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Which of these sentences is correct?

  1. So, which one have happened yesterday? You went for a walk or stay here?

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  1. So which one had happened? You went for a walk or stay here?

Or maybe "which one had happen"?

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    "So what happened yesterday? Did you go for a walk or stay here?"
    – Weather Vane
    Commented Jul 19, 2019 at 10:18
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    happen is not used like that. Events happen. Activities like go for walk, go fishing do not. ["Did you go for a walk or stay here?" is really the idiomatic question form.]
    – Lambie
    Commented Sep 16, 2019 at 14:42

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I would rephrase the first sentence to this:

"So, what happened yesterday? You went for a walk or did you stay here?"

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"So, what did you do yesterday? Did you go for a walk or did you stay?"

Both point out with the help of the second sentence that the expected answer is limited to only two possible answers, the person went for a walk or stayed.

If you're only looking for small adjustments to what you already have I'd rephrase sentence number 2 to this:

"So what happened? You went for a walk or stayed here?"

Note that sentence number 2 does not specify the day (yesterday) you're referring to in sentence number 1.

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You can ask that:

So, what happened yesterday? You went for a walk or did you stay here?"

Because we use “did”(simple past tense) when we knew something had happened but wanted more details.

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