... I didn’t go to the supermarket To form the negative, in the simple past, we use this rule: Did + not + stem Exception for the auxiliary “to be”: Eg: The weather was fine The weather was not fine ... questions: The children went to the zoo 2 The pupils had their exam yesterday They told her the truth The girls sang a nice song Activity 5: Put the verbs between brackets into the correct tense and ... verb in the past+ the rest of the question + ? Question b and question c., when we ask questions for other information, this is the general rule: Form: wh/question + did+ subject+ stem + the rest...