Forming Yes/No Questions in Past Tense

In this video tutorial, teacher Gary Vernier explains how to form yes/no questions in the past tense in both Spanish and English. The video begins with a brief introduction to the topic, followed by a detailed explanation of how to form these questions in Spanish, which involves using the same sentence structure as affirmative declarations but with added question marks. The tutorial then shifts focus to English, where forming yes/no questions requires starting with the word 'did' and using the main verb in its simple form. The video includes examples and activities to reinforce learning, concluding with a review of the key points.

What is the main focus of this lesson?

• Learning to ask yes/no questions in the future tense

• Learning to ask yes/no questions in the conditional tense

• Learning to ask yes/no questions in the present tense

• Learning to ask yes/no questions in the past tense

How do you form a yes/no question in Spanish?

• By using the verb 'to be'

• By adding question marks to an affirmative sentence

• By adding 'did' at the beginning

• By changing the verb to its past form

What word do you start with to form a yes/no question in English past tense?

• Was

• Is

• Did

• Have

Which of the following is a correct yes/no question in English past tense?

• Did she walks to school?

• Did she walking to school?

• Did she walk to school?

• Did she walked to school?

What form should the main verb be in when forming a yes/no question in English past tense?

• Past form

• Simple form

• Present continuous

• Past participle

Which of the following sentences is a yes/no question in the past tense?

• Did they playing baseball?

• Did they play baseball?

• Did they played baseball?

• Did they plays baseball?

Which of the following is NOT a correct yes/no question in English past tense?

• Did you spoke German?

• Did you speaked German?

• Did you speaking German?

• Did you speak German?

What is the main verb form used in the question: 'Did she eat lunch at her house?'

• Past form

• Present continuous

• Simple form

• Past participle

Which of the following is a correct yes/no question in English past tense?

• Did it rained yesterday?

• Did it rain yesterday?

• Did it rains yesterday?

• Did it raining yesterday?

What is the correct way to ask if someone went to the movies last weekend?

• Did you go to the movies last weekend?

• Did you went to the movies last weekend?

• Did you going to the movies last weekend?

• Did you goes to the movies last weekend?