Question

Fill in the blanks using the most appropriate form of verb:

_____________ a bicycle when you were a child?

• A. Do you have
• B. Did you have
• C. Were you having
• D. Had you have

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Did you have

The given sentence is in past tense, as the clause "when you were a child" suggests.

Option B: 'Did you have' is in simple past tense and asks if the person 'had a bicycle'.

(When we use the verb 'did', it already refers to the past tense. Hence it is followed by a present tense verb 'have' and not a past tense verb.)

So, option B is correct.

Option A: 'Do you have' refers to the simple present tense- a habit or general truth. It does not refer to the past.

Option C: 'Were you having' states a continuous action in the past. The action 'to own' or 'to have' is complete within itself and is not in continuous tense.

Option D: 'Had you have' is incorrect. 'Had' as an auxiliary refers to the past whereas the main verb 'have' is a simple present tense.

Hence options A, C and D are wrong.