BOOK ONE · LESSON 076

When did you ...?

你什么时候……？

A lesson on past-tense questions and answers with time phrases. Students listen to questions about past actions, then complete a time-phrase reference table (this/last/before-last week/month/year vs. a minute/hour/day/week/month/year ago). Fifteen illustrations (109-123) show people performing past-tense actions. Written exercises include rewriting present-tense sentences in the past and writing questions and answers with time cues. Workbook practice covers the simple past with irregular verbs in dialogues and personal questions about past experiences. Grammar exercises fill in past-tense forms and complete dialogues.

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Lesson 课文

Listen and answer the questions.
听录音并回答问题。

Time phrase reference:
this week / last week / the week before last
this month / last month / the month before last
this year / last year / the year before last

a minute ago / two minutes ago
an hour ago / five hours ago
a day ago / three days ago
a week ago / two weeks ago
a month ago / four months ago
a year ago / six years ago

Listen and answer the questions. 听录音并回答问题。Time phrase table: this/last/before-last week/month/year and a minute/hour/day/week/month/year ago.

Listening — answer the questions

Listen and answer the questions. 听录音并回答问题。

Listen to the recording and answer the questions about past actions.

1What did you do last weekend?

A man looks at a framed photograph. — lesson-076-pic-109

109 — looked at a photograph

看了照片

A cat jumps off a brick wall. — lesson-076-pic-110

110 — jumped off the wall

从墙上跳下来

A boy walks across a park with trees. — lesson-076-pic-111

111 — walked across the park

穿过公园

A boy washes his hands at a sink. — lesson-076-pic-112

112 — washed his hands

洗了手

A man works at a desk in an office with filing cabinets. — lesson-076-pic-113

113 — worked in an office

在办公室工作

A girl asks a question, raising her hand. — lesson-076-pic-114

114 — asked a question

问了一个问题

A man types letters at a typewriter. — lesson-076-pic-115

115 — typed those letters

打了那些信

A man and a woman watch television. — lesson-076-pic-116

116 — watched television

看了电视

A man talks to a salesman at a counter. — lesson-076-pic-117

117 — talked to the salesman

和售货员谈话

A girl thanks her father, who holds flowers. — lesson-076-pic-118

118 — thanked her father

感谢了她的父亲

A woman dusts a cupboard. — lesson-076-pic-119

119 — dusted the cupboard

给柜子掸了灰

A man paints a bookcase with a brush. — lesson-076-pic-120

120 — painted that bookcase

漆了那个书柜

Two people wait at a bus stop. — lesson-076-pic-121

121 — waited at the bus stop

在公共汽车候车处等

A boy looks at a car in a show room and wants one like that. — lesson-076-pic-122

122 — wanted a car like that one

想要像那样的一辆车

A boy greets a girl who waves back. — lesson-076-pic-123

123 — greeted her

跟她打招呼

Written A — Rewrite these sentences in the past tense

A Rewrite these sentences. 模仿例句将以下句子改成过去时。
Example: She goes to town every day. → She went to town yesterday.

Rewrite each sentence in the past tense, following the example.

1She goes to town every day. →

She went to town yesterday.

2She meets her friends every day. →

3They drink some milk every day. →

4He swims in the river every day. →

5She takes him to school every day. →

6He cuts himself every morning. →

Written B — Write questions and answers

B Write questions and answers. 模仿例句提问并回答。
Example: look at that photograph/an hour ago → When did you look at that photograph? I looked at that photograph an hour ago.

Write a past-tense question and answer for each cue, following the example.

1look at that photograph/an hour ago →

When did you look at that photograph? I looked at that photograph an hour ago.

2walk across the park/last week →

3wash your hands/a minute ago →

4work in an office/the year before last →

5ask a question/five minutes ago →

6type those letters/a month ago →

7watch television/every day this week →

8talk to the shop assistant/last month →

9thank your father/an hour ago →

10dust the cupboard/three days ago →

11paint that bookcase/the year before last →

12want a car like that one/a year ago →

13greet her/a minute ago →

MAKE IT YOUR OWN

Practice 练习

A — The simple past with irregular verbs (dialogues)

Look at this, then write dialogues like the example. Use the simple past tense. 看下表，模仿例句用一般过去时完成以下对话。
Verb: buy → Positive: he bought / Negative: he did not buy or he didn't buy / Question: did he buy? / Short answers: Yes, he did. or No, he didn't.

1. I / see that film / six months ago
A: I saw that film.
B: Oh, did you? When did you see it?
A: I saw it six months ago.

2. she / wear a dress like that / a week ago
3. John / go to Japan / three years ago
4. I / lose my passport once / about five years ago
5. my friends / meet a famous film star / two weeks ago

Write dialogues using the simple past tense with irregular verbs, following the example pattern.

The printed example (item 1) is not editable. Items 2-5 each require three answers (A statement, B question, A answer).

11. A: I saw that film. B: Oh, did you? When did you see it? A: I saw it six months ago.

I saw that film. / Oh, did you? When did you see it? / I saw it six months ago.

22. A: (she / wear a dress like that / a week ago)

32. B: Oh, did she? When did she wear it?

42. A: (answer with time)

53. A: (John / go to Japan / three years ago)

63. B: Oh, did he? When did he go?

73. A: (answer with time)

84. A: (I / lose my passport once / about five years ago)

94. B: Oh, did you? When did you lose it?

104. A: (answer with time)

B — About you (personal questions with 'ago')

Write true answers to these questions. Try to use the word ago in your answers. 回答以下问题，争取使用 ago。

Answer each question truthfully, using the word 'ago' where possible.

11. How long ago did you start school?

22. When did you first go to the cinema?

33. When did you first play a computer game?

44. When did you last tidy your room?

BUILD YOUR FOUNDATION

Grammar 语法练习

I. Fill in the blanks with the past tense form of the verbs given. 用所给动词的过去式填空。

Fill in the blanks with the past tense form of the verbs given. 用所给动词的过去式填空。

The children ______ (leave) home last Saturday morning at nine o'clock. The bus ______ (go) very slowly, so they ______ (arrive) at the beach at about nine thirty. Some of them ______ (jump) into the sea and ______ (swim) happily. Some ______ (make) a fire and some ______ (bring) some wood. They ______ (cook) some food and ______ (eat) it quickly. They also ______ (drink) cold drinks. Then some of them ______ (play) on the sand, and others ______ (sleep). At four o'clock they ______ (catch) a bus home.

Fill in each blank with the correct past-tense form of the verb in brackets.

Answers are taken from the grammar key (PDF viewer page 507).

1The children ______ (leave) home last Saturday morning.

2The bus ______ (go) very slowly.

3so they ______ (arrive) at the beach at about nine thirty.

4Some of them ______ (jump) into the sea

5and ______ (swim) happily.

6Some ______ (make) a fire

7and some ______ (bring) some wood.

8They ______ (cook) some food

9and ______ (eat) it quickly.

10They also ______ (drink) cold drinks.

11Then some of them ______ (play) on the sand, and others ______ (sleep).

12At four o'clock they ______ (catch) a bus home.

II. Complete the dialogues, using the cues given according to the example. 仿照例句用所给的词完成下列对话。

Complete the dialogues, using the cues given according to the example. 仿照例句用所给的词完成下列对话。

1. Did you buy a bike? → Yes, I did. When did you buy it? (last week) → I bought it last week. Did you buy a handbag, too? → No, I didn't.

2. Did you play football?
3. Did she go shopping?
4. Did he talk to the shop assistant?
5. Did they go to see a doctor?
6. Did the postman come?

Complete each dialogue with appropriate past-tense answers, following the example pattern.

Item 1 is a printed example (not editable). Items 2-6 each require three answers (short answer, full answer with time, short answer to follow-up). Key: PDF viewer page 507.

11. Did you buy a bike? → Yes, I did. When did you buy it? (last week) → I bought it last week. Did you buy a handbag, too? → No, I didn't.

Yes, I did. / I bought it last week. / No, I didn't.

22. Did you play football? → (short answer)

3When did you play? (yesterday afternoon)

4Did you play hockey, too? → (short answer)

53. Did she go shopping? → (short answer)

6When did she go shopping? (three days ago)

7Did her husband go shopping with her? → (short answer)

84. Did he talk to the shop assistant? → (short answer)

9When did he talk to the shop assistant? (the day before yesterday)

10Did he talk to the manager, too? → (short answer)

115. Did they go to see a doctor? → (short answer)

12When did they go to see a doctor? (a week ago)

13Did they see a nurse, too? → (short answer)

146. Did the postman come? → (short answer)

15When did he come? (at seven this morning)

16Did the milkman come, too? → (short answer)

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