Blue Level

Lesson Twenty-six

Want
Past Tense

singular	plural
I wanted _____	We wanted _____
You wanted _____	You wanted _____
He wanted _____ She wanted _____ It wanted _____	They wanted _____

The verb “want” requires an object:

Want in the Past Tense – Negative

singular	plural
I didn’t want _____	We didn’t want _____
You didn’t want _____	You didn’t want _____
He didn’t want _____ She didn’t want _____ It didn’t want _____	They didn’t want _____

Remember:

An object usually comes after the verb “want.”

You didn’t want the job.
My dog didn’t want to stay home. (The infinitive, “to stay” functions as the object in this sentece.)
The kids didn’t want the brocolli.

These questions are asked in the past tense:

What did you want?
Did they want any more juice?
Did your neighbor want any help?
When did he want to eat?
When did you want to leave for the airport? (This question and the one before it are in the past tense, but they refer to a future event.)

Here are some examples:

A: What did he want? B: He wanted his bottle. Now he’s happy!
A: What did she want to do when she was a little girl? B: She wanted to become a ballerina, and now she is.
A: What did they want to do yesterday? B: They wanted to go skating, so they went to the park and skated around the lake.

Practice

Directions: Fill in the blanks to make the past tense with the helping verb (did) and the main verb (want).

1- 10 Past Tense:

(Answers: 1. did…want; 2. wanted; 3. did….want; 4. wanted; 5. did….want;

6. wanted; 7. didn’t want; 8. didn’t want; 9. didn’t…want; 10. didn’t want)

Here’s a quiz for the verb “want.” / (PDF version)