General English Level 1 V 3
UNIT 05 Keeping well TOPIC 02 What happened?
LANGUAGE FOCUS 03 Questions about the past using 'did'

Questions

Nat and Ben say
Nat:
Did you break it?
Ben:
No, I sprained it. it is really painful.
Nat:
When did it happen?
Ben:
Yesterday afternoon.

Nat asks Ben questions about the past (yesterday afternoon). We use did to ask questions about the past. Did is the past simple of do / does .

What
When
Where
How 		did I
you
he
she
it
we
they 		_____?

Examples

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2 Click on each example to listen.
3 Practise saying each example.

When
How
Where 		d id
did
did
did 		you
it
you
you 		break
happen?
sprain
get 		it?

it?
the crutches?

Short answers

We use did and didn't to make short answers to questions about the past.

Did I
you
he
she
it
we
they 		____? Yes I
you
he
she
it
we
they 		did .
No didn't .

Examples

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2 Click on each example to listen.
3 Practise saying each example.

Negative answers

Ben and Nat say
Ben:
Sounds terrible.
Nat:
Yeah, it was. I didn't go out for five weeks.

Nat and Ben talk about the past (three years ago). We use didn't ( did not ) to make negative statements about the past. Didn't is the past simple of don't / doesn't .

I
You
He
She
It
We
They
did not
(didn't) 		go.
stop.
listen.

Examples

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2 Click on each example to listen.
3 Practise saying each example.

Now go to 04 VOCABULARY Injuries.