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Unit 18: A detective story
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Session 3
Find out why Inspector Stone spends most of this episode hiding in the garden... and practise forming past simple negatives.
Activity 3
The Mother of the Bride
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Some silly mistakes
Inspector Stone may be asking the right questions but the mother of the bride is acting a bit suspiciously by saying some of the wrong words. Did you hear them? She made six mistakes with past simple negatives. Maybe she was feeling nervous. Watch the video again, or listen to the audio, to help you in the next activity.
To do
Look at what the mother of the bride said and then choose the words that she should have said.
The Mother of the Bride's mistakes
6 Questions
Choose the correctly written sentence.
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Choose the correctly written sentence.
Hint
When we form negative sentences in the past simple tense, we use 'didn't' and the infinitive form of the verb.Question 1 of 6
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Darling, of course you didn't stole your ring.
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Darling, of course you didn't steal your ring.
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Darling, of course you didn't stolen your ring.
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Darling, of course you didn't stealed your ring.
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Choose the correctly written sentence.
Hint
When we form negative sentences in the past simple tense, we use 'didn't' and the infinitive form of the verb.Question 2 of 6
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You didn't stole it!
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You didn't stolen it!
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You didn't steal it!
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You didn't to steal it!
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Choose the correctly written sentence.
Hint
When we form negative sentences in the past simple tense, we use 'didn't' and the infinitive form of the verb.Question 3 of 6
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Young man, I didn't saw anything.
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Young man, I didn't seeing anything.
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Young man, I didn't see anything.
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Young man, I didn't seen anything.
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Choose the correctly written sentence.
Hint
When we form negative sentences in the past simple tense, we use 'didn't' and the infinitive form of the verb.Question 4 of 6
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No darling, I didn't had my glasses.
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No darling, I didn't have my glasses.
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No darling, I didn't has my glasses.
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No darling, I didn't having my glasses.
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Choose the correctly written sentence.
Hint
When we form negative sentences in the past simple tense, we use 'didn't' and the infinitive form of the verb.Question 5 of 6
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You didn't answering my question!
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You didn't answered my question!
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You didn't answers my question!
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You didn't answer my question!
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Choose the correctly written sentence.
Hint
When we form negative sentences in the past simple tense, we use 'didn't' and the infinitive form of the verb.Question 6 of 6
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We didn't brought him here just to disappear!
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We didn't broughted him here just to disappear!
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We didn't bring him here just to disappear!
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We didn't bringing him here just to disappear!
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Darling, of course you didn't stole your ring.
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2
You didn't stole it!
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3
Young man, I didn't saw anything.
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4
No darling, I didn't had my glasses.
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You didn't answering my question!
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We didn't brought him here just to disappear!
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End of Session 3
How did you get on with Session 3? You can download Inspector Stone's latest case notes here. In Session 4 you can hear the final episode of the Case of the Missing Ring in which Inspector Stone reveals the identity of the ring thief while explaining and practising a very important feature of English pronunciation. Don't miss it!