Nesta aula do nosso curso online de inglês, você aprenderá mais sobre como fazer perguntas sobre o passado.
1 . Imagine que você está perguntando a um amigo ou a um colega sobre as férias dele. Estas são algumas das perguntas que você poderia fazer (1-4). Relacione-as à resposta adequada (a–d).
1 How was your holiday?
2 Where did you go?
3 What did you do?
4 Did you take any photos?
a) We saw a wonderful play at Epidaurus.
b) Absolutely fantastic.
c) We went to Greece.
d) Yes, I did. Do you want to see them?
Grammar: Questions about the past (2)
Quando fazemos perguntas sobre o passado e esperamos obter informações, em geral usamos: What, Where, Who, Why, When e How + did + sujeito + verbo no infinitivo.
What did you do last night?
Where did you go on your holiday?
When did he arrive?
How did he travel?
Ou What, Where, Who, Why, When e How + was / were + sujeito.
What was the weather like?
Who were you with?
Why was she late?
How was your holiday?
2 . Complete as perguntas com um dos pronomes interrogativos do quadro acima.
1 ………… did you do last night?
2 ………… did you go?
3 ………… were you late?
4 ………… did she arrive?
5 ………… were you with on Saturday?
Do you know?
● What’s he like? Use esta pergunta para descobrir sobre personalidade.
● What does she look like? Use esta para descobrir sobre aparência.
● What was it like? Use esta para descobrir sobre experiências passadas.
3 . Complete a pergunta com uma das expressões do quadro abaixo.
What do you do | What you do | What did you do
‘…………………… last night?’
‘I did some housework and watched television.’
4 . Observe este formulário de satisfação do cliente e complete as lacunas com palavras do quadro abaixo. Em alguns casos, mais de uma resposta é possível.
how | hear | pay | happy | did | were | when | how | why | buy (x2) | have | where

5 . Relacione as perguntas (1–6) às respostas (a–f).
1 What did you do last night?
2 Where were you at eight o’clock this morning?
3 Who did you meet at the party?
4 Why were you late?
5 When did the film start?
6 How was John when you saw him last night?
a) John and Beatrice.
b) I missed the bus.
c) Fine, I think.
d) I was still in bed.
e) I watched a video.
f) At eight o’clock.
20 minutes+
Ouça a gravação e responda às perguntas usando suas próprias palavras.
1 What did you do last Saturday night?
2 Where were you at eight o’clock last night?
3 Who did you talk to yesterday?
4 When did you start learning English?
5 How did you feel yesterday?
Word Bank
amateur (adjetivo) = amador
pre-paid (adjetivo) = pré-pago
professional (adjetivo) = profissional
satisfaction (substantivo) = satisfação
supply (substantivo) = suprimento
Respostas:
Exercício 1
1-b; 2-c; 3-a; 4-d
Exercício 2
1 What
2 Where
3 Why
4 When
5 Who
Exercício 3
What did you do
Exercício 4
1 Why, buy
2 Where (or How), hear
3 When, buy
4 How, pay
5 Did, have
6 Were, happy
Exercício 5
1-e; 2-d; 3-a; 4-b; 5-f; 6-c
20 minutes+
Model answers:
1 I went out for a meal with some friends.
2 I was at home reading a good book.
3 I talked to my boyfriend for about an hour.
4 I started learning English four years ago.
5 I felt very happy yesterday.