He came home yesterday. Choose the correct interrogative form of the sentence –

Correct Answer: (A) Did he come home yesterday? Transformation from assertive (statement) to interrogative (question) is a standard NTRCA grammar topic. The Assertive Sentence: "He came home yesterday." — Tense: Simple Past — Subject: He, Verb: came (past form of come) How to Transform to Interrogative (Simple Past): Rule: Did + Subject + Base Verb + rest of sentence + ? Step-by-step: 1. Identify tense: Simple Past → use auxiliary "did" 2. Bring "did" to the front 3. Change main verb to base form: came → come 4. Add question mark Result: "Did he come home yesterday?" ✓ Why others are wrong: ✗ (B) "Did he not came home yesterday?" — double error: — "came" should be "come" after "did" (base form required) — Negative interrogative changes the meaning; the original was affirmative ✗ (C) "When did he come home?" — this asks WHEN, but the original sentence already specifies "yesterday"; this would be a different question ✗ (D) "When does he come home?" — wrong tense: "does" is Present Simple, but the original is Simple Past Simple Past Interrogative Rule: Did + Subject + V1 (base form) + Object/Complement + ? Source: English Grammar — Wren & Martin; NTRCA Question Bank.