English short Questions: This post is presenting Daily use English short Questions with did, was, were, had but also try to cover the following subject:
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ToggleInterrogative sentence with did, was, were, had
āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻļāĻŋāĻāĻŦ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ did, was, were, had āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ interrogative sentence āϤā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§? āĻāĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧠āĻā§āϞ⧠āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšā§ āϏā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻžāύāϤā§āĻ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤ āĻāϰ āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ âdo, dose, am, is, are, have, hasâ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšā§āĨ¤Â āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻāϤ⧠āĻ āύā§āĻ āĻšā§āϞā§āĻĒ āĻāϰāĻŦā§āĨ¤Â āĻāϞā§āύ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻ āĻāĻāĻā§āϰ āϞā§āϏāύ – Â
Did, Was, were, āĻāĻŦāĻ Had āĻā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§ Past Tense āĻāĨ¤
English short Questions with Did
Sentence Structure: Did + S + V + O + ?
āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāϤā§āύ?
Did you live here?
āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻŽāύā§āϤā§āϰāĻŖ āĻāĻžāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§?
Did you invite him?
āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āϏā§āύāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§?
Did you take a bath?
āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŦāϞā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§?
Did you say something?
āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻļā§āώ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āύ?
Did you finish the job?
āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āϏāĻŋāύā§āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻāύā§āĻĻ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§?
Did you like the movie?
āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāώā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§?
Did you clean your room?
āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻšā§āĻŽāĻā§āĻžāϰā§āĻ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§?
Did you do your homework?
āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§ā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ?
Did you receive my letter?
āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āϏā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§?
Did you see anybody there?
āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻā§āϞāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§?
Did you watch the game?
Wh+Did - Interrogative sentence
Sentence Structure: Wh-word + did + S + V + O + ?
āϏ⧠āĻāĻŋ āĻŦāϞā§āĻāĻŋāϞ?
What did he say?
āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻŋāύā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§?
When did you buy it?
āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻāϞ?
Why did this happen?
āĻā§āύ āϏ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āϞ?
Why did he run away?
āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāύ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻāϞā§?
When did you get home?
āĻā§āύ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāϰāĻŋ āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ?
Why did he quit his job?
āĻāĻāύ āĻŦā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ?
When did it begin to rain?
āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻŋāύāϞā§?
How did you get to know her?
āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŋāĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϞā§?
Where did you find this wallet?
Daily use English short Questions with was
Was āĻā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§ â I, He, She, It āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§
Were āĻā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§ â You, we, They
I was wrong. This is simple Past Tense. āĻāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ āϤā§āϤ āĻāĻžāϞāĨ¤
āϝāĻāύ āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻāĻŋāĻā§ Interrogative sentence āĻāϰāĻŦ, āϤāĻāύ âwasâ āĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§ āĻŦāϏāĻžāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
Was I wrong?
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āϏāĻŋāύā§āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāϞ āĻāĻŋāϞ?
Was the movie good?
āĻŦāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻŽāĻāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŋāϞ?
Was the book interesting?
āĻāϤāĻāĻžāϞ āϏ⧠āĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻāĻŋāϞ?
Was he at home yesterday?
āϏā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻŋ āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻĢāĻŋāĻ āĻ
āύā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāϞ?
Was there a lot of traffic?
āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠Verb āĻĨāĻžāĻā§, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠Verb āĻā§ Subject āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻŦāϏāĻžāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
Was/were + S + V + O + ?
āĻāĻ Sentence Structure āĻāĻŋ Past Continuous Tense āĻāϰ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰ⧠āĻŦā§āĻļā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻšā§āĨ¤
āϏ⧠āĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ?
Was he running?
āϏ⧠āĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞ?
Was he sleeping?
āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻ āĻāĻŋ āĻāϞā§āĻĒ āĻŦāϞāĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ?
Was the teacher telling the story?
Wh-Words + Was
Wh-Word + was/were + S + O + ?
āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāύāĻāĻž āĻā§āĻŽāύ āĻāĻžāĻāϞ?
How was your day?
āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻā§āϰā§āώā§āĻŽāĻāĻžāϞ āĻā§āĻŽāύ āĻāĻžāĻāϞ?
How was your summer?
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻŋāϏā§āϰ āĻāĻŋāϞ?
What was that noise?
# āϤāĻŦā§ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠Verb āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠Verb āĻāĻŋāĻā§ was/were āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰā§āĻ āĻŦāϏāĻžāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻāύ āĻļā§āώ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ?
When was it finished?
āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻā§ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ?
What was served at the party?
Most common English short Questions with were
āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āϝāĻž āύāĻŋā§āĻŽ Was āĻāϰ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰ⧠follow āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋ, āϏā§āĻ āĻā§āϞāĻŋ Were āĻāϰ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤ āϤāĻŦā§ āĻļā§āϧ⧠āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ Subject āĻā§ āĻā§ā§āĻžāϞ āĻāϰ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻžāύāĻŋ â
Were āĻā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§ â You, we, They āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§āĨ¤
āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§?
Were you sleeping?
āϞā§āĻā§āϰāĻž āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻāĻŋāϞ?
Were the people shouting?
āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāϤāĻāĻžāϞ āĻŦā§āϝāϏā§āϤ āĻāĻŋāϞā§?
Were you busy yesterday?
āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāϤāϰāĻžāϤ⧠āĻŦāĻžāĻāϰ⧠āĻāϏā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§?
Were you out last night?
āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāϤāĻāĻžāϞ āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻŋāϞā§?
Were you at home yesterday?
āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āϤāĻāύ āϏā§āĻā§āϞ⧠āĻāĻŋāϞā§?
Were you at school at that time?
āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāϤāĻāĻžāϞ āϏāĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻā§āύāĻŋāϏ āĻā§āϞāĻāĻŋāϞā§?
Were you playing tennis yesterday morning?
Basic questions with Wh-Words + Were
āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋāϞā§?
Where were you going?
āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āϏā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻāĻŋāϞā§?
What were you doing there?
āĻāĻ āϏāĻāĻžāϞ⧠āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āύ āĻĻā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰāĻāĻŋāϞā§?
Why were you late this morning?
āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϤāĻāĻžāϞ āĻā§āύ āĻ
āύā§āĻĒāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻŋāϞā§?
Why were you absent yesterday?
āĻāĻļāĻž āĻāϰāĻŋ Interrogative Sentence āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ Was/were āĻā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻŦā§āύ āϏā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāĻā§ āĻļā§āĻāĻžāϤ⧠āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻāϞā§āύ āĻļā§āĻāĻž āϝāĻžāĻ Had āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ Interrogative Sentence āϤā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§?
English short Questions with had
āĻāĻā§āĻ āĻŦāϞ⧠āϰāĻžāĻāĻŋ Had āĻā§ āϏāĻŦ Subject āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž āϝāĻžā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻž āĻŦāϞā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ?
Had I told him that?
āĻāϤāĻāĻžāϞ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻā§āĻŦāϰ āĻāĻŋāϞ?
Had I fever yesterday?
āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻŽā§āϰāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ?
Had you visited America before?
āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻžā§āĻŋ āĻāĻŋāϞ?
Had you a car earlier?
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŋ āĻ
āύā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻž āĻāĻŋāϞ?
Had he a lot of money?
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻāϰāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāϞ?
Had he a bank job?
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϞāĻŋāĻļā§ āĻ
āĻāĻŋāϝā§āĻ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞ?
Had they complained to the police?
āĻā§āĻā§āϰāĻāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻŋ āϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻž āϞā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāϞ?
Had the dog a long tail?
āĻā§āĻā§āϰāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ?
Had the dog bitten you earlier?