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1. The USA did not want Iraq to have privileges over its oil, and so it attacked Iraq.
2. The officer did not have any control over himself. So he took no time to lose his temperament.
3. The History says that India never attacked any country but other countries invaded India and disturbed its peace.
4. The students did not do their homework and that's why they did not fare well.
5. Harish Chandra never told a lie.
6. You told me nothing and faced the hurdles all alone.
7. The judge did not do any justice to the poor villagers.
8. Shantanu did not study hard, and so he did not pass the exam.
9. I hardly undertook long journeys.
10. My brother neither visited me nor did he contact me on telephone.

Pay Attention: NEVER, NOTHING, HARDLY, SCARCELY, LITTLE, NO, FEW, NEITHER, NOR, and such adverbs of negation are used without the aux verbs 'do', 'does', did'.

Interrogative Sentences

Pay Attention: In the yes/no type interrogative sentences, the aux verb 'did' is used in the very beginning of a sentence. In the w/h type interrogative sentences, the aux verb 'did' is used just after the interrogative words. (Who, whom, whose, which, what, where, how, how much, how many, when, etc.)

1. Did I ever deceive you? Then, why did you deceive me?
2. Which member opposed you in the meeting?
3. Didn't I favour you in the meeting that time?
4. Why did China attack India in 1961?
5. When did the Planning Commission come into being?
6. Who invented radio and who discovered electricity?
7. Who did not oppose the English during the struggles for freedom?
8. How many leaders dared to favour the anti-reservation movement?
9. Did you invite all your kith & kin to your birthday party?

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