Question

How many bananas did the donkey eat? Is in which tense?

Answer 1

Answer:

The given sentence is in past tense,specifically simple past.

Explanation:

Simple past tense is used to refer to any completed action which has taken place in the recent past or distant past.

Here, in the given sentence, the word 'did' denotes that the action has been completed in the past. A question has been asked regarding an action completed in the past and hence simple past is used.

Answer 2

Explanation:

• The above sentence or question is written in what is called simple past tense.
• Simple past tense refers to an action that has already been completed before and is sometimes called the preterite.  

• In the above sentence, the usage of the word did is an indicator of an action that has been done already in the past.
• Hence, we can conclude that the above sentence or question is written in preterite or simple past tense.