Yes/No questions in the past

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Yes/No questions in the past tense

( Ja/Nee vragen in de verleden tijd)

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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?

A

Yes, I did

B

No, I did not

C


D


Choose the right question form


Sarah was the teacher.

A

Was Sarah the teacher?

B

Did Sarah the teacher?

C

Did Sarah was the teacher?

D


He gave her a lot of presents.

A

Did he gave her a lot of presents?

B

Did he give her a lot of presents?

C

Gave her a lot of presents?

D


He was at school.

A

Was he at school.

B

Did he was at school?

C

Was he at school?

D


Make questions in the past?


They lived in Paris for two years.

She was hungry?