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Was and Were and Did Questions

1) The document provides instruction on forming questions in the past tense in English using auxiliary verbs like "was", "were" and "did". 2) It explains that "was" and "were" are used for the past tense of "to be" while "did" is used with all other verbs, except when "was" and "were" are present. 3) Several exercises are provided to have students practice forming questions in the past tense and using the correct auxiliary verbs.

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Was and Were and Did Questions

1) The document provides instruction on forming questions in the past tense in English using auxiliary verbs like "was", "were" and "did". 2) It explains that "was" and "were" are used for the past tense of "to be" while "did" is used with all other verbs, except when "was" and "were" are present. 3) Several exercises are provided to have students practice forming questions in the past tense and using the correct auxiliary verbs.

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PAST OF TO BE (Was/Were) PAST SIMPLE (rest of the verbs)

To make questions: Invert the verb to be For the rest of the verbs follow this order:
Example: They were at home last night QW/AUX/SUBJECT/VERB/the rest
Were they at home last night? Did they do the washing up?
With question words: What did you do last night?
Example: Where were they last night? Where did your mum go yesterday?
BE CAREFUL! BE CAREFUL!
NEVER use the auxiliary DID with was/were ALWAYS use DID when there is a subject

Exercise 1 Fill the gaps with was, were or did.

1-_______ Mandy at work yesterday? 2-Where ______ they go last Christmas?


3-_______ they go to Italy last month? 4-______ he play football yesterday?
5-What film ______ Carol watch? 6-What ______ they weather like?
7-_______ your dog in the garden? 8-Why ______ you learn Chinese?
9-Who _____ she go on holiday with? 10-_______ the men at the cinema?
11-Where ______ you buy this shirt? 12-_______ your father at home?
13-______ her friends go to the party? 14-Where ______ the children yesterday?
15-______ your TV working yesterday? 16-_______ Frank do his homework?
17-______ there a café at your hotel? 18-What time ______ Kate arrive?
19-When ______ you in Canada? 20-_______ she have a cup of coffee?

Exercise 2 Make questions Examples:


Candy was in the park yesterday. Peter went to London last month.
Where was Candy yesterday? When did Peter go to London?

1-I did my homework last night. What _______________________________?


2-He went to the cinema yesterday. Where ______________________________?
3-My sister phoned me last Friday. When _______________________________?
4-Sally was in the office yesterday. Where ________________________________?
5-My parents were at home. Where _________________________________?
6-He didn’t come to the party. Why ____________________________________?
7-They arrived at one o’clock. What time ________________________________?
8-I bought a new car last week. What ____________________________________?
9-I bought a new car last week. When ____________________________________?
10-Anne was tired yesterday. How ______________________________________?

Exercise 3 Order the questions Exercise 4 Choose the correct option.

1-They/did/English/yesterday/study? Mary wasn’t/didn’t go to work yesterday.


___________________________________? She wasn’t/weren’t well. She had/have
2-at the pub/your friends/last night/were? a big headache and a temperature. She
___________________________________? phone/phoned the office. Her boss
3-Did/Lisa/what/yesterday/do? wasn’t/weren’t there so she could/
___________________________________? couldn’t speak to him. She spoke to his
4-he/have lunch/what time/did/? secretary. She feel/felt very sorry about it
___________________________________? but there was/wasn’t nothing she could
5-Brad/visit/when/his brother/did? do about it. Two days later she was/were
___________________________________? much happier. She feel/felt much better.
KEY
EXERCISE 1

1-was 2-did
3-did 4-did
5-did 6-was
7-was 8-did
9-did 10-were
11-did 12-was
13-did 14-were
15-was 16-did
17-was 18-did
19-were 20-did

EXERCISE 2

1-What did you do last night?


2-Where did he go yesterday?
3-When did your sister phone you?
4-Where was Sally yesterday?
5-Were were your parents?
6-Why didn’t he come to the party?
7-What time did they arrive?
8-What did you buy last week?
9-When did you buy a new car?
10-How was Anne yesterday?

EXERCISE 3

1-Did they study English yesterday?


2-Were your friends at the pub last night?
3-What did Lisa do yesterday?
4-What time did he have lunch?
5-When did Brad visit his brother?

EXERCISE 4

Mary didn’t go to work yesterday. She wasn’t well. She had a big headache and a
temperature. She phoned the office. Her boss wasn’t there so she couldn’t speak to
him. She spoke to his secretary. She felt very sorry about it but there was nothing she
could do about it. Two days later she was much happier. She felt much better.

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