Past Tense Negative Sentences

Past Tense Negative Sentences

By Sonja Aune

In this lesson, I will show that I can use the appropriate word order and verb tense with negative sentences.

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Irregular​

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​​Do

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Irregular​

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saber/conocer

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Irregular​

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​​Know

pensar

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Irregular​

​​Think

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recordar

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​​Remember

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entender

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Irregular​

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​​Understand

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hablar

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Irregular​

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Speak

Do you remember the word order of negative sentences?

Multiple Choice

Select the picture that represents the appropriate word order for negative sentences:

Let's look at some examples.

Place the following words in the correct order:

• know

• did

• I

• not​

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Multiple Choice

Place the following words in the correct order:

- know

- did

- I

- not

• Know did I not.

• I not know did.

• I know did not.

• I did not know.

Both sentences are in the past tense, but look at the main verb.

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Look at these two sentences.

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Circle the main verb in both sentences.

How does the main verb change when you add an auxiliary verb?

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Open Ended

How does the main verb change when we add the auxiliary verb?

This is a common error.

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CORRECT the sentence:

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EDIT the sentence:

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EDIT the sentence:

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EDIT the sentence:

This is another common error.

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EDIT the sentence:

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EDIT the sentence:

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EDIT the sentence:

Let's practice!​

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yo no pensaba

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no entendieron

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no me acordaba

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yo no sabía

Let's look at some examples with the verb can.

Place the following words in the correct order:

• remember

• could

• I

• not​

Some text here about the topic of discussion

Multiple Choice

Place the following words in the correct order:

- remember

- could

- I

- not​

• Remember could I not.

• Could not remember I.

• I not remember could.

• I could not remember.

Fill in the Blanks

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no podía hablar

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no podía recordar

Let's edit a couple common errors.

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EDIT the sentence:

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EDIT the sentence: