Questions in Past Tenses
The table below shows the way we build the questions in Past tenses in English.
| Affirmative | Questions | ||||
| Past Simple | I You He She It We You They |
wrote a letter yesterday. |
What did | I you he she it we you they |
write yesterday? |
| Past Continuous | I He She It |
was writing a letter at 5 p.m. yesterday. | What was | I He She It |
doing at 5 pm. yesterday? |
| We You They |
were writing a letter at 5 p.m. yesterday. | What were | we you they |
doing at 5 p.m. yesterday? |
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| Past Perfect | I You He She It We You They |
had written a letter before you arrived. | What had | I you he she it we you they |
been writing before you arrived? |
| Past Perfect Continuous | I You He She It We You They |
had been writing a letter before you arrived. |
What had | I you he she it we you they |
been writing before you arrived? |