Hello, everybody. Welcome back to my channel, Sparkle English,
where I teach you how to improve your level of English. In today's lesson, we are going to talk
about the past simple tense, and how to form negative sentences and interrogative sentences
or questions in the past simple tense. So let's get started. So when do we use the past simple?
We use the past simple when we are talking about something that happened in the past. We use the
past simple with finished actions, states or habits. So we use the present tense to talk
about something happening right now. And we use the past tense to talk about something that has
already finished. So let's look at some examples. They played tennis last night. This is an example
in the affirmative form. They didn't play tennis last night. This is an example in the negative
form. And you can see that we don't add -ED at the end of the verb in the negative form.
Did they play tennis last night? This is an example in the interrogative form
where we are asking a question about something that happened in the past. So in the past simple,
negative and interrogative sentences are formed using the auxiliary did. So we have the negative
form. And we have the subject I, you, he, she, it, we, or they. And for the negative form
in the past simple tense, it is always did not or didn't when you want to make a negative sentence.
So for example, I did not or I didn't like. You didn't want, he didn't go, she didn't eat. The
main verb always stays the same as the base form of the verb. We do not say liked or wanted. So the
negative form is very easy to construct sentences. So let's look at some examples. I didn't go to
the cinema yesterday. She didn't want any cake. Rachel didn't study last night. Again, didn't,
didn't didn't. And the verb always stays the same in the base form. Go, want, study.
Now let's look at how we form interrogative sentences or questions. We always start with
did. Did I like? Did you want? Did he go? So we are switching the subject and the auxiliary
and beginning with the auxiliary did. So let's look at some examples. Did you love him? Did he
eat any pasta? Did Mark propose to his girlfriend? So again, in all of these examples, we begin the
question with did and then the subject. And then we have the main verb which we also do not
change. So let's look at some examples of how we can ask questions and give short answers.
Did they get married? When a question begins with did, we know the answer will either be
yes or no. Did they get married? Yes, they did. No, they didn't. Did she move to Mexico? Yes,
she did. No, she didn't. Now what happens when we want to ask questions where we have to give
more information? For example, we would start with a question word like when. When did she move to
Mexico? If someone asks a question like this, and it begins with a question word, we can't say "yes,
she did." They are asking about the time. When did she move to Mexico? So then we would answer
in the affirmative form. She moved to Mexico last year. Who did you visit last night? Again,
because we use the question word "who," we are asking for information about a person.
I visited my parents. Now let's look at a conversation example between these two girls.
Hey, did you have a nice day last Saturday? Yes, I did. We went to a nice restaurant in the city.
Did you kiss him at the end of the night? No, I didn't. We are taking things slowly. That's a
good idea. Did he call you after the date? Yes, he did. We talked on the phone for two hours.
That's amazing. I am so happy for you. Thank you. Okay. So in this conversation example,
we have three different questions, and they begin with did. Did you have? Did you kiss? Did he call?
Again, we do not change any of these verbs. They stay as the base form. And we have the
short answers. Yes, I did. No, I didn't. Yes, he did. And we also have some examples in the
affirmative form. We went to a nice restaurant in the city. We talked on the phone for two hours.
In my next video, I'm going to have a lesson on irregular verbs in the past simple and went is
one of these irregular verbs. Okay, so now it's time for us to do our practice quiz. You're going
to complete these sentences with the negative or interrogative forms of the verb in brackets
in the past simple. So you have to put this verb either in the negative or interrogative form,
depending on if it is a sentence or a question. So number one. Dylan ____ to the cinema last night.
So this you have to put in the negative form. Two: ____ you ____ last weekend?
Three: I ____ his phone calls.
Four: Mom and dad ____ me go to the party. And finally number five: ____ he ____his job?
Okay, so number one. Dylan didn't go to the cinema last night. So we have the auxiliary
didn't and then go stays the same as the base form of the verb. Number two, we have to put it in the
interrogative form because it is a question and we have the question mark. Did you work
last weekend? Number three. I didn't answer his phone calls. Again, we have the auxiliary
didn't and then answer, the verb, stays the same. Mom and Dad didn't let me go to the party.
And finally number five: Did he quit his job? Okay, so let's see how many you got correct out
of five. And then in the next section, you have to answer are the following sentences correct?
Some are correct and some are incorrect and you have to correct them. So I am going to read all
five sentences first. Number one: She didn't visited her grandparents last week. Number two:
You did go to the supermarket yesterday. Number three: I didn't went out last night.
Number four: Did she read the letter? Number five: They didn't sleep very well.
Okay, so let's correct these together. Number one is incorrect. She didn't visited her grandparents
last week. For this one, we have to take off the E and the D. We just say she didn't visit.
You could also say she visited her grandparents last week. But you cannot say didn't visited. She
didn't visit. Number two is also incorrect. This is a question and with the question,
we have to start with Did. Did you go to the supermarket yesterday? Okay so we begin with did.
Number three is a very common mistake that people make all the time. I didn't went
out last night. You cannot say I didn't went out. You can only use went in the affirmative
form. I went out last night. But we have to change this to go. I didn't go out last night.
Because we have didn't, the auxiliary didn't, we do not need to change the verb from the base form.
So I didn't go out last night. Number four: Did she read the letter? That's correct as it is. Did
she read the letter? And number five: They didn't sleep very well. That is also correct as it is.
Okay, so how many did you get out of five for that section? So a total of how many out of 10.
Okay, so thank you guys so much for watching this lesson on the past simple in the negative and
interrogative form. If you have any questions, make sure to ask me in the comments section below.
Thank you once again, and I will see you all in my next lesson.