Past simple regular and irregular Questions Forms with Answers

• English
• Primary Education
• Age 9

Simple Past Questions

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If you want to ask about something that happened 'yesterday', which word should you start with?

1. Can
2. Is
3. Did
4. Will

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Complete the question: 'Did he ________ last night?'

1. running
2. run
3. ran
4. runs

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Which sentence is correct?

1. Did you went to the cinema?
2. Did you go to the cinema?
3. You did go to the cinema?
4. Did you going to the cinema?

________ you ________ soccer last Saturday?

1. Did / play
2. Did / played
3. Do / play
4. Did / eating

Past simple – questions

We can use past simple questions to ask about the past.

Did you have fun with your friends yesterday?

How to use them

Use did and the verb, but don't change the verb to the past form.

Did you have a nice weekend?

We usually add time words at the end.

Did they play a game yesterday?

Did you visit LearnEnglish Kids last week?

We make yes or no answers with did or didn't.

Did you finish your homework? Yes, I did.

Did your friend call you yesterday? No, she didn't.

Tom went to the park. He played with a big dog.Did Tom play with a cat?

Yes.

No.

It was rainy yesterday. Leo stayed home. Did Leo stay home?

The family went to the mountains. They played in the white snow.Did they go to the beach?

Indepedent Practice:Choose a verb from the list and write one question to ask your friend!

Drink ☕ Hot chocolate / Tea

See ❄️ Snow / Penguins / Polar bears

Make ⛄ Snowman / Snowballs / Cookies

Wear 🧣 Hat / Scarf / Boots / Coat

Eat 🍪 Cookies / Soup / Snow

Did the boy put a hat on the snowman?

Did they bake cookies yesterday?

Did the penguin slide down the hill?

Did the bird eat seeds?

Did they have a winter picnic?

Remember the Rule!

DID + Person + BASIC VERB + ?

✅ Did you go? ❌ ~~Did you went?~~

Fix-it" questions:

1. Did you skated today?

Did you skate today? Did you skating today?

2.Did they went to the park?

Did they go to the park? They did go to the park?

3.Did he ate the cookie?

Did he eat the cookie? Did he eats the cookie?

4.Did he swam in the lake? Did he swim in the lake? Did he swims in the lake?

HOMEWORK:Use the word bank to write a question and then choose your answer.

The Word Bank                                 Your Question                                                  Your Answer

1. (you / make / a snowball),        Did you make a snowball?                        _______________

2. (he / drink / warm soup)           __________________________?                      _______________

3. (they / wear / colorful scarves)__________________________?                   _______________

4. (she / see / an ice skater)         __________________________?                      _______________

5. (you / play / ice hockey)           __________________________?                       _______________

6. (the bird / find / a cracker)     __________________________?                        _______________