[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"grammar-exercise-01a0e1ab-dcf6-76df-9ff4-eb673c5c8ee1":3,"grammar-exercise-lesson-019b7f36-64bf-7f2e-84e0-6a817ed790ee":106},{"id":4,"grammarPage":5,"title":6,"instructions":7,"seoTitle":8,"seoDescription":9,"displayOrder":10,"type":11,"questions":12,"ogImageUrl":105},"01a0e1ab-dcf6-76df-9ff4-eb673c5c8ee1","\u002Fapi\u002Fgrammar_pages\u002F019b7f36-64bf-7f2e-84e0-6a817ed790ee","Sort Past Habits and Question Meanings","Tap a tile, then tap the matching column. Read each situation before sorting all the tiles.","Past simple: sort habits and past questions","Sort past habits, states, questions and replies into columns, exploring repeated actions, expectations and formal wording in familiar everyday settings.",6,"word_sort",[13,36,59,82],{"id":14,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":16,"explanation":17,"blanks":18,"payload":19},"01a0e1ab-dcf6-78ab-9ff4-eb673d2dcca1","These phrases describe childhood habits and states that are no longer true. Sort repeated actions from states; this distinction matters when choosing would.",0,"Used to can describe both former states and former habits. Would can describe repeated actions once a past time frame is established, but it is not normally used for states. These state phrases describe lasting situations, not repeated events. For example: When she was young, she would cycle to the pool, but she used to dislike deep water.",[],{"items":20,"categories":35},[21,24,26,28,31,33],{"text":22,"category":23},"used to own a small bike","Past state",{"text":25,"category":23},"used to believe in magic",{"text":27,"category":23},"used to be afraid of dogs",{"text":29,"category":30},"used to skate every Saturday","Repeated past action",{"text":32,"category":30},"used to feed the ducks each morning",{"text":34,"category":30},"used to bake biscuits every Sunday",[23,30],{"id":37,"sentenceTemplate":38,"displayOrder":39,"explanation":40,"blanks":41,"payload":42},"01a0e1ab-dcf6-794f-9ff4-eb673d5fc1d1","Sort these past questions by their wording: a neutral request for information or a negative question that signals an expectation or surprise.",1,"Did plus subject and base verb forms a neutral past question. A negative question with didn’t can signal that the speaker expected a different answer or is surprised. Tone and context can also make negative questions sound critical. For example: Didn’t Rosa bring an umbrella? suggests that the speaker expected her to bring one.",[],{"items":43,"categories":58},[44,47,49,51,54,56],{"text":45,"category":46},"Did you enjoy the exhibition?","Neutral question form",{"text":48,"category":46},"Did Amir book a table?",{"text":50,"category":46},"Did they take the lift?",{"text":52,"category":53},"Didn’t you receive my invitation?","Negative: expectation or surprise",{"text":55,"category":53},"Didn’t Eva pay for the tickets?",{"text":57,"category":53},"Didn’t we agree on a price?",[46,53],{"id":60,"sentenceTemplate":61,"displayOrder":62,"explanation":63,"blanks":64,"payload":65},"01a0e1ab-dcf6-79c3-9ff4-eb673dfc64a0","All these negative questions can express an expectation. Sort the contracted conversational forms from the fuller, more formal forms.",2,"Didn’t comes before the subject in the contracted form. In the fuller form, did comes before the subject and not follows it. Both have the same basic meaning, but the fuller form is more formal and less common in ordinary conversation. For example: Did the visitor not sign the book? is the fuller version of Didn’t the visitor sign the book?",[],{"items":66,"categories":81},[67,70,72,74,77,79],{"text":68,"category":69},"Didn’t you lock the cupboard?","Contracted form",{"text":71,"category":69},"Didn’t he return the tools?",{"text":73,"category":69},"Didn’t they clean the kitchen?",{"text":75,"category":76},"Did you not water the plants?","Fuller, more formal form",{"text":78,"category":76},"Did she not post the letter?",{"text":80,"category":76},"Did we not reserve these seats?",[69,76],{"id":83,"sentenceTemplate":84,"displayOrder":85,"explanation":86,"blanks":87,"payload":88},"01a0e1ab-dcf6-7a37-9ff4-eb673e02aa18","Someone asks, Didn’t you attend the class? Sort these replies by whether the person attended or did not attend.",3,"Answer a negative question according to what actually happened: yes confirms the positive action, while no confirms that it did not happen. Do not treat yes as agreement with the negative wording. For example: Didn’t you buy bread? — Yes, I did; it is in my bag.",[],{"items":89,"categories":104},[90,93,95,97,100,102],{"text":91,"category":92},"Yes, I did.","Attended the class",{"text":94,"category":92},"Yes, but I arrived late.",{"text":96,"category":92},"Yes, I stayed until the end.",{"text":98,"category":99},"No, I didn’t.","Did not attend the class",{"text":101,"category":99},"No, I was ill at home all day.",{"text":103,"category":99},"No, I missed the whole class.",[92,99],"\u002Fuploads\u002Fimages\u002Fgpimg_43e85a6c-825c-47bf-8393-fc7abbe87b61_hero.webp?v=1790492531",{"title":107,"slug":108,"language":109,"level":110},"Past Simple (B1)","past-simple-b1","en","B1"]