Past Simple Wh- Questions

Article excerpt · target grammar marked

Brian Little, a Canadian psychologist, trained students at Cambridge University. His most curious students succeeded in jobs other people found difficult. They preferred problems over easy answers.

Grammar Reference · Past Simple Wh- Questions

Wh- question form

What did she study? — use did + base verb for all Wh- questions in past simple

Where / When

Where did he train? / When did she decide? — the verb never changes

Why / How

Why did they prefer that job? — why asks for a reason about the past

Short answers

What did he choose? He chose science. — answer with past simple, not did

01Exercise 1 — Form · Write the Correct Form

Past Simple Wh- Questions

1. did Brian Little work? He worked at Cambridge University.

2. did the organised workers prefer — rules or freedom?

3. did the psychologists study workers? They wanted to understand personality.

4. trained students at Cambridge University?

5. did the shy child decide to become?

6. did the independent students succeed — in teams or alone?

02Exercise 2 — Find and Correct the Error

find the error · rewrite the sentence

1.Where did she trained to become a doctor?

2.What he decided to study last year?

3.Why did they preferred working alone?

4.Who did trained the curious students?

5.How did the shy student succeeded in her new job?

03Exercise 3 — About You

in your notebook

Personalise: complete five sentences about yourself using the target grammar.

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