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A free, printable worksheet introducing negative past tense

 

 

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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.

 

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3. Carl flew in an airplane last month.

 

____________________________________________________

 

4. Betty finished her homework before dinner.

 

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