III. THE SIMPLE TENSE

4. The Simple Past Tense

4.3 How to Write Simple Past Tense

4.3.3 Negative Form of Past Tense Verbs

The negative form of past tense verbs is quite simple. It is 'did not' + the base form of the verb. Or in abbreviated form 'didn't' + the base form of the verb. Remember that the base form of the verb is the most basic simple present tense of the verb, with no endings such as the 3rd-person singular 's'. This is true for both regular verbs (where you normally just add 'es') and for irregular verbs.

Exercise: Write the negative form of these past tense verbs.

Write the negative form (full and contracted). Nhập câu trả lời vào ô trống.

1. run → negative:   contracted:

2. sell → negative:   contracted:

3. jump → negative:   contracted:

4. eat → negative:   contracted:

5. draw → negative:   contracted:

6. call → negative:   contracted:

7. step → negative:   contracted:

8. speak → negative:   contracted:

9. take → negative:   contracted:

10. feel → negative:   contracted:

11. put → negative:   contracted:

12. lose → negative:   contracted:

Exercise: Write the correct form of the past tense verbs.

Alfredo's Story Nhập câu trả lời vào ô trống.

13. Alfredo (1) _____ (enjoy) sports of all kinds. He (2) _____ (hope) that one day he would become a famous athlete.
(1)   (2)

14. One day, he read a book about someone who (3) _____ (rob) a bank. They (4) _____ (walk) into a bank, pointed a gun at the teller, and (5) _____ (demand) money.
(3)   (4)   (5)

15. Alfredo thought that it was a great idea, but he (6) _____ (need) to prepare carefully. First, he (7) _____ (list) the things he would need.
(6)   (7)

16. Then, he (8) _____ (need) to write down what he would say in the note. Alfredo (9) _____ (plan) the bank robbery carefully. He (10) _____ (commit) to doing it.
(8)   (9)   (10)

17. But as the day came closer, he (11) _____ (start) to get scared. He heard about someone who (12) _____ (rob) a bank, but everything went very wrong.
(11)   (12)

18. The bank robber (13) _____ (study) the bank carefully. But when he got to the bank and (14) _____ (recite) what he wrote out, it forgot everything.
(13)   (14)

19. Then, he (16) _____ (drop) the gun and (17) _____ (slip) on the floor. He hit his head, but when he (18) _____ (call) for help, they (19) _____ (call) the police instead.
(16)   (17)   (18)   (19)

20. When he started to play the bank robbery, he (20) _____ (dream) of all the money he would get, he (21) _____ (anticipate) something much easier.
(20)   (21)

Exercise: Story of Albert Einstein (past tense)

Nhập câu trả lời vào ô trống.

21. Albert Einstein (1) _____ (be) an amazing scientist. He was born in Ulm, Germany in 1879, and he (2) _____ (live) in Germany for much of his life.
(1)   (2)

22. Then, in 1895, Einstein (3) _____ (move) to Switzerland, where he (4) _____ (study) mathematics and physics. He (5) _____ (return) to Germany in 1914 to work with in a university.
(3)   (4)   (5)

23. Then, in 1933, he (6) _____ (visit) the United States. While Einstein (7) _____ (be) there, Hitler came into power in Germany, and because of this, Einstein (8) _____ (move) permanently to the United States.
(6)   (7)   (8)

24. Einstein is most famous for some his scientific work. He (9) _____ (write) the most famous scientific equation in history, E=MC². People also know Einstein because he (10) _____ (develop) two of the most famous scientific theories of all time.
(9)   (10)

25. Although Einstein was most famous for his science, He (11) _____ (win) the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921.
(11)

Exercise 4: Describe your high school years.

Write about the following things on a separate piece of paper or type in the box below.

26. Describe your high school years. List five things that were typical things that happened in your high school. What was life normally like in high school? What is true of high school students? Define a high school student. What were some regular activities or events at your high school?