In week 5 you learned about forming the simple past tense form of regular verbs. You also learned that irregular verbs have a different verb form for the simple past. In this week you will learn to make negative statements in the past tense.

Changing from an affirmative to a negative statement in the past tense is very simple, all you have to do is use the auxiliary did + not, or its contracted form, didn’t + the simple form of your verb:

They broke the rules We didn’t break the rules

This is true with all subjects, singular and plural, and all verbs, regular and irregular:

I had	I didn’t have	I didn’t have fun at the game
You came	You didn’t come	You didn’t come to the movies
She went	She didn’t go	She didn’t go dancing on Friday
We liked	We didn’t like	We didn’t like that restaurant
You went	You didn’t go	You didn’t go out for dinner
They stayed	They didn’t stay	They didn’t stay until the end

except the verb to be:

I was	I wasn’t	I wasn’t home on Saturday
You were	You weren’t
She/he/it was	He wasn’t	He wasn’t happy about the result
We were	We weren’t
You were	You weren’t
They were	They weren’t	They weren’t at the game on Sunday