Past Simple grammar worksheet focusing on forming questions with correct word order.

You're working on a Grammar Worksheet: Past Simple – Questions, focusing on word order to form correct yes/no and wh-questions in the past simple tense.

Let’s go through each sentence, rearrange the words into grammatically correct questions, and explain the rules as we go.

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✔ General Rule for Past Simple Questions:

- Use Did (for all subjects: I, you, he, she, it, we, they) to form questions.
- After Did, use the base form of the verb (infinitive without “to”).
- For wh-questions (who, what, when, where, why, how), place the question word at the beginning, followed by Did, then subject, then base verb.
- Time expressions (like “last night”, “yesterday”, “last weekend”) usually go at the end.

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🔢 Let’s solve each one:

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#### 1. night you watch Did TV last?
→ Did you watch TV last night?

✔ Correct word order:
Did + subject (you) + base verb (watch) + object (TV) + time (last night)

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#### 2. did do you weekend last What?
→ What did you do last weekend?

✔ Wh-question:
What + did + subject (you) + base verb (do) + time (last weekend)

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#### 3. you get up this What time morning did?
→ What time did you get up this morning?

✔ Wh-question with time:
What time + did + subject (you) + base verb (get up) + time phrase (this morning)

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#### 4. night When you go to sleep did last?
→ When did you go to sleep last night?

✔ Wh-question:
When + did + subject (you) + base verb (go) + to sleep + time (last night)

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#### 5. holiday travel you on Did your last?
→ Did you travel on your last holiday?

✔ Yes/no question:
Did + subject (you) + base verb (travel) + prepositional phrase (on your last holiday)

> Note: “your last holiday” is the object of the preposition “on”.

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#### 6. arrived for late class Who today?
→ Who arrived late for class today?

✔ Special case: “Who” is the subject of the sentence → no need for “did”!
- We don’t say “Who did arrive...?” — because “who” IS the subject.
- So: Who + past verb (arrived) + rest of phrase (late for class today)

✔️ This is an exception to the “Did + subject + verb” rule — when the question word *is* the subject, we don’t use “did”.

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#### 7. yesterday did you dinner eat Why?
→ Why did you eat dinner yesterday?

✔ Wh-question:
Why + did + subject (you) + base verb (eat) + object (dinner) + time (yesterday)

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#### 8. get you How did to class today?
→ How did you get to class today?

✔ Wh-question:
How + did + subject (you) + base verb (get) + to class + time (today)

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#### 9. yesterday it rain Did?
→ Did it rain yesterday?

✔ Yes/no question:
Did + subject (it) + base verb (rain) + time (yesterday)

> “It” is the subject, “rain” is the verb (intransitive).

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#### 10. ago did Where you ten years live?
→ Where did you live ten years ago?

✔ Wh-question:
Where + did + subject (you) + base verb (live) + time (ten years ago)

> “Ten years ago” = time expression → goes at the end.

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## ✔ Final Answers:

1. Did you watch TV last night?
2. What did you do last weekend?
3. What time did you get up this morning?
4. When did you go to sleep last night?
5. Did you travel on your last holiday?
6. Who arrived late for class today?
7. Why did you eat dinner yesterday?
8. How did you get to class today?
9. Did it rain yesterday?
10. Where did you live ten years ago?

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## 💡 Teaching Tip:
After writing these, students should ask them to a classmate — this reinforces speaking practice and real-life usage. Encourage full answers too!

Example:
> Q: Did you watch TV last night?
> A: Yes, I watched a movie. / No, I went to bed early.

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