Asking questions

You often need to ask questions when you are speaking, but you may also want to ask questions if you are writing messages, personal letters or a dialogue in a story.

Asking questions in the past tense is quite straightforward.

Answering Yes and No to a question in the past tense is easy too. Do means Yes, and Naddo means No.

Here are some questions and answers. Look at them carefully in order to work out how to ask questions in the past and how to answer Yes and No.

Wyliaist ti'r teledu neithiwr? (gwylio – to watch)

Do. Gwyliais i EastEnders.

Fwytaist ti sglodion neithiwr? (bwyta – to eat)

Naddo – bwytais i salad neithiwr.

Question

Change these sentences into questions.

Trip y Clwb Cymraeg

Aeth y Clwb Cymraeg ar drip i .
Teithion nhw ar fws i Lanberis.
Dalion nhw'r trên bach i fyny'r Wyddfa.
Ar ôl y trip ar y trên, cawson nhw swper mewn caffi.
Bwyton nhw ham a salad.
Cawson nhw amser da.
Cest ti amser da ar y trip.

Question

Here are some answers, but what were the questions?

Do, es i i'r sinema neithiwr.
Do, mwynheais i'r ffilm.
Do, bwytais i bopcorn.
Do, daliais i'r bws adre.

Exercise

Think of five questions you could ask someone about last weekend.

Writing about the past – WJECAsking questions