Question

Change the following into simple past tense:
Does he visit his parents?
a. Doesn’t he visit his parents?
b. Did he visit his parents?
c. Hadn’t he visited his parents?
d. None of these

Answer 1

Hint: The word ‘does’ needs to be acted upon and changed in order to get the result as desired in the question.

Complete solution:
The structure of Simple Past Tense –
Statement – Subject (Noun/Pronoun) + Verb in the past form + Object/Predicate
Question – Verb in the past form + Subject + Predicate/Object + ?
The past form of the word ‘Does’ is ‘Did’.
Option a ‘Doesn’t he visit his parents?’ is a question in the simple present tense and is a negative question but the required answer is the past form of the given question. So, this option is incorrect.
Option b ‘Did he visit his parents?’ is the correct answer. The word ‘Does’ is transformed in its past form ‘Did’ and so, the question becomes an example of Simple Past Tense. Thus, the Simple Present Tense is converted into Simple Past Tense.
Option c ‘Hadn’t he visited his parents?’ is an example of past perfect tense and that is not asked in the question. So, this option is also incorrect.

Note: The structure of different types of tenses should be known and understood clearly to solve these types of questions.