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Subject Did + not
Verb I ……...
I did not
write last week
You did not
come yesterday
We did not
go last night
They did not
know last year
He did not
say two days ago
She did not
speak this morning
To make the verb of be, we use the following formula:
Subject + waswere + not + ……
For examples:
Subject Waswere
+ not ……..
…….. I
was not at the party
last night You
were not sick
three days ago We
were not on vacation
last week They
were not at home
Yesterday He
was not happy
this morning She
was not smile
ten minute ago
c. Interrogative
To make an interrogative affirmative form of verb other than be, we use the following formula:
Did + subject + verb 1 + ….?
For examples:
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Did Subject
Verb I ………
Did I
play last night?
Did You
work yesterday?
Did We
study last week?
Did They
meet last year?
Did He
teach this morning?
Did she
came two days ago?
To make an interrogative negative form of verb other than be, we use the following formula:
Did not + Subject + verb I + ….?
For example:
Did not Subject
Verb I …….
Did not I
drive last week?
Did not you
came yesterday?
Did not they
go this morning?
Did not they
play last Sunday?
Did not He
buy two days ago?
Did not she
bring last night?
We use short answer to answer the question:
Yes, Iwe you theyhesheit
did. No,
Iwe you theyhesheit Didn’t
For example:
Question Possible Answer
Did I study for an hour? Yes, I did. No, I didn‟t.
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Yes, it did. No, it didn‟t.
Did they take math last year?
Yes, they did No, they didn‟t
To make the interrogative affirmative statement of verb be, we use the following formula:
Was were + Subject + ……
For example:
Was were
Subject ………
………
Were you
a good reader ?
Were we
in the book store last night?
Were they
in the library yesterday?
Was I
a secretary two year ago?
Was he
in the garden last week?
Was she
at home this morning?
To make the interrogative negative statement of verb be, we use the following formula:
Wasn’t weren’t + Subject + ……
For examples:
Wasn’tweren’t Subject ……....
………
Weren‟t you
a student two years ago?
Weren‟t we
a teacher last year?
Weren‟t they
at the market last week?
Wasn‟t he
at school this morning?
Wasn‟t she
at library yesterday morning?
