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For a completed past event, regular verbs often take -ed and irregular verbs change form. After did or didn’t, use the base verb.
See it in everyday English
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- I played yesterday.मैं कल खेला/खेली।હું ગઈ કાલે રમ્યો/રમી.
- We went to the park.हम पार्क गए।અમે બગીચામાં ગયા.
- She did not call.उसने फोन नहीं किया।તેણે ફોન ન કર્યો.
Learn a small set first
Start with play/played, visit/visited, go/went and eat/ate. Add a time such as yesterday or last week. A time phrase makes your meaning easy to follow.
Let did carry the past
Compare I went with I didn’t go and Did you go? The past form went appears in the positive statement, but did and didn’t take the base form go.
A common mistake, gently fixed
Needs a change: I didn’t ate breakfast.
Try this: I didn’t eat breakfast.
Didn’t already marks the past; use eat after it.
Say it aloud
Yesterday I visited a friend. We played a game. We did not watch television.
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Your turn: Say two things you did yesterday and one thing you did not do.
Try three questions
See answers and explanations
- went — Went is the past of go.
- watch — Use watch after did.
- eat — Use eat after didn’t.
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Read more about the rule
British Council: past simple. The examples and exercises here are original; the reference provider does not endorse this website.
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