Example. What happened when the astronauts splashed down?

What happened when the astronauts splashed down?

• ACTIVITY 4C

Ask questions in the negative using the simple past tense. Use the verbs in parentheses in the questions.

1.Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. Didn't the third astronaut go with them?

No, he didn't. Ile stayed in the command module.

2. President Kennedy gave more support to the space program than any other president did before him. Why_______ other presidents before Kennedy __________(give) as much support as he did?

Because the United States didn't realize that Soviet space technology was as advanced as it was.

3. Two astronauts walked on the moon on the Apollo 11 space shot. Why _______the third astronaut ________on the moon too? Because someone had to be in the command ship.

4. On the Apollo 11 flight, the astronauts walked on the moon. _______ they________ (ride)in a moon vehicle too? Yes, they did.

5. The lunar module and the command ship almost missed each other on the Apollo 11 flight. Why_______ they _______(connect) at first? Because the equipment didn't function properly.

• ACTIVITY 4D

Ask questions about these sentences with Who or What in the subject position. Phrase your questions so that they can be answered by the Answers below.

1.A French author wrote Voyage to the Moon.

Who wrote Voyage to the Moon?

2. Two Americans flew the first airplane on December 17, 1903.

______________________________________________________________________

3. An American made the first flight from New York to Paris on May 21, 1927.

______________________________________________________________________

4. A special rocket lifted Apollo 11 into space.

__________________________________________

5. Something slowed down the space capsule before it splashed down in the ocean.

___________________________________________

Answers

1. Jules Verne did.

2. The Wright brothers did.

3. Charles Lindbergh did.

4. A Saturn rocket did.

5. A giant parachute did.

o Ask questions with Who or What about the object of the sentence. Phrase your questions so that they can be answered by the Answers below.

1. The Soviets sent the first man into space.

Who did the Soviets send into space?

2. King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella sent a famous explorer on a long voyage in 1492.

_______________________________________________________________________?

3. The Italian Amerigo Vespucci mapped part of a continent.

_______________________________________________________________________?

4.The Church persecuted a famous scientist because he believed the earth moved around the sun.

_______________________________________________________________________?

5. Thomas Edison invented many important things.

______________________________________________________________________?

Answer s

1. Yuri Gagarin.

2. Christopher Columbus.

3. Part of the Americas.

4. Galileo.

5. The first successful phonograph, for example.

o Read the sentence. Then write, a question about it with Who or What in the subject or object position. Look at the correct answer to the question first, and write the correct question for the answer.

1. Homer, a Greek poet, wrote the Odyssey.

a. Who wrote the Odyssey?

Homer did.

b. What did Homer write?

The Odyssey

2. Stanley Kubrick, an American filmmaker, made a famous film, 2001: A Space Odyssey.

a. _____________________________________________________________________?

2001: A Space Odyssey.

b._____________________________________________________________________?

Stanley Kubrick did.

3. An apple fell from a tree. It hit Isaac Newton on the head.

a. ______________________________________________________________________?

An apple did.

b. _____________________________________________________________________?

It hit Isaac Newton.

o Test your classmates on their knowledge of history. Think of famous writers, artists, generals, inventors, and scientists. Ask subject or object questions beginning with Who and What.

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