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Chapter 4

🚫Denials and Questions in the Past

Learn to deny and ask with did / didn't

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What you will learn

  • • Form negative sentences in the past with didn't + base verb
  • • Create questions in the past with Did + subject + base verb
  • • Give short answers: Yes, I did / No, I didn't

Negations & Questions in Past Simple

❌ Negative: didn't + base verb

AffirmativeNegative
I wentI didn't go
She ateShe didn't eat
They sawThey didn't see

⚠️ Always verb in base form after didn't! (NOT: didn't go)

❓ Questions: Did + subject + base verb?

StatementQuestion
You liked itDid you like it?
He wentDid he go?
They ateDid they eat?

✅ Short Answers

  • Yes, I did. / No, I didn't.
  • Yes, she did. / No, she didn't.

⚡ With "was/were"

AffirmativeNegativeQuestion
I was thereI wasn't thereWas I there?
They were happyThey weren't happyWere they happy?

💡 "Was/were" are special: they DO NOT use "did" for questions or denials.

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