Past Simple: Negative and Interrogative
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This document provides instruction on forming sentences in the past simple tense in English, including positive, negative, and interrogative forms. It gives examples of changing regular and irregular verbs into the past simple tense and provides exercises for learners to practice forming past simple sentences from pictures and answering questions about events in the past. Learners are asked to fill in blanks with appropriate past tense verbs and write out their daily schedules from the previous day in the past simple tense.
Past Simple: Negative and Interrogative
- 1. By guerina3 Past Simple Interrogative & Negative
- 2. NEGATIVE FORM • In the negative form there is no difference between regular and irregular verbs. • We need an auxiliary verb: DID + not did not = didn’t • After didn’t we add the infinitive of the verb He studied → He didn’t study I went → He didn’t go
- 3. YOUR TURN NEXT 1 • Look at the pictures. • Write negative sentences. • Check your answers.
- 4. Tom/ understand Tom didn’t understand
- 5. She / catch She didn’t catch the butterfly
- 6. He / swim He didn’t swim
- 7. Sue / spend Sue didn’t spend money
- 8. They / agree They didn’t agree
- 9. INTERROGATIVE & SHORT ANSWERS • In the interrogative form we put DID in front of the subject. • After the subject we use the infinitive. • For short answer we use S+ DID or DIDN’T Did you buy the book? Yes, I did/ No, I didn’t. Did the children study? Yes, they did/ No, they didn’t.
- 10. YOUR TURN NEXT 2 • Ask questions according to the pictures with the verbs given. • Make short answers. • Check your answers.
- 11. She/ eat? Did she eat an ice cream? Yes, she did
- 12. They / sleep? Did they sleep? No, they didn’t
- 13. Mum / feed? Did mum feed the baby? Yes, she did
- 14. Jane/ buy? Did Jane buy? No, she didn’t
- 15. They/ win? Did they win? Yes, they did
- 16. YOUR TURN NEXT 3 • Answer the questions. • Give complete answers. • If the answer is negative, write the correct answer.
- 17. What did he cook? He cooked two lobsters
- 18. What did she find? She found a baby
- 19. What did they eat and drink? They ate watermelon and drank juice
- 20. Did mum relax? No, she didn’t. She did the housework
- 21. Did they teach maths? No, they didn’t. They taught geography
- 22. How did they travel? They travelled by bus
- 23. Did he live in Finland? No, he didn’t. He lived in France
- 24. What instrument did she play? She played the violin
- 25. Where did the fairy sit? She sat on a mushroom
- 26. What did Tom make? He made a snowman
- 27. YOUR TURN NEXT 4 What did you do yesterday? Write complete answers: • At 7:45? ______________________________________ • At 8:15? _______________________________________ • At 12:30? ______________________________________ • At 14:30? ______________________________________ • At 16:00? ______________________________________ • At 18:15? _______________________________________ • At 21:00? ______________________________________ • At 23:30? ______________________________________
- 28. YOUR TURN NEXT 5 Fill in the blanks with a suitable verb in the past simple: 1. Mum …………… her car to the office. 2. Carol …………… an e-mail to Mary. 3. I ………… to school; I……… (not) the school bus. 4. Pam ……………… her teeth three times. 5. ……… Jim ……… the homework? Yes, he ……… 6. I …………… the maths exam! I’m disappointed. 7. Tom ……… a letter to Sandy and then ……… it. 8. Sally ………………… her dictionary, so Mrs Jones …………… angry.