G1: Simple Past VII WH- questions

by Tom Rohrbach

Multiple Choice Quiz

Figure out the correct way to make a WH- question in simple past. Use the verb in ( ).

'BE' VERB
SUBJECT	I	you	he - she - it	we	they
WH- QUESTION	Where was I...?	What were you...?	Who was he/she/it...?	Why were we/they...?

OTHER VERBS
SUBJECT	I	you	he - she - it	we	they
WH- QUESTION	WH- word(s) + did + SUBJECT (I/you/etc.) + base form of the verb: do / go / make / eat / study / etc. + other words ?
WH- SUBJECT	Sometimes, "who" or "what" is the subject. For example: "What happened?" and "Who borrowed my pencil?"

EXAMPLE: John / (go) / where / at 9 o'clock ? → "Where did John go at 9 o'clock?"

where / you / in 2012 / (‘be’) ?
1. Where were you in 2012?
2. Where did you be in 2012?
3. Were you where in 2012?
what / (do) / Ed / about his problem ?
1. What did Ed about his problem?
2. What was Ed do about his problem?
3. What did Ed do about his problem?
who / the criminal / (catch) ?
1. Who did catch the criminal?
2. Who caught the criminal?
3. Who catched the criminal?
when / they / Los Angeles / (visit) ?
1. When were they visited Los Angeles?
2. When did they visit Los Angeles?
3. When they visited Los Angeles?
I / why / (forget) / his name?
1. Why did I forget his name?
2. Why I forgot his name?
3. Why was I forget his name?
how / you / the address / (find) ?
1. How did find you the address?
2. How were you found the address?
3. How did you find the address?
where / your father / (‘be’) / 25 years ago ?
1. Where your father was 25 years ago?
2. Where was your father 25 years ago?
3. Your father was where 25 years ago?
she / in college 6 years / why / (stay) ?
1. Why did she stayed in college 6 years?
2. Why she stayed in college 6 years?
3. Why did she stay in college 6 years?
children / how many / your grandparents / (have) ?
1. Your grandparents how many children had?
2. How many children did your grandparents have?
3. How many children did your grandparents had?
you / what / time / (wake up) / this morning ?
1. What time did you wake up this morning?
2. What did you wake up time this morning?
3. What time were you wake up this morning?
the teacher / (feel) / yesterday / tired / why ?
1. The teacher felt tired why yesterday?
2. Why was the teacher feel tired yesterday?
3. Why did the teacher feel tired yesterday?
you and your brother / (talk about) / what / on the phone ?
1. What do you and your brother talked about on the phone?
2. What talked about you and your brother on the phone?
3. What did you and your brother talk about on the phone?
in Dallas / what / on November 22, 1963 / (happen) ?
1. What did happen in Dallas on November 22, 1963?
2. What was happened in Dallas on November 22, 1963?
3. What happened in Dallas on November 22, 1963?
the bears / where / last winter / (sleep) ?
1. Where did the bears sleep last winter?
2. Where the bears slept last winter?
3. Where slept the bears last winter?