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Negative sentences

In past tense negative sentences, we use

“didn’t or did not” as an auxiliary verb.

See the examples:

Subject + didn’t + verb* + complement

• I saw my friend • I didn’t see my

yesterday. friend

• He went to the yesterday.

store. • He didn’t go to

• We walked to the store.

the bank. • We didn’t walk

to the bank.

The verb must be in its base form. Do not write didn’t
and a verb in past tense together.

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