PAST SIMPLE - NEGATIVE FORM 1

PAST SIMPLE NEGATIVE FORM 1

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

Task

Negate the first sentence in each task. Write the negations of the verbs in bold into the correct gaps.

You can use long or short/contracted forms of the auxiliaries.


EXAMPLE:
Tom wrote a letter. → Tom _______ a letter.

ANSWER:
Tom wrote a letter. → Tom did not write a letter. or
Tom wrote a letter. → Tom didn't write a letter.

He played handball. → He handball.
Susan waited in the kitchen. → Susan in the kitchen.
I made the beds. → I the beds.
They cleaned the classroom. → They the classroom.
She asked a lot of questions. → She a lot of questions.
The friends got new computers. → The friends new computers.
I was in Sofia last weekend. → I in Sofia last weekend.
You built a house. → You a house.
Christian bought a new guitar. → Christian a new guitar.
We went shopping. → We shopping.

HERE YOU HAVE THE CORRECT ANSWER
He played handball. → He did not play handball.
Susan waited in the kitchen. → Susan did not wait in the kitchen.
I made the beds. → I did not make the beds.
They cleaned the classroom. → They did not clean the classroom.
She asked a lot of questions. → She did not ask a lot of questions.
The friends got new computers. → The friends did not get new computers.
I was in Sofia last weekend. → I was not in Sofia last weekend.
You built a house. → You did not build a house.
Christian bought a new guitar. → Christian did not buy a new guitar.
We went shopping. → We did not go shopping.