1. Change the following sentences to yes / no questions: a. He played football. b. She copied.

Did he play football?

Did she copy exam?

c. She preferred going to the beach.

d. I received an email.

Did she prefer going to the beach?

Did you receive an email?

e. They married last year.

f. You closed the door.

Did they marry last year?

Did you close the door?

g. You stopped.

h. She cried a lot.

Did you stop?

Did she cry a lot?

i. He opened the window.

j. She asked the teacher.

Did he open the window?

Did she ask the teacher?

2. Here are answers. Use question words to ask questions about the bold words. The bold words are the objects in the questions--the information that you do not know--so do not write the objects in your questions! Use the following question words: when who where what b. When did he retire? He retired in 1994.

a. Who did you ask? I asked my brother.

c. What did you use? I used money.

d. What did you ned? I needed water.

e. Where did he arrive? He arrived at the beach.

f. What did she want? She wanted a newspaper.

g. When did they marry? They married in 1986.

h. When did they stop? They stopped yesterday.

i. What did she close? She closed the door.

j. Who did you talk? I talked to my sister.

k. What did you enjoy? I enjoyed the movie.

l. What did he open? He opened the gym.

3. CHALLENGE. More exercises to practice making past simple questions: Link One Link Two Link Three Link Four

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