Past Questions
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🧩 Supplementary Practice
Extra practice — Past Questions
Need the words to stick? Recognise, recall, then use them.
Extra support for language you've already met.
Step 1 · Let's Understand
Past simple questions & negatives — words & phrases
Recognise it, remember it, then use it.
Recognise the meaning
RecogniseMatch each word with its meaning.
Answer, then check.
Group the words
NoticeGroup the time expressions.
- Daysyesterday · last night · this morning
- Weeks / Months / Yearslast week · last weekend · last month · last year
- With numbersago
Words in real phrases
ChunksSay each one aloud. Copy the rhythm.
I worked yesterday.
yesterday
Did you sleep well last night?
last night
We met last week.
last week
What did you do last weekend?
last weekend
I started last month.
last month
Can you remember?
RecallSay the word first, then check.
Use it
Use itWrite 3 sentences about you using words from past simple questions & negatives.
Step 2 · Let's Practise
Extra speaking practice
Model first, then say it yourself.
Model language
ChunksListen, then say each phrase twice.
Did you ___?
Where / What / Who / When did you ___?
Yes, I did. / No, I didn't.
Really? Tell me more.
That sounds great!
Guided speaking
SpeakPairs: interview your partner about last weekend. Ask 6 past questions and report back.
- Use: "Did you ___?"
- Use: "Where / What / Who / When did you ___?"
- Use: "Yes, I did. / No, I didn't."
- Use: "Really? Tell me more."
Model answer
1) Did you go out on Saturday? 2) Where did you go? 3) Who did you go with? 4) What did you eat? 5) Did you have fun? 6) When did you come home?
Complete the conversation
PractiseChoose the natural reply.
A: …
A: …
A: …
Answer, then check.
Challenge
SpeakNow do it again with no notes. Speak for 60 seconds.
- Talk about past simple questions & negatives without stopping.
Step 2 · Let's Practise
Common difficulties
The parts learners usually find hard in this lesson.
Pronunciation: Did you /dɪdʒə/
ChunksIn fast speech 'Did you' sounds like /dɪdʒə/ ('didja'). Don't worry — speak clearly when you start.
Did you go?
Did you eat?
Did you see it?
Did you have fun?
What did you do?
Tricky ones — say it, then check
RecallThese are the parts beginners often get wrong.
Common difficulties
PractiseSlow down and choose carefully.
After 'did' use the verb in…
Short answer: 'Did you see it?' — Yes, I ___.
Answer, then check.
Step 3 · Let's Use It
Did + subject + base verb
Strengthen the grammar from this lesson — a different route into it.
Quick explanation
UnderstandMake past questions with 'Did' + person + verb (basic form, NO -ed, NO past form). For negatives use didn't + base verb.
- Did you go to school yesterday?
- Did she eat breakfast? — Yes, she did. / No, she didn't.
- Where did you go last weekend?
Notice the pattern
NoticeRead the sentences. What is the same in each one?
- Did you go to school yesterday?
- Did she eat breakfast? — Yes, she did. / No, she didn't.
- Where did you go last weekend?
- I didn't see the film.
Choose the right form
PractiseOne answer only. Take your time.
___ you go to the party?
Did she ___ pizza?
He ___ come to class.
Where ___ they go?
Answer, then check.
Fix the mistake
Common mistakesEach sentence has one wrong word. Write it correctly.
Do you watch the match?
I don't go to the party.
Where do she go?
Build the sentence
Build itPut the words in the right order.
Answer, then check.
Make it yours
Use itWrite 2–3 true sentences about you using did + subject + base verb.