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Student's Book

Question words
Complete the questions with the question words in the box.
How

Why When Where Who Which What

What time

What time did they arrive?

1 A: ...............................

B: At ten past nine.

2 A: ............................... did you put my football boots?

B: In the cupboard.

3 A: ............................... did you have for lunch?

B: Pasta, salad and fruit.

4 A: ............................... did you get here?

B: By train.

5 A: ............................... did Maria start her new job?

B: Two weeks ago.

6 A: ............................... was the king of France in 1792?

B: Louis XVI.

7 A: ............................... did you shout at your brother?

B: Because he stole my chocolate frog!

8 A: ............................... programme did they watch?

B: The World of Dinosaurs.

Past simple: questions and short answers

Match the questions with the answers.
a Yes, they were.

2 Were you at the gym yesterday?

b Yes, she was.

3 Did your uncle drive a racing car?

c Yes, we did.

4 Was Tolkien a film director?

d No, they didn't.

5 Did Claire watch the film with you?

e No, he wasn't.

6 Were your parents angry?

f Yes, I was.

7 Did you talk to the mechanic?

g No, she didn't.

8 Did the Lumiere brothers invent the electric light?

h No, he didn't.

6 ........

Past simple: questions

8 ........

Past time expressions

Circle the right words.

did you leave early?

1 Why .................

1 Catherine went to Turkey four

last years / years ago.

2 ................. George at school yesterday?

2 Did you see Danny last / yesterday morning?

3 ................. she get a job last summer?

3 They left school in / on 2002.

4 Which train ................. you catch this

morning?

4 I didn't go sailing last weekend /

weekend ago.

5 Who ................. the director of this film?

5 My uncle visited us July / a month ago.

6 Where ................. the concert take place?

6 I got up at six o'clock this / today morning.

7 ................. mobile phones popular ten years

ago?

7 We had a lot of homework in / on Tuesday.

8 What ................. we do in the art class last

week?

PHOTOCOPIABLE

8 Where did you go last afternoon / night?

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Unit 4 Resources

GRAMMAR PRACTICE

Complete the questions with was, were

or did.

7 ........

UNIT 4 RESOURCES

1 Was Greta Garbo an actress?

b 2 ........ 3 ........ 4 ........ 5 ........

1 ........

Unit 4 Web worksheets