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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§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ‡ āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨:

“How did you enjoy the movie?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻŽāĻžāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“What time did you get home last night?”

“āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ¯āĻŧāĻŸāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡?”

“How was your date with Jackie?”

“āĻœā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ•āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĄā§‡āĻŸ āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛?”

“How was the traffic going to the airport?”

“āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°āĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡ āĻŸā§āĻ°āĻžāĻĢāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛?”

“What have you been up to?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“What did you do last weekend?”

“āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻšā§‡āĻ° āĻ›ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›?”

“How was the party?”

“āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ¸āĻŦ āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛?”

“How come you didn’t come to class yesterday?”

“āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸ā§‡ āĻāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“How did your presentation go?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›ā§‡?”

Here are some ways you can answer these types of questions. Remember to use past tense because these actions already occurred.

āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ‡ āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ‰āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ…āĻ¤ā§€āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ°āĻžāĻ–āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ‡ āĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ—ā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ‡āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻ˜āĻŸā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤

“How did you enjoy the movie?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻŽāĻžāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“It was a long movie, but overall, the movie was great.”

“āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āĻ˜ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻŽāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡, āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻŽāĻžāĻŸāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤”

“I really didn’t like the movie. It was slow and boring.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ‡ āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋāĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ§ā§€āĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ° āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤”

“I enjoyed the movie so much that I saw it again.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻŽāĻžāĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻ¤ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”

Example: 1
“What time did you get home last night?”

“āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ¯āĻŧāĻŸāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡?”

“I got home at two in the morning.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ āĻĻā§āĻ‡āĻŸāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I didn’t make it home until eleven last night.”

“āĻ—āĻ¤ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ āĻāĻ—āĻžāĻ°ā§‹āĻŸāĻž āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ‰āĻ āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I made it home at midnight.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

Example: 2
“How was your date with Jackie?”

“āĻœā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ•āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĄā§‡āĻŸ āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛?”

“The date went so well. We had dinner at a seafood restaurant. And then we saw a movie together.”

“āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ–āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§€āĻĢā§āĻĄ āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§‹āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡āĻ° āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ–ā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ•āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻŽāĻž āĻĻā§‡āĻ–ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”

“I don’t think it went too well. We hardly had anything to talk about. I really thought Jackie was bored to death.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§‹ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ‡ āĻ­ā§‡āĻŦā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻœā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ•āĻŋāĻ° āĻŽā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§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• āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ†āĻœ āĻ¸āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻ‡āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĢā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ–āĻ¨āĻ“ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻĻā§‡āĻ‡āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤”

Example: 3
“What have you been up to?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“I just graduated from school so I’m happy that I’m done.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŦā§‡āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ˛ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¤āĻ• āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ–ā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I met Jackie yesterday and we spent the evening together in a nice restaurant.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ¤āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ āĻœā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ•āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ° āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§‹āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŸāĻž āĻāĻ•āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāĻŸāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“The only thing I have done in the last three months is computer games.”

“āĻ—āĻ¤ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻž āĻšāĻ˛ āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻ‰āĻŸāĻžāĻ° āĻ—ā§‡āĻŽāĨ¤”

Example: 4
“What did you do last weekend?”

“āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻšā§‡āĻ° āĻ›ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›?”

“Last weekend, I visited my parents.”

“āĻ—āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§‡, āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž-āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ—āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”

“I went golfing on Saturday. I shot a great score.”

“āĻļāĻ¨āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĢ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ—āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§‹āĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”
“I stayed home and watched TV all weekend long.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻ¤āĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŸāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻ¤āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”

Example: 5

“How come you didn’t come to class yesterday?”

“āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸ā§‡ āĻāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“I was very sick yesterday.”

“āĻ—āĻ¤āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”

“I missed the bus and by the time I got to campus, class was already over.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¸ā§‡ āĻĒā§ŒāĻāĻ›āĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ, āĻ¤āĻ¤āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻŖā§‡ āĻ•ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸ āĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ—ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤”

“I slept in because I didn’t hear the alarm ring.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ˜ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ…ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŽ āĻ°āĻŋāĻ‚ āĻļā§āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ‡āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤”

Example: 6
“How did your presentation go?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›ā§‡?”

“It went ok. A few of the people asked some tough questions, but overall it was good.”

“āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ• āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤”

“I messed up so bad. I brought the wrong folder from my office so I didn’t have any notes.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ–āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻĒ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻĢāĻŋāĻ¸ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ­ā§āĻ˛ āĻĢā§‹āĻ˛ā§āĻĄāĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻāĻ¸ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ›ā§‡ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ¨ā§‹āĻŸ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”

“It was the best presentation of the day. My boss told me I was organized, focused, and spoke clearly.”

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