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    This document provides instruction on forming questions in the simple past tense in English. It explains that questions are formed by using the helping verb "did" followed by the subject, which never changes. The main verb is left in its base form and does not change. It provides examples of questions formed this way and discusses how to form short affirmative answers to questions using "did", either saying "yes, I did" or "no, I did not".

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    This document provides instruction on forming questions in the simple past tense in English. It explains that questions are formed by using the helping verb "did" followed by the subject, which never changes. The main verb is left in its base form and does not change. It provides examples of questions formed this way and discusses how to form short affirmative answers to questions using "did", either saying "yes, I did" or "no, I did not".

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    Simple Past Questions: Katie Mitchell

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    This document provides instruction on forming questions in the simple past tense in English. It explains that questions are formed by using the helping verb "did" followed by the subject, which never changes. The main verb is left in its base form and does not change. It provides examples of questions formed this way and discusses how to form short affirmative answers to questions using "did", either saying "yes, I did" or "no, I did not".

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    SIMPLE PAST

    QUESTIONS

    Katie Mitchell
    DIDYOU STUDY?
    WHAT DIDYOU LEARN?
    Questions: Helping Verb
    We use the helping verb did to make questions. It
    never changes.

    Did you work yesterday?


    Did she work yesterday?
    Questions: Main Verb
    The main verb is in base form. It doesn’t change.

    Did you go out last night?


    Did they play yesterday?
    DIDYOU LIKE IT?
    YES, I DID.
    NO, I DID NOT.
    Short Answers
    If the question uses did, the short answer uses did.

    Yes, she did.


    No, she didn’t.
    We can use the short form didn’t, but we can’t
    use a short form with positive answers.
    Make a question.

    Q:

    A: Yes, I did. I watched the movie on Saturday.


    Make a question.

    Q: Did you watch the movie?

    A: Yes, I did. I watched the movie on Saturday.


    Make a question.

    Q: When

    A: We left at midnight.
    Make a question.

    Q: When did you leave?

    A: We left at midnight.
    Make a question.

    Q: Who

    A: I called my mom.
    Make a question.

    Q: Who did you call?

    A: I called my mom.
    BE CAREFUL WITH
    VERB BE!
    The rules are different with BE.
    We will learn them later.

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