Forming negative simple past sentences

In this lesson, we will cover how to form negative sentences in the simple past tense. Negative sentences indicate that something did not happen in the past. We will look at the sentence structure for both singular and plural subjects and how to form negative sentences using different types of verbs: verb to do, verb to have, and verb to be.

Basic Sentence Structure

The structure of a negative simple past sentence is:

Examples:

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