. . . . . . . . she . . . . . . . . away yesterday?

Solution (By Examveda Team)

The correct answer is A: Did, run.

This question tests your understanding of simple past tense questions in English.

First, let's define simple past tense: It's a verb tense used to describe completed actions in the past. We use it to talk about things that happened and finished at a specific time in the past.

The sentence requires a question word and a verb in the simple past tense to correctly form a grammatically sound question about a past event. Let's analyze each option:

A: Did, run
This option correctly uses the auxiliary verb "did" to form the simple past tense question. "Did" is used with the base form of the main verb ("run"), which is grammatically correct for forming a simple past question. The complete sentence would be "Did she run away yesterday?".

B: Was, run
This option is incorrect because "was" is the past tense of the verb "to be," and it needs a past participle to form a complete past tense structure. "Run" is the base form, not the past participle. It should be "Was she *running* away yesterday?" to be grammatically correct, but this changes the meaning to an ongoing action, not a completed action.

C: Why, ran
While "ran" is the simple past tense of "run," it's incorrect to use it without an auxiliary verb ("did") to form a question. The word "why" asks for a reason, not if she ran away. It would require a different sentence structure.

D: Where, running
Similar to option B, "running" is the present participle, indicating an ongoing action, not a completed action in the past. "Where" is asking for a location, but the question needs to be in simple past tense to fit the context of "yesterday." A correct sentence could be: "Where was she running yesterday?" (but this means she was running at some point during yesterday, not that she completed the action of running away.)

Therefore, only option A creates a grammatically correct and contextually appropriate simple past tense question.