NAME: JESSICA PALMA

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Past Simple Yes/No Questions

A. Match the short answers with the past simple yes/no questions.

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H 1. Were your parents in Paris with you? a. Yes, she was.

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.......... 2. Did Thomas spend the whole summer in France? b. Yes, we did.

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.......... 3. Did I send you a postcard from Cannes? c. No, I didn't.

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F 4. Did you and Claire see the Eiffel Tower? d. No, it wasn't.

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A 5. Was your sister on the boat tour with you? e. Yes, he did.

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.......... 6. Was it cold when you went to the mountains? f. Yes, we were.

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C 7. Did you go to the Louvre Museum by yourself? g. No, you didn't.

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.......... 8. Were you and Chan in Marseille at the end of July? h. No, they weren't.

B. Put a 'C' for correct next to the past simple yes/no questions that are right and a
cross 'X' next to the questions that contain mistakes.

C
.......... 1. Did you go on a tour to see giant pandas?

X
.......... 2. Did Elizabeth travels by train to Guangzhou?

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C 3. Was the weather hot or cold?

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X 4. Was your friends meet you in Shanghai?

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C 5. Were there many people at the Great Wall of China?

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.......... 6. Did it fun to ride a bike in Xi'an?

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C 7. Did Stella and Hannah went to Nanjing?

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C 8. Did you cross the border into Laos?

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X 9. Did Ryan visiting a temple in Beijing?

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X 10. Were the scenery beautiful on the Li River cruise?

C. Rewrite the incorrect questions in Exercise B to make them correct.

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2. Did Elizabeth travel by train to Guangzhou?

4. Did your friends meet you in Shangai?

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9. Did Ryan visit a temple in Beijing?

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10. Was the scenery beautiful on the Li River cruise?

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6. Was it fun to ride bike in Xi'an?

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 PAST SIMPLE YES/NO QUESTIONS

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Past Simple Yes/No Questions

D. Complete the past simple yes/no questions with the correct words from the box.

bore bored did do go ride rode

sunburn sunburned walk walked was went were

1. Did you ......................

ride a boat down the Amazon River?

2. Was I ......................
sunburned in your photos of the beach at Copacabana?

3. ......................
Were your friends surprised to see you when you arrived?

4. Did she ......................

sunburn surfing on the Brazilian coast?

5. ......................
Did they go on a cable car ride for their first anniversary?

6. ......................
Was it sunny in Brazil when you were there?

7. Did he ......................
Went around Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, the famous lake in Rio de Janeiro?

8. Were Abigail and Mason ......................

bored on the museum tour?

E. Read each statement someone makes about their holiday. Then, write the past
simple yes/no question the speaker asks another person.

Example: I flew on an airplane for the first time on my summer holiday. And you?

Did you fly on an airplane for the first time on your summer holiday?
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1. I took a lot of pictures. And you?

Did you take a lot of pictures?

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2. I went swimming almost every day. And you?

Did you go swimming almost every day?

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3. I was really tired at the end of the holiday. And you?

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Were you really tired at the end of the holiday?

4. I tried new kinds of food. And you?

Did you try new kinds of food

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5. My frends were with me almost all the time. And you?

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Were your friends with you almost all the time?

6. I made new friends from other countries. And you?

Did you make new friends from other countries?

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