| Past Tense (5) To make a negative past tense sentence, just add “did not” (or “didn’t”) before the verb. (You don’t need to use the past tense form of the verb.) *The past tense of the “Be Verbs” (am, is, are) is was and were. To make them negative, you just add “not.” (I wasn’t sick. They weren’t tired.)
| positive | negative | | I went You ate We saw They fell He gave She took It jumped | I didn’t go You didn’t eat We didn’t see They didn’t fall He didn’t give She didn’t take It didn’t jump | Write the following sentences as negative past tense sentences. Example: I went to school. I didn’t go to school. 1. Alan took a math test yesterday. _______________________________________________ 2. My friend’s dog bit me on the leg. _______________________________________________ 3. Carl flew in an airplane last month. _______________________________________________ 4. Betty finished her homework before dinner. ___________________________________________
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