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The interrogative (yes/no question) in simple present is formed by beginning the question with
do/does + subject + main verb.

l Do they stop at the school now? l Does she live here?
The wh-question in simple present is formed with a wh-word + do or do not + subject + main verb.
Words commonly used to form wh-questions are what, where, when, why, who, how, how many
and how much. For example:
l Why does he buy extra food? l Where do they come from?

Test Yourself

I. Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from those given in brackets.
1. People _____________ according to their religions. (worship/worships/worshipping)
2. She _____________ her mother with the daily chores. (help/helped/helps)

3. Every day, the woman _____________ at the temple steps. (sitting/will sit/sits)
4. I _____________ my brother who is a cardiologist. (admire/admires/admired)

5. Even the juniors _____________ a good salary after the training. (earned/earn/earning)
6. He usually _____________ coffee in the morning. (drank/drink/drinks)
7. She _____________ with us. (not work/does not work/do not work)

8. He _____________ to church every Sunday. (goes/go/going)

Simple Past Tense

We use the simple past tense to describe an action that happened in the past. In the simple past tense,
the verb does not change with the subject. The simple past is usually formed by adding -d, -ed or -ied
to the main form of a verb. However, irregular verbs take on different forms in the past tense.

l I played in the park. (I am not playing Now.)

l The Mughals attacked India in the 16th century. (The attack happened and stopped.)

Remember
The most common time references used to depict the past time are: yesterday, a week ago, last

month/night/year, the day before yesterday, etc. These words are placed either at the beginning or
at the end of a sentence, but never in the middle.

Formation of Sentences in Simple Past Tense
The negative in simple past is formed by using did not + main verb. Did not may be contracted to didn’t.

l She did not walk down the hill today.
The interrogative (yes/no question) in simple past is formed by beginning the question with did +
subject + main verb.

l Did they stop at the post office yesterday?

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