Negative Sentences in the Past Simple - Part 3

Choose the correct negative form of the verb in Past Simple

I didn't slept a lot after the party
I didn't sleep a lot after the party

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    Rule: Past Simple ShowHide

    Positive

    Finished actions in the past. The form is the same for everybody.

    • Regular verbs + -ed: play → played, dance → danced, stop → stopped, study → studied
    • Irregular verbs have their own form: speak → spoke, catch → caught, build → built, go → went

    yesterday · last night · last year · two days ago · in 1996 · this morning

    Negative

    didn't + the verb without -ed

    You didn't call your mum last night.
    We didn't go to the party.

    Not didn't called, not didn't went.

    Questions

    Did + person + verb?

    Did they play football?
    – Yes, they did. / No, they didn't.

    With was / were there is no did: Was David happy yesterday?

    Irregular forms have to be learnt by heart: go – went, see – saw, buy – bought, eat – ate.

    Forty-nine sentences, two versions of each - pick the negative that is right. After didn't the verb goes back to its first form: didn't swim, not didn't swam. Five come up in a random order every time you start.

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