Which is the correct interrogative form of the sentence 'The dog bit the postman'?

Which is the correct interrogative form of the sentence 'The dog bit the postman'?

• A. The dog bit the postman?
• B. Is the dog biting the postman?
• C. Will the dog bite the postman?
• D. Did the dog bite the postman?

Answer: (D)

Past simple questions in English are formed with did + subject + the base form of the main verb. Since the event happened in the past, we use did to mark the past, and the main verb stays in its base form. So from the sentence given, the correct interrogative is: Did the dog bite the postman? Bite remains in base form after did, even though the original sentence used the past tense bit. The other options mix up tense or aspect (present progressive or future) or skip the auxiliary altogether, which isn’t the standard written form for forming past tense questions.

Past simple questions in English are formed with did + subject + the base form of the main verb. Since the event happened in the past, we use did to mark the past, and the main verb stays in its base form. So from the sentence given, the correct interrogative is: Did the dog bite the postman? Bite remains in base form after did, even though the original sentence used the past tense bit. The other options mix up tense or aspect (present progressive or future) or skip the auxiliary altogether, which isn’t the standard written form for forming past tense questions.