Negative form
En la forma negativa, los verbos se ubican después del auxiliar didn’t en su forma infinitiva.
|
Subject |
Negative in the past |
Verb |
Complement |
Time expression |
|
I You He She It We They |
didn’t |
use |
hieroglyphics |
many years ago. |
|
Auxiliary |
Subject |
Verb |
Complement |
Time expression |
|
Did |
I You He She It We They |
use |
hieroglyphics |
many years ago? |
Examples:
1. (A) My dog played with my cat yesterday.
(N) My dog didn’t play with my cat yesterday.
(I) Did my dog play with my cat yesterday?.
2. (A) Lucy and Teresa enjoyed the concert last night.
(N) Lucy and Teresa didn’t enjoy the concert last night.
(I) Did Lucy and Teresa enjoy the concert last night?.