G5: Questions I - past yes/no

G5: Questions I - Past Verb Tenses: yes/no

by Tom Rohrbach

Multiple Choice Quiz

Do you know how to make correct yes-no questions with past verb tenses?

Can you figure out which past verb tense you need, or which helping verb?

Let's find out!

The quiz below has two parts. For the first 7 questions, you need to choose

the correct helping verb by figuring out which past verb tense is needed.

For the second half of the quiz, you need to choose the correct sentence

with the correct (best) verb tense based on the words shown.

__ your sister met your fiancé yet?
1. Was
2. Did
3. Has
4. Had
__ you find your missing keys last night?
1. Was
2. Did
3. Have
4. Had
__ your flight on time yesterday?
1. Was
2. Did
3. Has
4. Had
I’m sorry, I never asked. __ you already seen that movie before I dragged you to see it last night?
1. Did
2. Has
3. Have
4. Had
Oh no! __ the Colorado Rockies [baseball team] losers again last night?
1. Were
2. Did
3. Have
4. Had
__ your friends the Nelson twins been working at IBM for a long time?
1. Were
2. Did
3. Have
4. Had
__ the Kendricks brothers been working at IBM for a long time before they got fired for industrial espionage?
1. Were
2. Did
3. Have
4. Had
Elvis / (live) / in Mississippi / before / he / (move) / to Memphis ?
1. Did Elvis live in Mississippi before he moved to Memphis?
2. Was Elvis lived in Mississippi before he moved to Memphis?
3. Has Elvis lived in Mississippi before he moved to Memphis?
(be) / ancient humans / as intelligent as / modern humans?
1. Were ancient humans as intelligent as modern humans?
2. Was ancient humans as intelligent as modern humans?
3. Had ancient humans been as intelligent as modern humans?
you / (visit) / Yellowstone National Park / yet ?
1. Did you visited Yellowstone National Park yet?
2. Have you visited Yellowstone National Park yet?
3. Had you visited Yellowstone National Park yet?
Tom, / you / ever / (hear of) / William Shatner* / before / you / (meet) / him at Denver Comic Con ? [*world-famous TV and movie actor]
1. Tom, was you ever heard of William Shatner before you met him at Denver Comic Con?
2. Tom, have you ever heard of William Shatner before you met him at Denver Comic Con?
3. Tom, had you ever heard of William Shatner before you met him at Denver Comic Con?
(be) / anybody / hurt / in the mine collapse / in Georgia / yesterday ?
1. Was anybody hurt in the mine collapse in Georgia yesterday?
2. Were anybody hurt in the mine collapse in Georgia yesterday?
3. Did anybody hurt in the mine collapse in Georgia yesterday?
anybody / (get) / hurt / in the mine accident / in China / last night ?
1. Was anybody get hurt in the mine accident in China last night?
2. Did anybody get hurt in the mine accident in China last night?
3. Has anybody gotten hurt in the mine accident in China last night?
a player / ever / (bite) / another player / in a World Cup soccer match / before June 2014?!
1. Was a player ever bitten another player in a World Cup soccer match before June 2014?!
2. Has a player ever bitten another player in a World Cup soccer match before June 2014?!
3. Had a player ever bitten another player in a World Cup soccer match before June 2014?!