Past Simple: negative

 

We use Past Simple negative to talk about what we did not do in the past.

 

To make Past Simple negative sentences, we use did not (didn’t) + verb:

 

Singular	Plural
I did not (didn’t) go You did not (didn’t) go He/she/It did not (didn’t) go	We didn’t go You didn’t go They didn’t go

 

• I didn’t go to school on Monday.
• Stefany didn’t like the meal.
• He didn’t talk to me yesterday.

 

In Past Simple negative, the verb ‘be’ has two forms — was not (wasn’t) or were not (weren’t):

 

Singular	Plural
I was not (wasn’t) happy You were not (weren’t) happy He/she/it was not (wasn’t) happy	We weren’t happy You weren’t happy They weren’t happy

 

• I wasn’t at home last night.
• Mary wasn’t at school.
• They weren’t happy.