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Mike goes to the beach.
Mike WENT to the Beach
Did you have lunch?
(affirmative answer)
Yes, I had. / Yes, I did.
"That's interesting!"
a) positive reaction b) negative reaction c) surprise or disbelief
a) positive reaction
Motorola invented the first cell phone in...
a.the seventies (70s) b.the eighties (80s)
c.the nineties (90s)
a.the seventies (70s)
(1973, more precisely)
WERE
She sees a movie.
She SAW a movie.
Were you at home yesterday? (negative answer)
No, I wasn't.
"That's a shame!"
a) positive reaction b) negative reaction c) surprise or disbelief
b) negative reaction
When were microwave ovens invented?
a. the eighties (80s) b.the forties (40s)
c. the nineties (90s)
b.the forties (40s)
In 1947, more precisely.
Negative with AM or IS in the past
WAS
I am at school.
I WAS at school.
Did she go to school last week?
Yes, she did. / Yes, she went.
"Really?"
a) positive reaction b) negative reaction c) surprise or disbelief
c) surprise or disbelief
When was the first CGI animated movie made?
a.the eighties (80s) b. the nineties (90s)
c. the two thousands (00s)
c. the two thousands (00s)
Toy Story, in 1995.
Negative with DO in the past
DIDN'T
Do you take pictures?
Was it raining?
(affirmative answer)
Yes, it was.
"Tell me more!"
a) positive reaction b) negative reaction c) surprise or disbelief
a) positive reaction
When did the first successful human organ transplant occurred?
a. the nineties (90s) b. the seventies (70s)
c. the fifties (50s)
c. the fifties (50s)
More precisely, in 1954.
Question with HAVE in the past
DID + HAVE
We aren't at school.
We WEREN'T (or WERE NOT) at school.
Did it rain?
(negative answer)
No, it didn't.
"You got to be kidding!"
a) positive reaction b) negative reaction c) surprise or disbelief
c) surprise or disbelief
When was the first 3d printing invented?
a. the two thousands (00s) b. the eighties (80s)
c. the nineties (90s)
b. the eighties (80s)
More precisely, in 1983.
Affirmative with HAVE in the past