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The past tense form of “to have” as a main verb is “had.”

The verb form had is used with all subjects. The name Ben
is the subject of the example sentence above. The form had
indicates that he no longer owns a pet. It indicates a past event:
The action of owning a dog has ended.

Questions

There are two main kinds of questions in English:

Questions beginning with a main or helping verb

Questions beginning with a question marker

For both kinds of questions, you will need to learn about word
order in statements and questions.

Questions Beginning with a Main or Helping Verb

The following illustration shows the subject-position change that
often occurs in questions.

The Subject in the first position represents regular word order.
With inverted word order, the main or helping verb comes before
the Subject, which follows it in the second position.

A form of “to do,” in either present or past tense,

must be used to form questions,

unless the main verb is the linking verb “to be.”

Yesterday: Past Tense

Benhada pet.

Main Verb to have

Ihad

youhad

hehad, she had, it had

wehad

youhad

theyhad

4.14 Main and Helping Verbs in Questions

and Statements

Regular Word Order

Subject Ve r b

OR

Subject VerbHelping MainVerb

Inverted Word Order

Helping Verb Subject Main Verb

OR

Main Verb Subject