Topic
28 Simple Past Tense in
questions (?)
It is used to express the fact and habit in
the past with a time expression.
To express the Simple Past Tense in
questions, we use the root verb in
question using ‘did / didn’t’
S F3
Did S V
……………..?
[ Jack ] sang well
yesterday.
Did [ Jack] sing
well yesterday?
[ Meena ] walked a lot
yesterday.
Did [ Meena ] walk
a lot yesterday?
[ The cat ] ate a lot
last Saturday.
Did [ the cat ] eat
a lot last Saturday?
[ The children ] screamed
loudly yesterday.
Did [ the children ] scream
loudly yesterday?
[ You ] ran a lot yesterday
afternoon.
Did [ I ] run a lot
yesterday afternoon?
Simple Present Simple Past
do
did
does
The Simple Past tense of the auxiliary
verbs ‘do / does’ is ‘did’. The
auxiliary verbs ‘do / does / did’ are
always followed by a root verb.
Exercise 123
Change the following statements into questions.
1. [Aminah’s
mother] sold the vegetables here yesterday.
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2. [Peter and
I] wore the green T-shirts last Tuesday.
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3. [The
children] flew kites here yesterday afternoon.
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4. [I] saw
a porcupine just now.
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5. [Meena] carried
a basket yesterday.
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6. [You and
James] smiled happily yesterday.
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7. [Hassan] woke
up late this morning.
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8. [The pupils]
danced very well in the concert last Friday.
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9. [The shop] closed at 10 o’clock yesterday evening 
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