This document provides a lesson on simple past questions in English. It introduces simple past tense, which is used to talk about actions that occurred in the past. It explains the structure of simple past questions using auxiliary verbs like "did" and presents examples of yes/no and wh- questions in simple past tense. The document concludes with an activity asking students to write simple past questions based on given sentence prompts.

1. Simple Past
Questions
Angelica Flores Calleja
University of Sonora
English 2
October 1st 2014

2. Introduction
Remember that the past tense is when we talk about
actions that occurred in the past.
• For this lesson we will talk about the Simple Past
Questions.

3. Objective
For this lesson you will :
• Practice the structure for Simple Past Questions.
• Practice the past tense of verb forms.
• Practice your writing skills.

4. Simple Past Questions
• Did + subject + verb + complement + ?
Did you work on Saturday?
Yes I did.
• No I didn't. I went fishing.

5. Simple Past Questions
Auxiliary Subject Verb Rest Yes/No Subject Auxiliary (+
n't)
Did Max play football?
Yes, he did.
No, he didn't.
Did you watch the film
yesterday?
Yes, I did.
No, I didn't.

6. Question words in Simple Past
Wh word + did + subject + verb + complement + ?
What did you do last weekend?
I watched TV with my family.
I studied all Saturday afternoon.
• Contractions
Did not = Didn't

7. Question words in Simple Past
Wh word Auxiliary Subject Verb Rest Answer
What did you do yesterday
evening?
I did my
homework.
When did she meet her boyfriend? She met him
yesterday.
Where did they go after the match? They went to a
café.

8. Activity: Write questions in
simple past.
 Anna / the window / open : Did Anna opened the window?
1. she / home / walk
2. you / in the garden / work
3. you / a song / sing
4. she / on a chair / sit
5. you / the castle / visit
6. Jenny / the door / lock
7. she / happy / be
8. Greg / the ball / kick
9. the car / at the corner / stop