Question

2.Form negative sentences: 1) He played handball. - He ______________ handball. 2) Susan waited in the kitchen. - Susan _____________ in the kitchen. 3) I made the beds. - I ____________________ the beds. 4) They cleaned the classroom. - They ________________ the classroom. 5) She asked a lot of questions. - She ________________ a lot of questions. 6) The friends got new computers. - The friends ___________ new computers. 7) I was in Sofia last weekend. - I ________________ in Sofia last weekend. 8) You built a house. - You ________________ a house. 9) Christian bought a new guitar. - Christian _____________ a new guitar. 10) We went shopping. - We ____________________ shopping.

Answer 1

1.       He didn’t play handball.

2.       Susan didn’t wait in the kitchen.

3.       I didn’t make the beds.

4.       They didn’t clean the classroom.

5.       She didn’t ask a lot of questions.

6.       The friends didn’t get new computers.

7.       I wasn’t in Sofia last weekend.

8.       You didn’t build a house.

9.       Christian didn’t buy a new guitar.

10.   We weren’t shopping.

Answer 2

Answers:

1) He didn't play handball.

Explanation: The verb tense is Simple Past and the verb is regular (to play), which means that the sentence needs the auxiliary did+not (didn't in contracted form) and the verb must be back to its infinitive form by removing the suffix "ed".

2) Susan didn't wait in the kitchen.

Explanation: The verb tense is Simple Past and the verb is regular (to wait), which means that the sentence needs the auxiliary did+not (didn't in contracted form) and the verb must be back to its infinitive form by removing the suffix "ed".

3) I didn't make the beds.

Explanation: The verb tense is Simple Past and the verb is irregular (to make), which means that the sentence needs the auxiliary did+not (didn't in contracted form) and the verb must be back to its infinitive form.

4) They didn't clean the classroom.

Explanation: The verb tense is Simple Past and the verb is regular (to clean), which means that the sentence needs the auxiliary did+not (didn't in contracted form) and the verb must be back to its infinitive form by removing the suffix "ed".

5) She didn't ask a lot of questions.

Explanation: The verb tense is Simple Past and the verb is regular (to ask), which means that the sentence needs the auxiliary did+not (didn't in contracted form) and the verb must be back to its infinitive form by removing the suffix "ed".

6) The friends didn't get new computers.

Explanation: The verb tense is Simple Past and the verb is irregular (to get), which means that the sentence needs the auxiliary did+not (didn't in contracted form) and the verb must be back to its infinitive form.

7) I wasn't in Sofia last weekend.

Explanation: The verb tense is Simple Past and the verb is "to be", which means that the sentence needs verb "to be" to be followed by "not", since verb "to be" is one of those verbs that can also be used as an auxiliary verb.

8) You didn't build a house.

Explanation: The verb tense is Simple Past and the verb is irregular (to build), which means that the sentence needs the auxiliary did+not (didn't in contracted form) and the verb must be back to its infinitive form.

9) Christian didn't buy a new guitar.

Explanation: The verb tense is Simple Past and the verb is irregular (to buy), which means that the sentence needs the auxiliary did+not (didn't in contracted form) and the verb must be back to its infinitive form.

10) We didn't go shopping.

Explanation: The verb tense is Simple Past and the verb is irregular (to go), which means that the sentence needs the auxiliary did+not (didn't in contracted form) and the verb must be back to its infinitive form.