Write the negation (in past tense)
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Negation in past tense

Form the negation with

DID NOT + BASE FORM

e.g. He went home. - He DID NOT GO home.



There is no third person -s in the past tense!!!!


There is no DID with:

WAS/WERE, COULD

for example:
It was late. - It WAS NOT late.
We were hungry. - We WERE NOT hungry.
I could help him. - I COULD NOT help him.