Past simple and continuous (negative)

Past simple and past continuous tense - negative forms - exercise 4

Make negative forms of the past simple and past continuous tense.

Did you hear a car outside the house?
We did not hear any car outside the house.

Did Sarah lose her purse on her holiday?

She her purse. She lost her credit card.

Believe me, I rode very slowly.

You slowly. You rode too fast.

He was making a lot of noise at midnight.

He noise at midnight. It was early in the morning.

Paul and Marion came to the cinema quite early.

They early. They were ten minutes late in fact.

Were they all sitting at the same table?

They at the table at all, because all the seats were taken.

I am told that the burglar ran away.

He away. The police caught him two miles away from the house.

Did the sun set before seven o'clock?

As far as I know the sun before seven. Why?

It was getting dark at 7 o'clock yesterday.

It dark at 7. We were in the garden and the sun was still shining.

I could hear you calling someone. Were you talking to Tim?

I to Tim. I was asking Greg about his holiday in India.

They were working in the office from 5 to 6 o 'clock.

To tell the truth, they were at work from 5 to 6, but they at all.

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For elementary - intermediate learners of English as a foreign language.