**Английский язык за 20 уроков. Экспресс курс. Английский с нуля. Урок 17. Уроки английского языка — Transcript & Summary | SozAI** Source: https://sozai.app/transcript/english-language-20-lessons-express-course-14/ Lesson 17 of a 20-lesson English course focusing on forming negations in the past simple tense with examples and time indicators. ## Key Takeaways - Negation in past simple is formed with 'did not' or 'didn't' plus the base verb without changing the verb. - The verb form changes only in positive statements, not in negations or questions. - Time expressions like yesterday, last week, and specific days require appropriate prepositions such as 'on'. - Consistent practice and use of phrases help internalize grammar rules for automatic speech. - The negation structure is uniform across all subjects (I, you, he, she, it, we, they). ## What the video covers - Introduction to negation in the past simple tense using 'did not' or 'didn't' plus the base verb. - Explanation that the verb does not change form in negations and questions in past simple tense. - Examples of negations with different subjects: I, you, we, they, he, she, it. - Common phrases and verbs used in negations such as 'didn't do it', 'didn't see it', 'didn't want to talk about it'. - Use of time indicators with past simple negations like yesterday, the day before yesterday, last year, last month, last week, last weekend. - Explanation of prepositions used with days of the week in negations, e.g., 'on Monday', 'on Thursday'. - Pronunciation notes on 'weekend' and its variations. - Encouragement to practice and use an app to reinforce automatic use of grammar rules. - Repetition and practice of key phrases to build confidence in forming negative sentences in past simple. - Reminder that negation formula is consistent regardless of the subject. Answers ## Questions about this video How do you form negations in the past simple tense? Negations in the past simple tense are formed using 'did not' or the contraction 'didn't' followed by the base form of the verb. The verb itself does not change. Does the verb change in negative sentences in past simple? No, in negative sentences and questions in the past simple tense, the verb remains in its base form. Only in positive statements does the verb change to the past form. What time expressions are commonly used with past simple negations? Common time expressions include yesterday, the day before yesterday, last year, last month, last week, last weekend, and specific days of the week with the preposition 'on' (e.g., on Monday). ## Full Transcript — Download SRT & Markdown 00:07 Speaker A Friends, hello. Hi. Welcome to the seventeenth lesson of the express course "English in 20 lessons." Friends, you are simply super. You have come a long way already, and I am sure you are already feeling the results. The main thing is, don't stop, like this video, and we'll begin the lesson. Friends, in this lesson we will further examine the past tense in English, the past simple tense, and learn how to form the negative. Look, to form a negation in the given tense, in the past simple, we use the following formula with the verb. It wasn't a plus verb, was it? Plus a verb. Didn't plus verb. The full form is did not. Did not plus a verb. But usually they shorten it and just say "didn't." Didn't plus verb. When speaking about oneself, the formula for the negation of the past simple tense is as follows. I didn't plus the verb. I didn't plus the verb. How to say? I didn't do it. I won't. I didn't. I didn't do it. Native formula: I didn't plus verb. And here the verb does not change without changes. Yes, that's an important point. The verb changes only into a statement. Yes, in the past simple the verb only changes to a statement. In negation and questions the verb does not change. It doesn't matter whether it's right or wrong. We just say the verb as it is. And it turns out that we say: "Did this will do it." D. I didn't do it. I didn't do it. I didn't do it. How will it be? I didn't see it. I didn't. I didn't see it. See it. I didn't see it. I didn't see it. How to say? I didn't know about it. I didn't know. I didn't know. I didn't know about it. About it. I didn't know about it. I didn't know about it. How will it be? I didn't buy this thing. I didn't buy this thing. This thing. I didn't buy this thing. I didn't buy this thing. How will it be? I didn't like this place. I didn't like it. I didn't like it. I didn't like this place. This place. I didn't like this place. How shall we say? I didn't want to talk about it. Yes, by the way, the phrase "talk" is usually used to talk about something. Talk, that is, the phrase "talk about it" will be "talk about it." Talk about it. In principle, you can also search here grammatically, that is, speak about it, there talk about it or speak about it, but very often talk is used, so we use talk by default. And we say: "I didn't want to talk about it." If a verb is given, then to is placed after want started. I didn't want to talk about it. Talk about it. I didn't want to talk about it. I didn't want to talk about it. Friends, don't forget that the app helps you to master all your knowledge automatically. You don't just understand the rules, you start using them automatically in your speech. And this is the main goal. All links in the description. As we remember, the general formula for forming a negation with a verb in the past simple tense is as follows: didn't plus a verb. Didn't plus verb. And it doesn't matter what the subject is. This is an important point. Everything is simple here and the verb does not change. Look, the following particular formula. We, you, they, didn't plus a verb. We, you, you, you, they didn't plus verb. How shall we say? You didn't know that. You didn't know that. You know it. You know it. How will it be? We didn't go there. We didn't go there. We go there. We go. How will it be? They didn't see it. They didn't see. See this it. They didn't see it. They didn't see it. Fine. But what if we have he, she or it? Everything is the same here. You see, negation is formed by using didn't plus a verb. You see, it always didn't with a verb and the verb doesn't change. Yes. He, she, it didn't plus verb. How to say? He didn't call me. He didn't. He didn't call me. Call me. He didn't call me. He didn't call me. How will it be? He had no money. He didn't have one. That is, he didn't have it. He didn't have. He didn't have money. Money. He didn't have money. He didn't have money. How will it be? He didn't say that. So, let's remember. The phrase to say this will be say it. Say it. We say he didn't. He didn't say that. Say it. As we will say, she did not feel happy. She didn't feel like she felt... Yes, it doesn't translate itself. It turns out she didn't feel happy. Happy. She didn't feel happy. She didn't feel happy. How will it be? She didn't know that. She didn't. She didn't know that. Know it. She didn't know it. She didn't know it. How will it be? This didn't help me. Literally we say: "It didn't help me." It will help me. It didn't help me. How can I say it didn't happen? Is this going to happen? We say it didn't. It didn't happen? It didn't happen. It didn't happen. Great. Now let's look at some time indicators. How to say? I didn't work yesterday. I didn't work. I didn't work. I didn't work. And yesterday is the word yesterday. Yesterday. I didn't work. Yesterday. I didn't work. Yesterday. How will it be? I didn't go there. I didn't go yesterday. I didn't go there. There. I didn't go there. Yesterday. Yesterday. I didn't go there yesterday. I didn't go there yesterday. Fine. Look, yesterday will be yesterday. Yesterday. And what will it be like the day before yesterday? This phrase is the day before yesterday. Literally the day before yesterday. This is before or up to, that is, the day before yesterday - this will be the day before yesterday. The day before yesterday. The day before yesterday. As we say, it turns out I didn't go there the day before yesterday. I didn't. I went there. Go there. I didn't go there. Day before yesterday. The day before yesterday. I didn't go there. The day before yesterday. I didn't go there the day before yesterday. How shall we say? I didn't go to Spain last year. I didn't. I went to Spain. This is the phrase go to Spain. Go to Spain. And then, how can I say, we remember last year. This phrase is last. Last year. Last year turns out I didn't go to Spain last year. I didn't go to Spain last year. That is, you see, look, last year will be last year. Last year. Last month is the phrase last month. Last month. Last week is the expression last week. Last week. Last weekend we will say last weekend. Last weekend. Yes, by the way, when it's weekend, they pronounce it differently here. It can be found this way and that way. Or weekend, or weekend. Weekend or weekend. Both ways, yes, it occurs, but in any case, the preposition last is not translated here. That is, you see the phrases last year, last year, last month, last month, last week, last week, last weekend, last weekend. How do we say: "I didn't go there last weekend. I didn't go there. I didn't go there. I didn't go there." Last weekend. This is the phrase last weekend. Last weekend. I didn't go there last weekend. I didn't go there last weekend. How? Say I didn't go to work on Thursday. You see, on Thursday it's the phrase on first day. On first day, when the day of the week is set specifically on. You see how here, for example, on Thursday it will be on the first day. On the first day. I didn't go. I didn't go to work. I didn't go to work on Thursday. On the first day. On the first day. I didn't go to work on the first day. I didn't go to work on the first day. I didn't go to work on the first day. By the way, on Monday we will say to Vita: "On Monday, on Monday." On Tuesday: On Tuesday. On Tuesday. Wednesday. On Wednesday. On Wednesday. On Thursday. On Thursday. On Thursday. On Friday. On Friday. On Friday. On Saturday. On Saturday. On Saturday. And on Sunday it will be on Sunday. On Sunday. Yes. Look, it turns out on Monday, on Tuesday, on Wednesday, on Thursday, on Friday, on Saturday, on Sunday. Well, as we say, he didn't go to the party last night. Well, he won't. He didn't. He didn't. Go to a party. This is the phrase go to the party. Go to the party. He didn't go to the party. Next. Last night is the phrase last night. Last night it turns out he didn't go to the party last night. He didn't go to the party last night. Yes, I would like to remind you once again that negation with a verb, with 00:25 Speaker A stop, like this video, and we'll begin the lesson. Friends, in this lesson we will further examine the past tense in English, the past simple tense, and learn how to form the negative. Look, to form a negation in the given tense, in the past simple, 00:53 Speaker A we use the following formula with the verb. It wasn't a plus verb, was it? 01:01 Speaker A Plus a verb. Didn't plus verb. The full form is did not. Did not plus a verb. But usually they shorten it and just say "didn't." Didn't plus verb. When speaking about oneself, the formula for the negation of the past simple tense is 01:21 Speaker A as follows. I didn't plus the verb. I didn't plus the verb. How to say? I didn't do it. 01:34 Speaker A I won't I didn't. I didn't do it. Navite formula I didn't plus verb. And here the verb does not change without changes. 01:49 Speaker A Yes, that's an important point. The verb changes only into a statement. Yes, in the Past simple the verb only changes to a statement. In negation and questions the verb does not change. It doesn't matter whether it's right or wrong. We 02:01 Speaker A just say the verb as it is. And it turns out that we say: "Did this will do it." D. I didn't do it. I didn't do it. I didn't do it. How will it be? I didn't see it. I didn't. I didn't see 02:24 Speaker A it. See it. I didn't see it. I didn't see it. How to say? I didn't know about it. 02:36 Speaker A I didn't know. I didn't know. I didn't know about it. About it. I didn't know about it. I didn't know about it. How will it be? I did n't buy this thing. 02:52 Speaker A I didn't buy this thing. This thing. I didn't buy this thing. I didn't buy this thing. 03:08 Speaker A How will it be? I didn't like this place. I didn't like it. I didn't like it. I didn't like this place. 03:18 Speaker A This place. I didn't like this place. How shall we say? I didn't want to talk about it. 03:32 Speaker A Yes, by the way, the phrase "talk" is usually used to talk about something. talk, that is, the phrase "talk about it" will be " talk about it." Talk about it. In principle, you can also search here grammatically, that is, speak about it, there talk about 03:49 Speaker A it or speak about it, but very often talk is used, so we use talk by default . And we say: " I didn't want to talk about it." If a verb is given, then to is placed after want 04:07 Speaker A started. I didn't want to talk about it. Talk about it. I didn't want to talk about it. I didn't want to talk about it. 04:22 Speaker A Friends, don't forget that the app helps you to master all your knowledge automatically. You don't just understand the rules, you start using them automatically in your speech. And this is the main goal. 04:39 Speaker A All links in the description. As we remember, the general formula for forming a negation with a verb in the past simple tense is as follows: didn't plus a verb. Didn't plus verb. And it doesn't matter what the subject is. 05:00 Speaker A This is an important point. Everything is simple here and the verb does not change. Look, the following particular formula. We, you, they, didn't plus a verb. We, you, you, you, they didn't plus verb. How shall we say? You didn't 05:17 Speaker A know that. You didn't know that. You know it. You know it. How will it be? We did n't go there. We didn't go there. 05:38 Speaker A We go there. We go. How will it be? They didn't see it. They didn't see. 05:48 Speaker A See this it. They didn't see it. They didn't see it. Fine. But what if we have he, she or it? Everything is the same here . You see, negation is formed by using didn't plus a verb. You see, it 06:09 Speaker A always didn't with a verb and the verb doesn't change. Yes. He, she, it didn't plus verb. 06:18 Speaker A How to say? He didn't call me. He didn't He didn't call me. Call me. He did n't call me. He didn't call me. How will it be? He had no money. He didn't have one . That is, he didn't have it. 06:39 Speaker A He didn't have. He didn't have money money. He didn't have money. He didn't have money. 06:52 Speaker A How will it be? He didn't say that. So, let's remember. The phrase to say this will be say it. Say it. We say he didn't. 07:06 Speaker A He didn't say that. Say it. As we will say, she did not feel happy. 07:21 Speaker A She didn't feel like she felt ... Yes, it doesn't translate itself. It turns out she didn't feel happy. happy. She didn't feel happy. She didn't feel happy. 07:41 Speaker A How will it be? She didn't know that. She didn't She didn't know that. Know it. She didn't know it. She didn't know it. How will it be? This didn't help me. 08:02 Speaker A Literally we say: "It didn't help me." It will help me. It didn't help me. 08:15 Speaker A How can I say it didn't happen? Is this going to happen? We say it didn't. It didn't happen? It didn't happen. It did n't happen. 08:34 Speaker A Great. Now let's look at some time indicators. How to say? I didn't work yesterday. 08:45 Speaker A I didn't work. I didn't work. I didn't work. And yesterday is the word yesterday. Yesterday. I didn't work. Yesterday. I didn't work. 08:58 Speaker A Yesterday. How will it be? I didn't go there. I didn't go yesterday. I didn't go there . There. I didn't go there. Yesterday. 09:14 Speaker A Yesterday. I didn't go there yesterday. I didn't go there yesterday. Fine. Look, yesterday will be yesterday. 09:27 Speaker A Yesterday. And what will it be like the day before yesterday? This phrase is the day before yesterday. 09:35 Speaker A Literally the day before yesterday. This is before or up to, that is, the day before yesterday - this will be the day before yesterday. The day before yesterday. The day before yesterday. As we say, it turns out I didn't go there the day before yesterday. 09:53 Speaker A I didn't. I went there. Go there. I did n't go there. Day before yesterday. 10:03 Speaker A The day before yesterday. I didn't go there. The day before yesterday. I did n't go there the day before yesterday. How shall we say? I didn't go to Spain last year. 10:21 Speaker A I didn't . I went to Spain. This is the phrase go to Spain. Go to Spain. And then, how can I say, we remember last year. This phrase slast. Last year. 10:40 Speaker A Last year turns out I didn't go to Spain last year. I didn't go to Spain last year. That is, you see, look, last year will be last year. 10:56 Speaker A last year. Last month is the phrase last month. Last month last week is the expression last week. 11:09 Speaker A Last week. Last weekend we will say last weekend. Last weekend. Yes, by the way, when it's weekend, they pronounce it differently here. It can be found this way and that way. or weekend, or weekend. Weekend or weekend. Both 11:28 Speaker A ways, yes, it occurs, but in any case, the preposition last is not translated here. That is, you see the phrases last year, last year, last month, last month, last week, last week, last weekend, last weekend. How do we say: 11:50 Speaker A "I didn't go there last weekend. I didn't go there. I didn't go there. I didn't go there." Last weekend. 12:05 Speaker A This is the phrase last weekend. Last weekend. I did n't go there last weekend. I didn't go there last weekend. 12:17 Speaker A How? say I didn't go to work on Thursday. You see, on Thursday it's the phrase on firstday. 12:29 Speaker A On first day, when the day of the week is set specifically on. You see how here, for example, on Thursday it will be on the first day. 12:37 Speaker A On the first day. I didn't go. I didn't go to work to work. I didn't go to work on Thursday. On the first day. On the first day. I did n't go to work on the first day. I didn't 12:56 Speaker A go to work on the first day. I didn't go to work on the first day. By the way, on Monday we will say to Vita: "On Monday, on Monday." On Tuesday: On Tuesday. On Tuesday Wednesday. 13:14 Speaker A On Wednesday. On Wednesday. On Thursday. On Thursday. On Thursday. On Friday. On Friday. On Friday. On Saturday. On Saturday. On Saturday. And on Sunday it will be on Sunday. On Sunday. Yes. 13:36 Speaker A Look, it turns out on Monday, on Tuesday, on Wednesday, on Thursday, on Friday, on Saturday, on Sunday. 13:53 Speaker A Well, as we say, he didn't go to the party last night. Well, he won't. He didn't. He didn't. 14:06 Speaker A Go to a party. This is the phrase go to the party. Go to the party. He didn't go to the party. Next. Last night is the phrase last night. Last night it turns out he didn't go to the party 14:25 Speaker A last night. He didn't go to the party last night. Yes, I would like to remind you once again that negation with a verb, with an ordinary verb in the past simple tense, is as follows. 14:40 Speaker A With didn't plus a verb. It doesn't matter what it is , I, we, you, you, they, he, she, it, it doesn't matter. Next, didn't plus a verb. 14:51 Speaker A So, yes, the formula here would be I, we, you, they, he, she, it, didn't, plus a verb. And the verb here does not change. 15:01 Speaker A Let's tell it like it is. How can I say he didn't pay for it. He didn't he didn't he didn't pay for it. 15:15 Speaker A This phrase pay for it. Pay for it. He did n't pay for it. He didn't pay for it. 15:22 Speaker A How shall we say? It didn't work. It is also possible to translate this, it didn’t work. 15:29 Speaker A will. It didn't work. It didn't work. How should I say it? I didn't like this place. 15:41 Speaker A I didn't like it. I didn't like it. I didn't like this place anymore. Let's remember that if this is something, then we use exactly this, that is, this place. 15:57 Speaker A This place. I like this place. I like this place. How to say? We didn't want this. 16:09 Speaker A Well, we didn't want to. We didn't want We didn't want this. It did n't want it. We didn't want it. How will it be? I didn't have time. 16:28 Speaker A Literally, we say: "I didn't have time, I didn't have, I didn't have time. We just say time, time is uncountable in English. We don't put an article , just time. I didn't have time. I didn't have time." How will it be? She didn't understand it. 16:56 Speaker A She didn't understand. She didn't understand this. It understands it. She didn't understand it. How will it be? I didn't think about it. I didn't think. I didn't think I didn't think about it. About it. I didn't think about it. 17:22 Speaker A I didn't think about it. How shall we say? He didn't finish his work. He didn't finish. He didn't finish. My work. Speaking about him, we will literally say his, that is, his work. This will be his work. He didn't finish his 17:46 Speaker A work. He didn't finish his work. And what will happen? She didn't come. She did n't. She didn't come. Come. She did n't come. She didn't come. How shall we say? I didn't like this restaurant. I did n't like him. 18:13 Speaker A I didn't like it. I didn't like it. This is a restaurant. This restaurant. I didn't like this restaurant. I like this restaurant. 18:27 Speaker A Friends, now we will move on to conversational situations. So, how can I say, I didn't go there yesterday, I went there the day before yesterday. 18:42 Speaker A Okay, let's talk. I didn't go there. I didn't go there yesterday. Yesterday. I didn't go there yesterday. 18:54 Speaker A I went there. I went there. I went there last night. The day before yesterday. I went there the day before yesterday. I didn't go there yesterday. I went there the day before yesterday. I didn't go there yesterday . I went there the day before 19:21 Speaker A yesterday. How shall we say? I didn't like this restaurant. I don't want to go there again. 19:35 Speaker A So, I didn't like it. I didn't like it. I didn't like it. This is a restaurant. This restaurant. I didn't like this restaurant. 19:46 Speaker A I like this restaurant. I don't want. I don't want. I don't want. I don't want to go there again. I don't want to go there again. I didn't like this restaurant. I don't want to go there again. I didn't like this 20:09 Speaker A restaurant. Don't go again. Another situation. How shall we say? He didn't understand you. He doesn't speak English. 20:22 Speaker A He didn't understand you. He didn't understand you. He didn't understand you. He doesn't speak English. He doesn't speak English. 20:35 Speaker A He doesn't speak English. He didn't understand you. He doesn't speak English. He didn't understand you. He does n't speak English. Another situation. 20:47 Speaker A We didn't go there. We didn't have time. We didn't go there. We didn't go there. We didn't go there. 20:59 Speaker A We didn't have time. Literally, we didn't have time. We didn't have time. We didn't have time. We didn't go there. We didn't have time. We didn't go there. We have time. 21:17 Speaker A Now let's also look at how more complex sentences are constructed. How to say? I didn't buy it because I did n't like it. 21:31 Speaker A Well, I didn't buy it. It will be literally in English. I didn't buy it. 21:38 Speaker A I didn't bite. I didn't bite. Because because I didn't like it. This sounds like this in Russian, but in English it is a construction. First, let 's talk to those who didn't like it. That is, the design. 22:00 Speaker A I didn't like it. I didn't like it. I didn't like it. It How do we say: "I didn't buy it because it cost too much. 22:32 Speaker A I didn't buy it. I didn't buy it. B, because it cost it cost. It cost too much. Remember that with cost here we literally say exactly too much. Too much. Too much because it cost too much. I didn't bite because it 22:58 Speaker A cost too much. I bite because to much. How will it be? He didn't buy it because he didn't have money. 23:15 Speaker A He didn't buy it. He didn't buy it. Because he did n't have money. Literally, he didn't have money. 23:29 Speaker A He didn't have. He didn't have because he didn't have. And money will be money. Money in English is uncountable. The article is not used here. We just say: "Dite because he have money." He bite because he didn't have money. 23:55 Speaker A How will it be? She didn't come. Because she didn't know about it. She didn't come. 24:03 Speaker A She didn't come because she didn't know about this. And how to say it correctly? I didn't know about it because she didn't tell me. 24:37 Speaker A I didn't know about it. I didn't know about it. Because she didn't tell me. You see, to tell someone is exactly to tell. That is, the phrase tell me tell me because tell me because tell me. I know about it 25:02 Speaker A because me. I know about it because she didn't tell me. How will it be? I didn't visit them because I didn't have time. 25:19 Speaker A I hated. I didn't visit. I didn't visit them because because I didn't have time. That is, I didn't have time. I have time. I have time. 25:43 Speaker A I visit them because I have time. I visit them because I have time. How do we say it? I didn't call you because I forgot about it. 26:07 Speaker A I didn't call you. I didn't call you. Because I forgot about it. I forgot about because I forgot about it. I call you because I forgot about it. I call you because I forgot about It. 26:37 Speaker A Friends, you're great and truly hardworking. Listen to the lesson again in the background and walk through the building in the app. 26:47 Speaker A Every step makes your English more confident and fluent. See you in the next lesson. Bye-bye. Uh-huh. 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