past simple negative (range) – English Grammar Profiler

In the English Grammar Profile, B2 point 63 in the category of PAST is defined as:

past simple NEGATIVE

wide range of regular and irregular verbs.

This point is very much about vocabulary and so probably doubles up on using the English vocabulary profile.  How do we divide the range up better than looking for B1 and above verbs?

Here’s a look in iWeb corpus for did _xx _vvi

1 DID N’T KNOW 189599 2 DID N’T WANT 163571 3 DID N’T GET 103141 4 DID NT KNOW 93950 5 DID NT WANT 80076 6 DID NOT KNOW 73488 7 DID N’T THINK 70264 8 DID NOT WANT 64669 9 DID N’T WORK 62892 10 DID N’T LIKE 57560 11 DID N’T SEE 55245 12 DID NT GET 50814 13 DID N’T MAKE 47233

14 DID N’T TAKE 40369

DIDN’T SEEM

  The New York Times There was no show, just him and an instrument that didn’t seem to be working. He said there was a problem with the G key.

16 DID N’T FEEL 36241 17 DID N’T GO 35544 18 DID N’T NEED 35497 19 DID NOT GET 35001 20 DID NT THINK 32294 21 DID NT WORK 29902 22 DID NOT WORK 28786 23 DID NT LIKE 28419

24 DID NOT SEE 27966

DIDN’T REALIZE 

  Daily Mail Winnie Harlow didn’t realize she was ‘different’ as a child and wants to ‘open doors’ for future models.

26 DID NOT MAKE 27340 27 DID NOT TAKE 25691 28 DID N’T SAY 25562 29 DID N’T COME 25523 30 DID NT SEE 25042 31 DID NT MAKE 24164 32 DID NOT GO 22356 33 DID N’T FIND 22351 34 DID N’T CARE 22264 35 DID NOT COME 21744 36 DID NOT LIKE 21306 37 DID NOT RECEIVE 21205 38 DID N’T HELP 20511 39 DID N’T LOOK 20308

40 DID NT TAKE 20275

41 DID N’T EXPECT 20139

42 DID N’T HAPPEN 19409 43 DID N’T GIVE 19316 44 DID N’T STOP 19114 45 DID NOT FIND 18259 46 DID N’T USE 18017 47 DID NT NEED 17984 48 DID NT FEEL 17972 49 DID N’T UNDERSTAND 17528 50 DID NT GO 16914

51 DID NT SEEM 16851

52 DID NOT RESPOND 16847
53 DID NT REALIZE 16127

54 DID NOT THINK 15811 55 DID NOT GIVE 15803 56 DID NOT USE 15780 57 DID N’T NOTICE 15674 58 DID N’T MEAN 15636 59 DID NOT SAY 15129 60 DID NOT NEED 15043 61 DID NOT BELIEVE 14977

62 DID NOT INCLUDE 14914

63 DID NOT SEEM 14154

64 DID N’T MATTER 14077

65 DID NOT EXIST 13536
66 DID NOT APPEAR 13452

67 DID N’T PLAY 13237 68 DID NOT FEEL 13231 69 DID N’T BELIEVE 13104 70 DID N’T BOTHER 12542

71 DID NOT UNDERSTAND 12353

72 DID NOT PROVIDE 11951

73 DID NOT RETURN 11860 74 DID N’T SHOW 11498 75 DID N’T TELL 11384 76 DID NOT SHOW 11151 77 DID NT COME 11129

78 DID NT CARE 10980

79 DID N’T MENTION 10950

80 DID N’T START 10908
81 DID NT SAY 10881

82 DID NOT EXPECT 10697

83 DID N’T EXIST 10681 84 DID NOT MEET 10204 85 DID NT FIND 9997 86 DID NOT CHANGE 9989

87 DID NOT STOP 9818

88 DID NOT ALLOW 9815

89 DID N’T ASK 9722 90 DID NT USE 9676 91 DID N’T CHANGE 9556 92 DID N’T TRY 9284

93 DID NOT HELP 9243

94 DID NT EXPECT 9222