Fill in the blanks with didn’t and hadn’t.
1I ............... thought about this before.
Wrong!
Use "hadn't" before the past participle "thought".
2She ............... reply to me.
Wrong!
Use "didn't" before the base verb "reply".
3Why ............... you lock the door?
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Use "didn't" before the subject and base verb in a past simple question.
4He ............... returned yet.
Wrong!
Use "hadn't" before the past participle "returned".
5It ............... stopped raining.
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Use "hadn't" before the past participle "stopped".
6They ............... allow us to enter their premises.
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Use "didn't" before the base verb "allow".
7They ............... want to wait.
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Use "didn't" before the base verb "want".
8They ............... know each other.
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Use "didn't" before the base verb "know".
9You ............... eat anything.
Wrong!
Use "didn't" before the base verb "eat".
10Why ............... you help when I was in trouble?
Wrong!
Use "didn't" before the subject and base verb in a past simple question.
11It ............... take me more than 30 minutes to fix the bike.
Wrong!
Use "didn't" before the base verb "take".
12............... you hear what I said?
Wrong!
Use "Didn't" before the subject and base verb in a past simple question.
Answers
- I hadn’t thought about this before.
- She didn’t reply to me.
- Why didn’t you lock the door?
- He hadn’t returned yet.
- It hadn’t stopped raining.
- They didn’t allow us to enter their premises.
- They didn’t want to wait.
- They didn’t know each other.
- You didn’t eat anything.
- Why didn’t you help when I was in trouble?
- It didn’t take me more than 30 minutes to fix the bike.
- Didn’t you hear what I said?
