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Simple Past — Negative Exercises

Simple Past — Negative

We use the simple past negative for actions that did not happen in the past.

Form: subject + did not + base verb

Example: She did not work yesterday.
[Sie arbeitete gestern nicht.]

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1. She ______ yesterday.
a) did not work
b) did not worked
[Sie arbeitete gestern nicht.]

2. They ______ TV last night.
a) did not watched
b) did not watch
[Sie sahen gestern Abend nicht fern.]

3. He ______ the email.
a) did not read
b) did not readed
[Er las die E-Mail nicht.]

4. We ______ dinner at 7.
a) did not ate
b) did not eat
[Wir aßen um 7 nicht.]

5. I ______ to music.
a) did not listen
b) did not listened
[Ich hörte keine Musik.]

6. She ______ on the phone.
a) did not talked
b) did not talk
[Sie telefonierte nicht.]

7. They ______ outside.
a) did not wait
b) did not waited
[Sie warteten nicht draußen.]

8. He ______ the door.
a) did not opened
b) did not open
[Er öffnete die Tür nicht.]

9. We ______ English.
a) did not learn
b) did not learned
[Wir lernten kein Englisch.]

10. She ______ coffee.
a) did not drank
b) did not drink
[Sie trank keinen Kaffee.]

11. I ______ an email.
a) did not write
b) did not wrote
[Ich schrieb keine E-Mail.]

12. They ______ the bus.
a) did not took
b) did not take
[Sie nahmen den Bus nicht.]

13. He ______ fast.
a) did not run
b) did not ran
[Er rannte nicht schnell.]

14. We ______ a film.
a) did not watched
b) did not watch
[Wir schauten keinen Film.]

15. She ______ dinner.
a) did not cook
b) did not cooked
[Sie kochte kein Abendessen.]

16. I ______ home.
a) did not walked
b) did not walk
[Ich ging nicht nach Hause.]

17. They ______ loudly.
a) did not talk
b) did not talked
[Sie sprachen nicht laut.]

18. He ______ the computer.
a) did not used
b) did not use
[Er benutzte den Computer nicht.]

19. We ______ outside.
a) did not sit
b) did not sat
[Wir saßen nicht draußen.]

20. She ______ a message.
a) did not sent
b) did not send
[Sie schickte keine Nachricht.]

21. I ______ tea.
a) did not drink
b) did not drank
[Ich trank keinen Tee.]

22. They ______ the room.
a) did not cleaned
b) did not clean
[Sie reinigten den Raum nicht.]

23. He ______ upstairs.
a) did not go
b) did not went
[Er ging nicht nach oben.]

24. We ______ together.
a) did not worked
b) did not work
[Wir arbeiteten nicht zusammen.]

25. She ______ the window.
a) did not close
b) did not closed
[Sie schloss das Fenster nicht.]

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