Didn't know anyone?

[waleede]

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #110 "Postcard: Job", question 2

The first day was very hard because I didn't ......... anyone.

(a) know
(b) recognize
(c) remember

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #110 "Postcard: Job", answer 2

The first day was very hard because I didn't know anyone.

Correct answer: (a) know
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Why?

waleed

[Alan]

Hi Waleed,

The choice of ' I didn't know anyone' is used here because this means that the writer hadn't met anyone before - they were all strangers to him.

Alan
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[Babrak]

but "i didn;t knew anyone" could also be used?

please advice

[Mister Micawber]

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No. The negative past simple tense is 'didn't' ('did not') + the bare infinitive or dictionary form of the main verb:

I didn't know
She didn't write
They didn't eat
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