No. When you use an auxiliary or helping verb, you need to follow it with the base form of the verb. I gave a book.
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No. When you use an auxiliary or helping verb, you need to follow it with the base form of the verb.
I gave a book.
I did give a book.
Did I give a book?
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There are three forms for a verb. Different people call them different things. They can be exemplified thus in the present tense:
I give (simple)
I am giving (progressive)
I do give (emphatic)
English forms questions by reversing the normal subject-verb order. This can be done with any of the three forms, but forming a question with the simple form has passed into histo