Yesterday – The Past – Questions and Answers; Day: 65
When asking questions about the past, you can ask questions like:
āĻ āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨:
“How did you enjoy the movie?”
“āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻĒāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¨?”
“What time did you get home last night?”
“āĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§?”
“How was your date with Jackie?”
“āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĄā§āĻ āĻā§āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛?”
“How was the traffic going to the airport?”
“āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻĢāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛?”
“What have you been up to?”
“āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¨?”
“What did you do last weekend?”
“āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻšā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ?”
“How was the party?”
“āĻā§āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻā§āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛?”
“How come you didn’t come to class yesterday?”
“āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻā§ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻ¨āĻž āĻā§āĻ¨?”
“How did your presentation go?”
“āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨āĻž āĻā§āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§?”
Here are some ways you can answer these types of questions. Remember to use past tense because these actions already occurred.
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻ āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻŦā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
“How did you enjoy the movie?”
“āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻĒāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¨?”
“It was a long movie, but overall, the movie was great.”
“āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§, āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤”
“I really didn’t like the movie. It was slow and boring.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ§ā§āĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤”
“I enjoyed the movie so much that I saw it again.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¤ āĻāĻĒāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”
Example: 1
“What time did you get home last night?”
“āĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§?”
“I got home at two in the morning.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤”
“I didn’t make it home until eleven last night.”
“āĻāĻ¤ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻāĻž āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤”
“I made it home at midnight.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤”
Example: 2
“How was your date with Jackie?”
“āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĄā§āĻ āĻā§āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛?”
“The date went so well. We had dinner at a seafood restaurant. And then we saw a movie together.”
“āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĢā§āĻĄ āĻ°ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻāĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻž āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”
“I don’t think it went too well. We hardly had anything to talk about. I really thought Jackie was bored to death.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ āĻā§āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻŽā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻā§āĻ¤āĨ¤”
“The date was alright. She called me this morning to go out again, but I haven’t responded yet.”
“āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻ āĻ¸āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĢā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤”
Example: 3
“What have you been up to?”
“āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¨?”
“I just graduated from school so I’m happy that I’m done.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŦā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¤āĻ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻļā§āĻˇ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤”
“I met Jackie yesterday and we spent the evening together in a nice restaurant.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ° āĻ°ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻž āĻāĻāĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤”
“The only thing I have done in the last three months is computer games.”
“āĻāĻ¤ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻž āĻšāĻ˛ āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻŽāĨ¤”
Example: 4
“What did you do last weekend?”
“āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻšā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ?”
“Last weekend, I visited my parents.”
“āĻāĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§, āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž-āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”
“I went golfing on Saturday. I shot a great score.”
“āĻļāĻ¨āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĢ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤”
“I stayed home and watched TV all weekend long.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”
Example: 5
“How come you didn’t come to class yesterday?”
“āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻā§ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻ¨āĻž āĻā§āĻ¨?”
“I was very sick yesterday.”
“āĻāĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”
“I missed the bus and by the time I got to campus, class was already over.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¸ā§ āĻĒā§āĻāĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ, āĻ¤āĻ¤āĻā§āĻˇāĻŖā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸ āĻļā§āĻˇ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤”
“I slept in because I didn’t hear the alarm ring.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŽ āĻ°āĻŋāĻ āĻļā§āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤”
Example: 6
“How did your presentation go?”
“āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨āĻž āĻā§āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§?”
“It went ok. A few of the people asked some tough questions, but overall it was good.”
“āĻāĻāĻž āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ˛ā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻ āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤”
“I messed up so bad. I brought the wrong folder from my office so I didn’t have any notes.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ¸ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻ˛ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āĻĄāĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”
“It was the best presentation of the day. My boss told me I was organized, focused, and spoke clearly.”
“āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ°āĻž āĻāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ¸ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻāĻāĻ āĻŋāĻ¤, āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤”