Question

Исправь предложения. Example: Miss Chatter had a big crocodile. Miss Chatter did not have big crocodile. 1) Tiny wrote songs for pop singers last year. 2) Billy was in Antarctica three days ago. 3) The boy drank cold and dirty water yesterday. 4) Jill played football an hour ago. 5) Tim and Tom were in the desert a week ago. Я знаю что будет место глаголов второй формы (прошедшее время) будет didn't. А понять почему не did не могу.

Answer 1

1) Tiny did not write songs for pop singers last year.
2) Billy did not be in Antarctida three days ago.
3) The boy did not drink cold and dirty water yesterday.
4) Jill did not play football an hour ago.
если есть отрицательная форма в предложении (did not/ didn't), то глагол прошедшего времени меняем на глагол настоящего времени (were-be, wrote-write)

Answer 2

Example: Miss Chatter had a big crocodile. Miss Chatter did not have a big crocodile.

1) Tiny wrote songs for pop singers last year. 2) Billy was in Antarctica three days ago. 3) The boy drank cold and dirty water yesterday. 4) Jill played football an hour ago. 5) Tim and Tom were in the desert a week ago.

To correct the sentences and use the past tense, we need to change the verb forms. Here are the corrected sentences:

1) Tiny wrote songs for pop singers last year. 2) Billy was in Antarctica three days ago. 3) The boy drank cold and dirty water yesterday. 4) Jill played football an hour ago. 5) Tim and Tom were in the desert a week ago.

In English, when forming negative sentences in the past tense, we use the auxiliary verb "did" followed by "not" and the base form of the main verb. For example, "did not have" instead of "did not had." The auxiliary verb "did" already indicates the past tense, so we don't need to use the past tense form of the main verb.