I did spend vs. I spent

[mexican]

Test No. incompl/elem-25 "On my Mobile", question 5

Well, I did ......... a lot of money on it.

(a) dispense
(b) pass
(c) spend
(d) dispose

Test No. incompl/elem-25 "On my Mobile", answer 5

Well, I did spend a lot of money on it.

Correct answer: (c) spend

Your answer was: correct
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I did spend vs. I spent.

dear teachers; could you explain me what's the difference?

mexican

[Alan]

Usually we use do/did with interrogative and negative sentences: Do you understand/Did you understand? - I do not understand/I did not understand.

We also use did/and do when we want to emphasise a statement or make it more definite as in I did spend meaning I must admit that I spent/It's absolutely true that I spent.
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[Su KAh Hong]

Dear Sir Alan,

i dont know how to use DO and DID in question form. If i am asking question but i am not sure the action is being done or not which should i use? DID or DO.

another problem that i wish Sir to help me is i dont know how to use past participle without is, are, have and has. some sentences with past participle form without is, are , have and has. can sir explain?

[Alan]

Hi,

The question form for the present is Do you understand?

The question form for the past is Did you understand?

The negative forms are I don't (do not) understand for the present

and I didn't (did not) understand for the past.

Your other question about past participles like gone (from go) taken (from take) or understood (from understand) is not easy to explain because they are usually connected to an auxiliary like is/are/has/have.

Can you give me an example of what you have seen?

Alan
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[Su Kah Hong]

Thank you Sir,

this sentence " A penny saved is a penny saved". between "penny" and "saved" do not include is/are/has/have.

What does Past Participle mean?

Yours sincerely,
Su Kah Hong

[Alan]

Hi,

A verb has what are called parts: an infinitive (go) a past form (went) and a past participle (gone) or with the verb you have used save/saved/saved. In the phrase a penny saved there is no is/was/has etc because this is a short form of: a penny that has been saved. You could say: An exercise done (that has been done) very quickly is usually full of mistakes.

Alan
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[Kh]

Hi Alan,

I have a question to ask you.. Is it nessasary to add Past participle after BE? Only for Verb?

Best Wishes,
Kh