This document provides an overview of how to form questions in the past tense for irregular verbs in English. It discusses how to change statements to questions by using "did" before the subject and verb. Examples are provided for common irregular verbs like "eat", "drink", "take", "drive", "read", "run", and "come". The document also demonstrates how to form positive and negative questions and answers using "did" and "didn't".
5. He ate some bread yesterday.
1. + didn’t before the verb
He didn’t eat some bread
yesterday.
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6. She woke up late yesterday.
She didn’t wake up late yesterday.
They rode a horse yesterday.
They didn’t ride a horse yesterday.
I drank some milk last night.
I didn’t drink some milk last night.
7. We had steak for dinner yesterday.
We didn’t have steak for dinner yesterday.
You took a taxi yesterday.
You didn’t take a taxi yesterday.
Ada drove a car last week.
She didn’t drive a car last week.
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10. • Yes/No Questions
Questions that are answered by
Yes or No.
Example: Present : Do or Does
Do you play games everyday?
Yes, I do. No, I don’t.
16. Present: Do / Does
Yes, she does.
No, she doesn’t.
Past: Did
Example:
Does she cook
dinner everyday?
Yes, she did.
No, she didn’t.
Did she cook dinner
yesterday?
17. She ate breakfast this morning.
She didn’t eat breakfast this morning.
Did she eat breakfast this morning?
You broke my window’s glass.
You didn’t break my window’s glass.
Did you break my window’s glass?
No, she didn’t.
Yes, I did.
you I
18. He stood on the table all day.
He didn’t stand on the table all day.
Did he stand on the table all day?
We wrote a letter to our teachers.
We didn’t write a letter to our teachers.
Did we write a letter to our teachers?
No, he didn’t.
Yes, you did.
we you
19. The birds flew away in the sky.
They didn’t fly away in the sky.
Did they fly away in the sky?
I sleep late last night.
I didn’t sleep late last night.
Did I sleep late last night?
No, they didn’t.
Yes, you did.
I you