negative sentences in the Past Simple

Today we are going to look at how to form negative sentences and questions in the past simple with regular verbs and most irregular verbs. Don't worry; it's easy ☺

To form negative sentences in the past simple with regular verbs and most irregular verbs, except the verb "to be" and modal verbs, we just put a subject and then "did not" (or with contraction, "didn't") before the base form of the verb, i.e. the infinitive without "to".

Look at some examples:

To form questions, you need to put the auxiliary verb "did" followed by a subject and then the base form. For example,

Look at a question and an affirmative and negative answer:

The short answers to this question would be "Yes, I did" or "No, I didn't".

Here's another example:

No, she didn't go to the beach on Saturday. (or the short answer, "No, she didn't")
No, sabato non è andata in spiaggia. (O la risposta breve, "No, she didn't")