LessonsNegating Past-Tense Sentences with مَاQuiz

Use this order:

مَا + past verb + subject + object or other complements

● Put مَا before the verb, not after it.
● Do not replace or reshape the past verb merely because the sentence is negative.
● Translate the whole sentence naturally with “did not.”

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Negating Past-Tense Sentences with مَا

Use this order:

مَا + past verb + subject + object or other complements

● Put مَا before the verb, not after it.
● Do not replace or reshape the past verb merely because the sentence is negative.
● Translate the whole sentence naturally with “did not.”