

Use the Simple Past to express an action that started and finished at a specific time in the past.

 

Signal words

yesterday, last week, a month ago, in 2002, … see previous post on it

I told you we have regular and irregular verbs in the past but negative sentences and questions are similar in both groups. Have a look at the explanation:

Negative sentences:

Use the auxiliary did (Simple Past of do). Remember all subjects take the same form of the verb.

regular verbs	irregular verbs
I did not play football.	I did not go to the supermarket.

NOTE: Short forms in negative sentences in the Simple Past are used quite often.

regular verbs	irregular verbs
I didn’t play football.	I didn’t go to the supermarket.

Questions: (Wh?) + did + subject + verb ? [ Remember formula (Qu) A+ S+I]Use the auxiliary did (Simple Past of do). Remember all subjects take the same form of the verb. .

regular verbs	irregular verbs
Did you play football?	Did I go to the supermarket?

 Now, find below some exercises to practise:

negative sentences:		1	2	3	4
questions:		0   1	2	3	4        5

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