To describe the negative meaning (in past simple tense) of a sentence it is necessary to use the auxiliary verb „did not“ or its short form „didn’t“ in combination with the base form of the verb (infinitive).
The complete sentence would be as follows:
Subject + did not + base form of verb + object.
Example:
- I did not do that.
- They didn’t play basketball today.
- She did not feel good yesterday.
Negative sentences are really easy to construct. Pay attention – we never use negative (did not) with the past tense form (2nd form) of irregular verbs or in combination with verbs with the suffix –ed!
Example:
- I didn’t played (play) football yesterday.
- She did not went (go) to the theatre last month.
Examples of Past Simple sentences
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