Forming the Simple Past Tense (Regular Verbs) Forming the Past Tense (Irregular Verbs) Negatives and Questions in the Simple Past Tense. In the simple past tense, negative and question forms are made using the auxiliary verb "do" (in its past form, "did") followed by the simple form of the main verb.
This page explains the rules. 1. Forming a negative Negatives in the simple past are formed by adding didn't (informal) or did not (formal) before the simple form of the verb. Possessive adjectives (1) Possessive Pronouns. Moving. Read the story.
Click on the words in bold if you want to read a definition. Then take the quiz at the end of the story. Dan's Kitchen. Thanks to Janet Fowler for letting me use her story.
Read the story. Click on the words in bold if you want to read a definition. Then take the quiz at the end of the story. Dan is in the kitchen. SELF-EVALUATION TEST # 2.