Interrogative Sentences (Past Tense)

Interrogative Sentences (Past Tense) 

Past Indefinite:

Interrogative affirmative:

DID+SUB+V1+OBJ

Example:

Did you go to Kolkata?

Did they like the place?

Did I like it?

Interrogative negative:

DID+NOT+SUB+V1+OBJ

Example:

Did not you go to Kolkata?

Did not they like the place?

Did not I like it?

Past Continuous:

Interrogative affirmative:

WAS/WERE+SUB+ING+ OBJ

Example:

Was I eating rice?

Were you seeing a bird?

Was he playing cricket?

Interrogative negative:

WAS/WERE+NOT+SUB+ING+ OBJ

Example:

Was not I eating rice?

Were not you seeing a bird?

Was not he playing cricket?

Past Perfect:

Interrogative affirmative:

Before:

HAD+SUB+V3+OBJ+BEFORE+SUB+V2+OBJ

Example:

Had the patient died before the doctor came?

After:

DID+SUB+V1+OBJ+AFTER+SUB+HAD+V3+OBJ

Example:

Did the rain start after we had reached school?

Interrogative negative:

Before:

HAD+NOT+SUB+V3+OBJ+BEFORE+SUB+V2+OBJ

Example:

Had not the patient died before the doctor came?

After:

DID+NOT+SUB+V1+OBJ+AFTER+SUB+HAD+V3+OBJ

Example:

Did not the rain start after we had reached school?

Past Perfect Continuous:

Interrogative affirmative:

HAD+SUB+BEEN+ING+OBJ+FOR/SINCE

Example:

Had I been waiting for you for a long time?

Had they been living here since 1986?

Had she been doing this job since 2006?

Interrogative negative:

HAD+NOT+SUB+BEEN+ING+OBJ+FOR/SINCE

Example:

Had not I been waiting for you for a long time?

Had not they been living here since 1986?

Had not she been doing this job since 2006?