Stage 6

Asking about past events (2)

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.