Past Tense - Negative

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The Past Tense - Negative
This video shows how to make the past tense in English negative Simple Past: Part 2 - Forming the Negative
To form the negative of a sentence in the Simple Past you need to use the past form of the auxiliary verb 'do' - that is 'did' + 'not' + the infinitive of the verb you want to use. For example - I did not play. Making Yes-No Questions in the Past Tense
The helping verb "did" and the simple form of the main verb make a question.