This document provides examples of questions using "when" and the correct format for answering with a specific time and indicating how long ago that time was. It lists common questions about daily routines, education history, travel experiences, and important life events that can be answered with a specific past time plus a reference to how long ago that time was, such as "Three hours ago" or "Two months ago." Answering questions with both a past time and a reference to how long ago helps practice speaking in complete sentences while working on grammar related to talking about the past.

1. Practice Grammar and Speaking
Ask and answer questions with when
Use a time expression and ago in the
answer

2. When did
you get up?
At seven
o’clock. Three
hours ago.
When did
this term
start?
In September.
Two months
ago.

3. …have breakfast?

4. …arrive at school?

5. …start learning
English?

6. …start this school?

7. …first travel by
plane?

8. …last have a
holiday?

9. …last eat a
hamburger?

10. …learn to ride a
bicycle?

11. …your parents
marry?

12. …Shakespeare die?