Students practice forming past simple questions with did. A reading activity about the rock band Queen helps to keep this lesson interesting. Students will ask each other about their past experiences and talk about their free-time activities.
Past Simple Questions with Did and Queen

Overview
Level Elementary: A2
Included
2 student pagesTeaching notes
Teaching time 60 mins
Language functions
Asking and answering questionsTalking about the past
Language forms
Modal and auxiliary verbsPast formsVerb noun collocations
Activities
ConversationQuestions and answersReadingSentence completionUnscramble
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