Fill in the blanks with did or had.
We did to make questions and negatives in the simple past tense. Had is used before a past participle to make the past perfect tense form.
1............... you receive my email?
Wrong!
Use "Did" to form a simple past question before the base verb "receive".
2She ............... returned even after midnight.
Wrong!
Use "hadn't" before the past participle "returned" to form the negative past perfect.
3What ............... you do then?
Wrong!
Use "did" in a simple past question before the base verb "do".
4Why ............... you push me?
Wrong!
Use "did" in a simple past question before the base verb "push".
5............... they gone before you arrived?
Wrong!
Use "Had" before the past participle "gone" to form a past perfect question.
6They ............... already left.
Wrong!
Use "had" with "already left" to show an action completed before another past time.
7She ............... reply to my emails.
Wrong!
Use "didn't" before the base verb "reply" to form a simple past negative.
8They ............... left the door open.
Wrong!
Use "had" before the past participle "left" to form the past perfect.
9Somebody ............... broken into the house while we were away.
Wrong!
Use "had" before the past participle "broken" to show an earlier past action.
10She ............... lost her ticket.
Wrong!
Use "had" before the past participle "lost" to form the past perfect.
11............... you find anything useful?
Wrong!
Use "Did" in a simple past question before the base verb "find".
12............... you see him there?
Wrong!
Use "Did" in a simple past question before the base verb "see".
Exercise complete
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- Did you receive my email?
- She hadn’t returned even after midnight.
- What did you do then?
- Why did you push me?
- Had they gone before you arrived?
- They had already left.
- She didn’t reply to my emails.
- They had left the door open.
- Somebody had broken into the house while we were away.
- She had lost her ticket.
- Did you find anything useful?
- Did you see him there?