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Tenacious Learner Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Question about the simple past

Hi Teachers,

If I ask this question, 'Where did Alex stay and looked?' The second verb has to be in the simple past because 'did' only affects the first verb in the question, am I right?

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' The second verb has to be in the simple past because 'did' only affects the first verb in the question, am I right? No, you're not. Where did Alex stay and [ where did Alex ] look.

— Clive

  • ' The second verb has to be in the simple past because 'did' only affects the first verb in the question, am I right?
  • No, you're not.
  • Where did Alex stay and [ where did Alex ] look.
  • Clive
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Hi,

If I ask this question, 'Where did Alex stay and looked?' The second verb has to be in the simple past because 'did' only affects the first verb in the question, am I right? No, you're not.

Where did Alex stay and [ where did Alex ] look.

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Hi Clive,

Thank you for your reply, So, the verb 'did' affects all the verbs in a question and all the verbs that follow 'did' have to be in infinitive without 'to'.

The same thing happens to the verb 'do/does', as auxiliary verbs, doesn't it?

TS
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Hi Clive,

Thank you for you reply.Emotion: smile

Best,

TS
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