Forming the Simple Past Tense (Regular Verbs) Forming the Past Tense (Irregular Verbs) Negatives and Questions in the Simple Past Tense. In the simple past tense, negative and question forms are made using the auxiliary verb "do" (in its past form, "did") followed by the simple form of the main verb.
This page explains the rules. 1. Forming a negative Negatives in the simple past are formed by adding didn't (informal) or did not (formal) before the simple form of the verb. The verb BE is an exception to this; in the case of BE, we just add n't (informal) or not (formal) after "was" or "were": 2. Yes/no questions are also created using the auxiliary did. 3. WH- questions (using words such as "what", "when", and "where") are also created by putting the auxiliary did before the subject (or moving BE, as explained above).
When you are sure that you understand the lesson, you can continue with the exercises. Possessive adjectives (1) Possessive Pronouns. Moving. Read the story. Click on the words in bold if you want to read a definition. Then take the quiz at the end of the story. Susan and Henry have a nice house. They moved into the house ten years ago. They wanted to clean the house. They decided they had too many things. Now Susan and Henry's house is very clean and neat. Choose the correct answer and then click Check Your Answers to see if you are right.
Dan's Kitchen. Thanks to Janet Fowler for letting me use her story. Read the story. Click on the words in bold if you want to read a definition. Then take the quiz at the end of the story. Dan is in the kitchen. He likes to cook. He is making a cake. Choose the correct answer and then click Check Your Answers to see if you are right. SELF-EVALUATION TEST # 2.