Past simple questions

WORKSHEET 15

Name ______________________________

1 Complete the questions.

STOP

3 Unscramble the questions.

DID SUBJECT VERB COMPLEMENT

Did

I
you
he
she
it
we
they

close
study
play
go
snow
win
travel

the door?
yesterday?
basketball?
to school?
last winter?
the trophy?
to China?

a) William / swimming / Did / yesterday? / go

Did William go swimming yesterday?

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b) breakfast / have / Rachel / morning? / this / Did
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c) coffee? / you / Did / drink
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To make questions in the past simple, use

did + the subject + the verb in the base
form.

Did you

Did he

Did she

Did they

d) speak / they / English? / Did

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e) in / mountains? / snow / it / Did / the
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a) ___________
go to the beach?
Did you
Yes, I did.
STOP

b) ___________ close the door?

SHORT ANSWERS
AFFIRMATIVE

No, he didn't.
c) ___________ buy the newspaper?
No, they didn't.
d) ___________ find the treasure?
Yes, she did.

Yes,

I
you
he
she
did.
it
we
you
they

NEGATIVE

No,

I
you
he
she
didn't.
it
we
you
they

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Santillana Educacin, S.L. / Richmond Publishing, 2009

4 Answer the questions.

a) Did you drink a glass of milk for breakfast?

Yes, I did.
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b) Did your father invent the Internet?
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2 Write questions.

c) Did you go to the beach last summer?

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a) I studied.

Did I study?
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b) You went.

Did you go?

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yesterday?

c) He played.

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d) She sang.

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e) It snowed.

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f ) We won.

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g) They cooked. ________________________

d) Did your mother cook fish for dinner

e) Did you listen to opera music last night?

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