Simple Past Questions
eat
________ you ________ breakfast today?
Did you eat breakfast today?
have
Yes, I _______ breakfast this morning.
Yes, I had breakfast this morning.
do
Right now it's 12 o'clock and you are eating lunch.
What _______ you _____ yesterday at 12 o'clock?
What were you doing yesterday at 12 o'clock?
eat
Yesterday at 12 o'clock I _______ ________ lunch.
Yesterday at 12 o'clock I was eating lunch.
get / wear
A: "Why ______ she _______ a ticket?"
B: "She ______ ________ her seatbelt."
A: "Why did she get a ticket?"
B: "She wasn't wearing her seatbelt."
drink
_______ she _______ coffee before class?
Did she drink coffee before class?
not drink
No, she _________ _________ coffee before class today.
No, she didn't drink coffee before class today.
do
What ______ she _____ when you called her?
What was she doing when you called her?
watching
When I called her last night, she _______ __________ TV.
When I called her last night, she was watching TV.
happen / jog
A: "Oh, my gosh! That's terrible! What _________?"
B: "He _______ ___________ and got hit by a car."
A: "Oh, my gosh! That's terrible! What happened?"
B: "He was jogging and got hit by a car."
go
_______ they ______ shopping yesterday?
Did they go shopping yesterday?
not go
No, they ________ ______ shopping yesterday. They will go later this afternoon.
No, they didn't go shopping yesterday. They will go later this afternoon.
snore
A. "Hey! Wake up, and go back to sleep!"
B. "Sorry, ______ I ________?"
"Sorry, was I snoring?"
snore / talk
No, you __________ ____________. You ________ ____________ in your sleep.
No, you weren't snoring. You were talking in your sleep.
practice / get
I wasn't late picking him up from soccer. They ______ still __________ when I ______ there.
I wasn't late picking him up from soccer. They were still practicing when I got there.
do
Why is he in trouble? What _______ he _______?
Why is he in trouble? What did he do?
not do
A: "Why is he in trouble?"
B. "He _________ ______ his chores."
He didn't do his chores.
study
_______ she __________ when you got home last evening?
Was she studying when you got home last night?
study
Yes, she ______ _________ when I got home last night.
Yes, she was studying when I got home last night.
hear / take
A: "Why didn't you answer the phone? I called you three times."
B: "I'm sorry. I _______ ________ the phone ring. I ______ _________ a shower."
"I'm sorry. I didn't hear the phone ring. I was taking a shower."
watch
What movie _______ you and your friends _______?
What movie did you and your friends watch?
not go
We _______ ______ to the movies. We ________ to the mall instead.
We didn't go to the movies. We went to the mall instead.
talk
What _______ they _________ about? They looked so serious.
What were they talking about? They looked so serious.
talk
They ________ __________ about Jim. He's in the hospital.
They were talking about Jim. He's in the hospital.
drive / run
We _______________ home when the car ___________ out of gas.
We were driving home when the car ran out of gas.