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 main verb in base form. It provides examples of yes/no questions using "did" and the corresponding short answers. The document also notes that questions using the verb "to be" have different rules that are not covered here.

1. SIMPLE PAST
QUESTIONS
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2. DIDYOU STUDY?
WHAT DIDYOU LEARN?

3. Questions: HelpingVerb
We use the helping verb did to make questions. It
never changes.
Did you work yesterday?
Did she work yesterday?

4. Questions: MainVerb
The main verb is in base form. It doesn’t change.
Did you go out last night?
Did they play yesterday?

5. DIDYOU LIKE IT?
YES, I DID.
NO, I DID NOT.

6. 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.

7. Make a question.
Q:
A:Yes, I did. I watched the movie on Saturday.

8. Make a question.
Q: Did you watch the movie?
A:Yes, I did. I watched the movie on Saturday.

9. Make a question.
Q:When
A:We left at midnight.

10. Make a question.
Q:When did you leave?
A:We left at midnight.

11. Make a question.
Q:Who
A: I called my mom.

12. Make a question.
Q:Who did you call?
A: I called my mom.

13. BE CAREFUL WITH
VERB BE!
The rules are different with BE.
We will learn them later.