past simple negative – English Grammar Profiler

A2 English Grammar Profile point 10 in the category of NEGATION is defined as:

negative statements of main verbs in the past simple with ‘didn’t’ + main verb

A search in iWeb for:

did n’t _VVI

1 DID N’T KNOW 189531 2 DID N’T WANT 163517 3 DID N’T GET 103113 4 DID N’T THINK 70287 5 DID N’T WORK 62831 6 DID N’T LIKE 57538 7 DID N’T SEE 55206 8 DID N’T MAKE 47215 9 DID N’T TAKE 40365 10 DID N’T SEEM 38515 11 DID N’T FEEL 36230 12 DID N’T GO 35525 13 DID N’T NEED 35403 14 DID N’T REALIZE 27415 15 DID N’T SAY 25541 16 DID N’T COME 25507

17 DID N’T FIND 22352

18 DID N’T CARE 22259

PELIC STUDENT: Japanese,Female,5,g

And then I told my boss about it, but she didn’t care.

19 DID N’T HELP 20512 20 DID N’T LOOK 20301 21 DID N’T EXPECT 20134 22 DID N’T HAPPEN 19362 23 DID N’T GIVE 19304 24 DID N’T STOP 19110 25 DID N’T USE 17992 26 DID N’T UNDERSTAND 17428 27 DID N’T NOTICE 15681 28 DID N’T MEAN 15636 29 DID N’T MATTER 14074 30 DID N’T PLAY 13231 31 DID N’T BELIEVE 13038 32 DID N’T BOTHER 12551 33 DID N’T SHOW 11456 34 DID N’T TELL 11307 35 DID N’T MENTION 10870 36 DID N’T START 10846 37 DID N’T EXIST 10674 38 DID N’T ASK 9585 39 DID N’T CHANGE 9452 40 DID N’T TRY 9267 41 DID N’T LAST 9143 42 DID N’T HEAR 8993 43 DID N’T PAY 8898 44 DID N’T PUT 8739 45 DID N’T REALISE 8633 46 DID N’T MIND 8270 47 DID N’T FIT 7843 48 DID N’T WIN 7638 49 DID N’T LET 7578 50 DID N’T READ 7540 51 DID N’T END 7372 52 DID N’T BUY 7229 53 DID N’T LEAVE 6798 54 DID N’T TURN 6728 55 DID N’T INCLUDE 6674 56 DID N’T RECEIVE 6292 57 DID N’T APPEAR 6021 58 DID N’T HURT 5456 59 DID N’T RESPOND 5279 60 DID N’T ALLOW 5196 61 DID N’T MISS 4843 62 DID N’T WRITE 4780 63 DID N’T ANSWER 4714 64 DID N’T LOSE 4653 65 DID N’T TALK 4384 66 DID N’T BRING 4343 67 DID N’T SPEAK 4338 68 DID N’T MOVE 4330 69 DID N’T RUN 4311 70 DID N’T CALL 4282 71 DID N’T CATCH 4253 72 DID N’T MEET 4180 73 DID N’T SOUND 4085 74 DID N’T FOLLOW 4044 75 DID N’T SPEND 4022 76 DID N’T LOVE 3932 77 DID N’T KEEP 3913 78 DID N’T LIVE 3913 79 DID N’T DESERVE 3839 80 DID N’T DISAPPOINT 3812 81 DID N’T RETURN 3797 82 DID N’T PROVIDE 3749 83 DID N’T OFFER 3721 84 DID N’T HOLD 3719 85 DID N’T ADD 3707 86 DID N’T ENJOY 3697 87 DID N’T BREAK 3675 88 DID N’T EAT 3647 89 DID N’T RECOGNIZE 3629 90 DID N’T AGREE 3596 91 DID N’T HIT 3530 92 DID N’T MATCH 3499 93 DID N’T KILL 3470 94 DID N’T REQUIRE 3414 95 DID N’T FINISH 3360

96 DID N’T DIE 3311

He didn’t die from one day of AZT, he died from the disease as a whole.

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97 DID N’T PICK 3298 98 DID N’T SELL 3262 99 DID N’T REMEMBER 3214

100 DID N’T LEARN 3209

Our A2 vocabulary:

add, agree, believe, bother, break, bring, call, care, fit, follow, happen, hit, hold, hurt, include, keep, kill, let, lose, match, matter, mean, mind, move, notice, offer, pick, receive, return, sell, sound, spend, try, turn, win