Yellow Level

Lesson One

Questions with “did”

Use “did” + the main verb in the simple form

to make a question in the past tense.


Did   I teach you any English?   (Answer: Yes, you did.) 		teacher
  Did   you learn English?   (Answer: Yes, I did.)   Where did you learn English?   (Answer: I learned English at school.) Boom
  Did   he eat a corndog?   (Yes, he did.) How many did he eat? (He ate two corndogs.) child eating corndog
  Did   she eat the ice cream?   (Yes, she did.)   Where did she get it?   (Her mother gave it to her.) girl eating popsicle
  Did   the cat have any food?   (Yes, it did. ) cat eating food
  Did   we go to school yesterday   ? (Yes, we did.)   What did we do in class?   (We learned English) teacher
Boom
you + I = we
  Did   you go to school last week?   (Yes, we did.)   What did you study?   (We studied English.) students
  Did   they eat any ice cream?   (Yes, they did.)   Where did they eat it?   (They ate it at the beach.) children eating popsicles

“did” + the main verb (in the simple form) make a question.

girl Practice listening to past tense questions in
The Listening Lab 		Practice your reading skills in Yellow Level Reading exercise #1:
Christine is a photographer.

Before you study the present perfect tense in the Yellow Level, it’s necessary to understand the past tense very well!

Here’s a quiz. If you don’t do well on it, complete the first five lessons in the Red Level before you continue in the Yellow Level.