Today
Yes/No questions in the past tense
( Ja/Nee vragen in de verleden tijd)
Today
Yes/No questions in the past tense
( Ja/Nee vragen in de verleden tijd)
What is Yes/No questions
Did you eat your breakfast?
Yes, I did
No, I did not
Were they studying yesterday?
How to make a Yes/No question in the past tense
We were late.
New York was expensive.
They could stay.
He had changed his mind.
Rule 1
Look at the sentence
If you can see helping verbs (was, were, could, would....), put them before the subject (= onderwerp)
Rule 2
Look at the sentence
If there are no helping verbs (was, were, could, would, ....), put Did before the subject
They got married 5 years ago.
He won the competition.
Michael worked at a restaurant.
Time to practice
Pak je wisbordje / je schrift en schrijf je antwoord op.
Did you brush your teeth?
Yes, I did
No, I did not
Choose the right question form
Sarah was the teacher.
Was Sarah the teacher?
Did Sarah the teacher?
Did Sarah was the teacher?
He gave her a lot of presents.
Did he gave her a lot of presents?
Did he give her a lot of presents?
Gave her a lot of presents?
He was at school.
Was he at school.
Did he was at school?
Was he at school?
Make questions in the past?
They lived in Paris for two years.
She was hungry?