Topic 27 Simple Past
Tense ( didn’t F1) (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 F1
[ 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 F1’ for negative
statements. The auxiliary verb ‘did’ is
not affected by the subject in number (singular / plural) at all.
(68)
Topic 27 [S] didn’t F1
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.
_____________________________________________________
4. [You and
Hassan] arrived at my house late last Friday.
_____________________________________________________
5. [My
grandparents] talked happily yesterday.
_____________________________________________________
6. [The little
boy] took a nap yesterday afternoon.
_____________________________________________________
7. [The boy] fell
off from his tricycle.
_____________________________________________________
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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Exercise
122
Change the following statements into negative.
1. [Peng Hua] rowed
the boat hard last Tuesday.
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2. [The
children] copied blindly last Thursday.
_______________________________________________________
3. [Peter and
I] cut some sugar canes.
_______________________________________________________
4. [Leena] stopped
here for a while last Wednesday.
_______________________________________________________
5. [Ali] hit
a dog yesterday.
_______________________________________________________
6. [A cat] scratched
Ahmad last Friday.
_______________________________________________________
7. [The pupils]
handed the exercise books to the teachers.
_______________________________________________________
8. [The
telephone] rang just now.
____________________________________________(69)
Topic
28 Simple Past Tense in
questions (?)
It is used to express the fact and habit in
the past with a time expression.
To express the Simple Past Tense in
questions, we use the root verb in
question using ‘did / didn’t’
S F3
Did S F1
……………..?
[ Jack ] sang well
yesterday.
Did [ Jack] sing
well yesterday?
[ Meena ] walked a lot
yesterday.
Did [ Meena ] walk
a lot yesterday?
[ The cat ] ate a lot
last Saturday.
Did [ the cat ] eat
a lot last Saturday?
[ The children ] screamed
loudly yesterday.
Did [ the children ] scream
loudly yesterday?
[ You ] ran a lot yesterday
afternoon.
Did [ I ] run a lot
yesterday afternoon?
Simple Present Simple Past
do
did
does
The Simple Past tense of the auxiliary
verbs ‘do / does’ is ‘did’. The
auxiliary verbs ‘do / does / did’ are
always followed by a root verb/ F1.
(70)
Topic 28
Did [S] F1
Exercise 123
Change the following statements into questions.
1. [Aminah’s
mother] sold the vegetables here yesterday.
________________________________________________________
2. [Peter and
I] wore the green T-shirts last Tuesday.
________________________________________________________
3. [The
children] flew kites here yesterday afternoon.
________________________________________________________
4. [I] saw
a porcupine just now.
________________________________________________________
5. [Meena] carried
a basket yesterday.
________________________________________________________
6. [You and
James] smiled happily yesterday.
________________________________________________________
7. [Hassan] woke
up late this morning.
________________________________________________________
8. [The pupils]
danced very well in the concert last Friday.
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9. [The shop] closed
at 10 o’clock yesterday
evening.
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Exercise
124
Change the following statements into questions.
1. [San San] drank
a lot of milk yesterday.
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2. [I] waited
for Tina at the bus station yesterday.
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3. [Aminah] bought
a watch last Wednesday.
________________________________________________________
4. [Meena] typed
for a long time yesterday afternoon.
________________________________________________________
5. [Tom and his
family] lived there last year.
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6. [The pupils]
exercised happily.
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7. [Everybody] liked
San San.
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8. [Mr Yee] taught
them history last year.
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9. [John] met
Mei Fong a few days ago.
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