past simple questions (with a wide range of verbs) – English Grammar Profiler

English Grammar Profile C1 point 81 in the category of PAST/simple is defined as:

‘yes/no’, ‘wh-‘, tag and negative question forms with a wide range of verbs.

*This is more about vocabulary than grammar.

We have tried to cover this same topic also here.   However, we’ll attempt to focus on what is C1 in this post.

iWeb corpus doesn’t allow much more than searches such as:

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1 SAID TO HIM,? 403 2 HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? 373 3 SAID TO THEM,? 331 4 TOOK YOU SO LONG? 321 5 SAID, ” WHAT? 297 6 SAID : ? ? ? 289 7 THOUGHT , WHY NOT ? 239 8 SAID . ? IT ? 186 9 KNEW THAT , RIGHT ? 163 10 SAID , ” WHY ? 161 11 SAID , ” REALLY ? 145 12 SAID TO ME , ? 136 13 THOUGHT IT WOULD BE ? 128 14 GOT A HOT TIP ? 124 15 SAID . ” WHY ? 123 16 HAPPENED , MISS SIMONE ? 122 17 ORDERED TO PAY A ? 109 18 KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR ? 101 19 ORDERED HIM TO PAY ? 100

20 RENEWED FOR SEASON 2 ? 100

21 SAID , ‘ WHAT ? 100 22 SAID . RT ? 99 23 SAID . ? I ? 97

24 FIGURED , WHY NOT ? 94

25 ASKED , ” WHY ? 91 26 SAID . ? WE ? 91 27 FELL IN LOVE WITH ? 89 28 TOOK ME SO LONG ? 85 29 GAVE IT TO YOU ? 84 30 SURPRISED YOU THE MOST ? 84 31 SAID TO HER , ? 83 32 GOT WHAT IT TAKES ? 78 33 TOOK THEM SO LONG ? 75 34 SAID , ‘ REALLY ? 74 35 THOUGHT ” WHY NOT ? 74 36 CAME OUT ON TOP ? 72 37 WANTED TO SEE ME ? 72

38 MADE A PROFIT OF ? 71

39 SAID , ‘ WHY ? 71 40 EXPECTED IT TO BE ? 69 41 ADDED . RT ? 65 42 SAID . ? ? 65 43 STOOD OUT TO YOU ? 64 44 WORKED BEST FOR YOU ? 64 45 HAPPENED TO YOUR FACE ? 63 46 CAME UP WITH THAT ? 62 47 ROSE FROM THE DEAD ? 61 48 HAPPENED ? ? ? ? 60

49 MADE A LOSS OF ? 60

50 GAVE YOU THAT IDEA ? 59 51 RENEWED FOR SEASON 3 ? 59 52 SAID ” WHY NOT ? 56 53 SAID . ” I ? 54 54 ADDED : ? ? ? 53 55 MADE . TO PAY ? 52 56 MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE ? 52 57 MADE THE RIGHT DECISION ? 52 58 RAISED A TOTAL OF ? 51 59 SAID , ? I ? 51 60 LOCATED IN THE WORLD ? 50 61 TURNED OUT TO BE ? 50 62 SAID , WHY NOT ? 49 63 DREW YOU TO IT ? 48

64 ESTIMATED TO BE WORTH ? 48

65 SAID TO HIM : ? 47 66 WANTED IT TO BE ? 47 67 WENT OUT OF BUSINESS ? 46

68 BECAME A CAUSE C ? 45

69 CAME UP WITH THIS ? 45 70 HEARD OF THIS BEFORE ? 45 71 SAID . ? THAT ? 45 72 HAPPENED IN THE PAST ? 44 73 IMPOSED A FINE OF ? 44 74 CAME UP WITH IT ? 40 75 SAID . ? ? ? 40 76 SAID : ” THE ? 40 77 SAID . ” WHAT ? 39 78 ATTRACTED YOU TO IT ? 38 79 BELIEVED TO BE AROUND ? 38 80 HAPPENED TO THE MOUSE ? 38 81 HOPED IT WOULD BE ? 38 82 SAID : ” GARDA ? 38 83 SAID , ” HUH ? 37 84 FELL AMONG THE THIEVES ? 36 85 HAPPENED TO THAT GUY ? 36 86 SAID TO MOSES , ? 36 87 WENT THROUGH YOUR MIND ? 36 88 RECEIVED A TOTAL OF ? 35 89 SAID . GARDA ? 35 90 SAID THAT SINN F ? 35 91 ASKED , ” WHAT ? 34 92 FELL IN THE WILDERNESS ? 34 93 FUCKED UP IS THAT ? 34 94 NEEDED TO BE DONE ? 34

95 PRESENTED A CHEQUE FOR ? 34

96 SAID , ” HELLO ? 34 97 THOUGHT ‘ WHY NOT ? 34 98 TOLD YOU THESE THINGS ? 34 99 WORKED WELL FOR YOU ? 34

100 HAPPENED ? WHAT HAPPENED ? 33

1 DID YOU DO THAT ? 1531 2 DID YOU DO IT ? 1404 3 DID I DO WRONG ? 1259 4 DID YOU KNOW THAT ? 1186 5 DID THE RESEARCH INVOLVE ? 1135 6 DID I MISS SOMETHING ? 1135 7 DID WE GET HERE ? 1081 8 DID IT COME FROM ? 1051 9 DID THEY DO IT ? 855 10 DID YOU GET IT ? 849 11 DID YOU HEAR THAT ? 791 12 DID HE DO IT ? 777 13 DID THAT COME FROM ? 764 14 DID THAT COME ABOUT ? 718 15 DID THEY COME FROM ? 714 16 DID YOU GET THAT ? 706 17 DID YOU SEE THAT ? 679 18 DID YOU GET STARTED ? 599 19 DID THEY DO THAT ? 540 20 DID YOU LIKE IT ? 498 21 DID I GET HERE ? 481 22 DID I DO THAT ? 480 23 DID I DO IT ? 480 24 DID YOU GROW UP ? 434 25 DID I MISS ANYTHING ? 432 26 DID HE DO THAT ? 413 27 DID YOU FIND IT ? 407 28 DID YOU HANDLE IT ? 403 29 DID YOU DO THIS? 390 30 DID YOU SEE IT ? 346 31 DID YOU GET HERE? 344

32 DID THIS COME FROM? 320

33 DID YOU OVERCOME IT ? 320

34 DID WE DO IT ? 318 35 DID THE TIME GO ? 316 36 DID I SAY THAT? 316 37 DID IT TURN OUT? 300 38 DID YOU COME FROM? 296 39 DID I GO WRONG? 293 40 DID IT ALL START ? 286 41 DID IT ALL BEGIN ? 285 42 DID YOU CATCH THAT ? 283 43 DID YOU PLAY IT ? 281 44 DID IT COME ABOUT ? 279 45 DID THIS COME ABOUT ? 262

46 DID YOU OVERCOME THEM ? 260

47 DID THEY GET THERE ? 255 48 DID YOU ENJOY IT ? 241 49 DID IT GET THERE ? 239 50 DID HE COME FROM ? 239 51 DID I MISS IT ? 227 52 DID THEY DO THIS ? 219 53 DID I DO THIS ? 215 54 DID YOU FIND OUT ? 211 55 DID WE MISS ANYTHING ? 205 56 DID SHE DO IT ? 203 57 DID YOU GET THEM ? 203 58 DID YOU GO TO ? 197 59 DID I TELL YOU ? 190 60 DID N’T YOU KNOW ? 187 61 DID YOU FIND THEM ? 183 62 DID YOU MAKE IT ? 179 63 DID IT WORK OUT ? 178 64 DID YOU JUST SAY ? 177 65 DID YOU KNOW … ? 176 66 DID YOU GET THERE ? 175 67 DID WE COME FROM ? 174 68 DID YOU GET THIS ? 170 69 DID THAT MAKE SENSE ? 169 70 DID THAT WORK OUT ? 162 71 DID YOU BUY IT ? 161 72 DID WE DO THIS ? 159 73 DID YOU DO TODAY ? 158 74 DID HE DO THIS ? 152 75 DID YOU FIX IT ? 152 76 DID IT TAKE YOU ? 145 77 DID YOU HEAR ME ? 144 78 DID YOU MISS ME ? 140 79 DID I MENTION THAT ? 139 80 DID I COME FROM ? 139 81 DID YOU READ THAT ? 137 82 DID YOU COME HERE ? 130 83 DID YOU SOLVE IT ? 130 84 DID YOU USE IT ? 128 85 DID THAT JUST HAPPEN ? 124 86 DID WE DO WRONG ? 123 87 DID YOU SEE THIS ? 122 88 DID IT LOOK LIKE ? 121 89 DID WE DO THAT ? 120 90 DID WE GO WRONG ? 120 91 DID YOU GO WITH ? 118 92 DID YOU LIKE BEST ? 118 93 DID WE MISS SOMETHING ? 117 94 DID YOU FIND US ? 117 95 DID HE KNOW IT ? 116 96 DID SHE DO THAT ? 110 97 DID THE MONEY GO ? 108 98 DID THE SUMMER GO ? 107 99 DID I MISS THAT ? 105

100 DID YOU FIND ME ? 105

B2 vocabulary:

cause, estimated, figured, loss, overcome, presented, profit, renewed