Life

Beginner Unit 11b

did/didnt (negative and questions)

A: Did you leave home when you were eighteen? B: Yes, I did. Did you? A: No, I didnt. I was twenty-four. Thats normal in my country.

C: Did you go to university? D: No, I didnt. I started work after school and then I met my first husband. C: Did you have any children? D: No, we didnt and we got divorced a year later. Then I got married to Roger. We celebrated our twentieth anniversary yesterday. C: Congratulations!

Presentation
Use didnt for negative sentences in the past simple. Use Did ? for questions in the past simple. Use did or didnt for short answers. Negative
I / You / He / She / We / They
TIP

didnt

go

to university.

Say They didnt get married. (dont say They didnt got married.)

Questions
Did
TIP

I / you / he / she / we / they

go

to university?

Say Did you work there? (dont say Did you worked there?)

Short answers
Yes, I / you / he / she / we / they did. No, I / you / he / she / we / they didnt.

Key vocabulary Life events: leave school, start work, leave home, get married/divorced, have children, celebrate an anniversary/a birthday People in your life: partner ( husband/wife)

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Beginner Unit 11b

Exercises
1 Write a past simple sentence for each picture 18. Use the
phrases in the box. get divorced get married leave school meet new partner not get married again not go to university not have any children start work in an office 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1995
2

She left school in 1995. She didnt go to university. She started work in an ofce. She got married in 1998. She didn't have any children. She got divorced. She met a new partner. She didn't get married again.

2 Complete the questions and answers with did or didnt. Did 1 A: you study English at school? B: No, I didn't . Did 2 A: you get married? did B: Yes, I . I got married to Bill. Did 3 A: you have children?
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1998
5

B: Yes, we had two. Susie is eight and Stella is five. Did A: Bill leave home before university? didn't B: No, he . He left home after university.

Write the questions for these answers. Then listen and check. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

A: B: A: B: A: B: A: B: A: B: A: B: A: B:

you get married Did ? Yes, I did. I got married in 1981. you meet Bill Did at university? No, I didnt. I met Bill after university. you have Did any children? Yes, I had a girl. Michelle is three. you do your homework last night? Did No, I didnt. Im doing my homework now. Did you take the bus to the airport? No, I took a taxi. Its faster than the bus. you go Did to Spain on holiday? No, we didnt. We went to France. Did late this morning? you get up No, I didnt. I got up early.
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