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EF 1A: Grammar: Word Order in Questions – Past

For past tense questions, we use a similar structure, but instead of „do/does,“ we use did. The structure is:

Question word + auxiliary verb (did) + subject + main verb + object

Examples:

  • Did you have a big breakfast today? What did you eat?
  • Where did you go last Saturday?
  • What film did you see last week?

Notice that the main verb stays in the base form after „did.“