Lesson One

Questions with “did”

Use “did” + the main verb in the simple form

to make a question in the past tense.

Did

 

I teach you any English?

 

(Answer: Yes, you did.)
teacher

 

Did

 

you learn English?

 

(Answer: Yes, I did.)

 

Where did you learn English?

 

(Answer: I learned English at school.)
Boom

 

Did

 

he eat a corndog?

 

(Yes, he did.)

How many did he eat?

(He ate two corndogs.)

child eating corndog

 

Did

 

she eat the ice cream?

 

(Yes, she did.)

 

Where did she get it?

 

(Her mother gave it to her.)
girl eating popsicle

 

Did

 

the cat have any food?

 

(Yes, it did.

)

cat eating food

 

Did

 

we go to school yesterday

 

?

(Yes, we did.)

 

What did we do in class?

 

(We learned English)

teacher

Boom

you + I = we

 

Did

 

you go to school last week?

 

(Yes, we did.)

 

What did you study?

 

(We studied English.)
students

 

Did

 

they eat any ice cream?

 

(Yes, they did.)

 

Where did they

eat

it?

 

(They ate it at the beach.)
children eating popsicles

“did” + the main verb (in the simple form) make a question.

Practice listening to

past tense questions

in

The Listening Lab

girl

Practice your reading skills in Yellow Level Reading exercise #1:

Christine is a photographer.

Before you study the present perfect tense in the Yellow Level, it’s necessary to understand the past tense very well!

Here’s a quiz. If you don’t do well on it, complete the first five lessons in the Red Level before you continue in the Yellow Level.

Next: Lesson Two
have, present and past