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Past Simple Wh- Questions — Why Do Surgeons Like Order?

Grammar: Past Simple

Free ESL grammar exercise on past simple wh- questions themed around why do surgeons like order?. Printable worksheet from EnglishPlans.com.

What's on this worksheet

A Level 2 (elementary) ESL grammar exercise on work, practising past simple. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.

From the reading

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: Past Simple

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

Sample items

  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.

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