Let’s celebrate!

How do we celebrate these festivals?

Christmasgive and get presents

send cards

Chinese New Year

get lucky money

watch fireworks

Easter

eat chocolate eggs

go to church

Mid-Autumn Festivaleat moon cakes

look at the moon

We

sing carols

eat moon cakes

visit relatives

at

Christmas.

Mid-Autumn Festival.

Chinese New Year.

How do we celebrate these festivals?What do you do?

We watch dragon boat races at Dragon Boat Festival.

We eat chocolate eggs at Easter.

We watch fireworks at Chinese New Year.

We get presents at Christmas.

Asking questions in the past tense

We use question words and Did to make questions.

Don’t change the verb after Did.

Asking Questions

WhatWhereHow many red packets

did

you eatyou goyou get

Christmas?Easter?Chinese New Year?

at

Question words

Which – we use which to ask for information when there is a choice of several things.

How many – we use how many to ask for the quantity of something.

Where – we use where to ask about the location.

Examples:

Which relatives did you visit?I visited my cousins.

Where did you go at Easter?I went to church.

How many red packets did you get?I got twenty red packets.

You can also ask questions starting with Did.

Don’t change the verb after Did.

Asking Questions

Did yousing carolsgo to churchvisit relatives

Christmas?Easter?Chinese New Year?

at

Yes, I did. No, I didn’t.

He ate moon cakes at Mid-Autumn Festival.

He did not eat moon cakes at Mid-Autumn Festival.

Past tenseWe use did not / didn’t to make negative sentences.

*Don’t change the verb after did not.

did not

1 ___________ you go yesterday morning?

I went to a flower market in Mong Kok.

2 ___________ you go to Victoria Park?

Yes, I did.

3 ___________ you go in the afternoon?

I went to the library.

4 ___________ you eat Easter eggs at Easter?

No, I didn’t.

PracticeWhere did

Did

Where did

Did

5 __________ presents _____ you ______?

I got fifteen presents.

6 __________ you go to Central?

No, I _______________ to Central.

I _______ to Tsim Sha Tsui.

7 ___________ you do at Christmas?

I __________ a Christmas cake.

8 I didn’t _________ at the Christmas lights but I had a big Christmas dinner.

PracticeHow many

Did

went

What did

did get

did not go/didn’t go

made/baked

look

Which festival do you like best?

What did you do at the festival?

Where did you go?

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