Past Simple and Wh questions

ENGLISH WORKSHEET *PAST SIMPLE TENSE *WH QUESTIONS PAST SIMPLE TENSE: REGULAR VERBS THE PAST TENSE FORM OF REGULAR VERBS ADDS ED TO THE SIMPLE FORM WORK WORKED STUDY STUDIED CRY CRIED AFFIRMATIVE INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE I WORKED DID I WORK? I DIDN’T WORK YOU WORKED DID YOU WORK? YOU DIDN’T WORK HE WORKED DID HE WORK? HE DIDN’T WORK SHE WORKED DID SHE WORK? SHE DIDN’T WORK IT WORKED DID IT WORK? IT DIDN’T WORK WE WORKED DID WE WORK? WE DIDN’T WORK YOU WORKED DID YOU WORK? YOU DIDN’T WORK THEY WORKED DID THEY WORK? THEY DIDN’T WORK USE: WE USE THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE FOR ACTIONS AC TIONS WHICH HAPPENED OR FINISHED AT A DEFINITE TIME IN THE PAST. (SUCEDIÓ O PASÓ EN UN TIEMPO DEFINITIVO DEL PASADO) EXAMPLE: HE GRADUATED IN 1998 IRREGULAR VERBS THE PAST TENSE FORM OF IRREGULAR VERBS MUST BE MEMORIZED TELL TOLD GO WENT SEE

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WH QUESTIONS WHO WHERE WHY WHEN WHAT

QUIÉN (se pregunta por una persona) DÓNDE (se pregunta por un lugar) POR QUÉ (se pregunta por una razón) CUANDO (se pregunta por fecha) QUÉ (se pregunta por un objeto o cosa)

EXCERCISES 1. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES WITH THE PAST TENSE FORM FORM OF THE VERBS IN PARENTHESIS. PARENTHESIS. EX: THE POLICE (CATCH) THE THIEF T HIEF AFTER THE ROBBERY (The police caught the thief after the robbery.)

a. The students __________________ (write) the sentences on the blackboard. b. Edgar ______________________ (forget) to bring his notes to the meeting. c. The plane ___________________ (arrive) an hour late. d. Gwen ______________________ (answer) all the doctor’s questions.

e. The secretary__________________ (make) some mistakes in the letter. f. The bell ______________________ (ring) then minutes ago.

g. I ____________________________ (wait) for Beth for half an hour. h. The students ___________________ (go) to this class when the bell rang. i. I___________________ (try) to get to work on time yesterday.  j. They _________________ (plan) to take their vacation in June .

2. CHANGE THE FOLLOWING PAST TENSE STATEMENTS TO QUESTIONS BEGINNING WITH THE QUESTION WORD IN PARENTHESIS. EX: MARIANNE ARRIVED AT TEN O’ CLOCK (WHAT TIME) WHAT TIME DID MARIANNE ARRIVE? 

a. They sold their home last week. (When) ______________________________________________ b. They ate lunch in the park. (Where)__________________________________________________ c. I put the mail on Mr. Agee’s desk . (Where)_____________________________________________

d. You went to the park after the lesson. (Where) _________________________________________ e. He walked to the meeting with Peg. (Who)_____________________________________________ f. He went to Denver to see some friends. (Why)__________________________________________

3. FILL IN WHAT, WHO, WHEN, WHERE OR WHY 1. A: ____________________ do dolphins eat? B: They eat fish. 2. A: ____________________ do penguins live? B: In Antartica. 3. A: ____________________ do you play football? B: In my free time. 4. A: ____________________ is that girl over there? B: My sister. 5. A. ____________________ do kangaroos have strong back legs? B: Because they need to jump very high. 6. A: ____________________ are you smiling? B: Because I’m happy.

7. A: ____________________ colour is your cat? B: Black. 8. A: ____________________ is Ankara? B: In Turkey.