Past Simple in Conversation | What Did You Do Yesterday?

Hi, I'm Julie with English Panda News. Today I'm on the street asking people a simple question. "What did you do yesterday?

" This is Bob. He works in an office and loves exercise. Bob what did you do yesterday?

Yesterday? Well. .

. I woke up early because I like to exercise before work. I left home around 5 am and walked to the gym.

Once I arrived at the gym, I stretched and did some cardio to warm up. Great. What cardio did you do?

I usually ride the stationary bike. I jogged for 20 minutes to loosen up my muscles. Then I lifted weights for an hour.

Yesterday was an arm day. Ooh! I hate those.

What did you do after you finished your workout? I finished at 8 30 and I went straight to work. I had meetings all morning, and worked  on a project during the afternoon.

It sounds like you were very busy! What time did you finish work? I finished work at my normal time around five o'clock.

Then I went to meet a friend at a restaurant nearby. We had a really nice dinner. I had steak, and she had pasta.

I got home around eight o'clock and I watched TV for a while. I was exhausted after a busy day, and I actually fell asleep on the couch! Nice, thanks for your time!

Excuse me! I'm interviewing some people and asking, "What did you do yesterday? " Can you tell us about your day?

Sure! Umm. .

. Yesterday was a school day, so I woke the kids up at six o'clock, and made breakfast for the family. We had pancakes.

. . our favorite!

My husband drove the kids to school, so I gave them each a big kiss. . .

and a big lunch! How nice of you! You had the house to yourself!

Did you relax? I wish! I did chores all morning.

First I did the laundry, then I washed the breakfast dishes and made the beds. Did you relax then? Ha!

No! Then I vacuumed the floors and cleaned the  bathrooms. So THEN did you get a chance to relax?

Yes, finally! I read my book for about 20 minutes. It was almost three o'clock and I had to pick up the kids from school.

We stopped for ice cream on the way home, and at five o'clock I took them to their swimming lesson, and chatted with the other parents. We had such a nice time catching up! My husband came home right after we did and we prepared dinner together.

He is a great cook! After we ate dinner, I helped the kids with their homework. .

. It was my turn. They played a game for a while, and then I put them to bed at nine o'clock.

Ooh. . .

That's a lot! Yeah. .

. I went to bed right after that! Excuse me!

What did you do yesterday? I'm on vacation, so I slept in until ten o'clock. I love hotel beds!

After I got up, I started the day with  coffee. . .

Well, actually, two cups of coffee. My hotel didn't offer breakfast, so I went  to a restaurant and had eggs and toast. and.

. . more coffee.

After I got ready, I went sightseeing around the city, and I took lots of pictures of all the beautiful and interesting things. The architecture, statues, parks. .

. your city is  amazing! Yes, there's so much to see and do.

Did you see everything? No, I didn't go to any museums, but I  saw a lot! My feet were tired after walking so much, so I chilled in a café for a few hours and posted some pics on social media.

Great! Did you meet anyone interesting? Yes, actually!

I met a cool group of locals  there and they invited me to a live music show. In the evening I met up with them and they took me to a really cool bar, with a great band playing. The singer was really energetic and what a voice!

We had a few drinks, shared some food and had a super interesting conversation. They were great company! Well, look who it is!

My friend John. Hi Julie! Whoa, cool camera!

John do you have time to tell the viewers what you did yesterday? Sure! I didn't sleep well the night before because I stayed up late to study, and I had to wake up early because I had to attend class at seven o'clock.

I spent a few hours in the library studying. . .

and studying. . .

and studying some more! I also did homework for my math class and researched some topics for an assignment. Whoa, you sound really busy!

Yeah. . .

that's the student life! I promised my parents that I would do well and make them proud. I'm sure they are very proud!

Did you even have time to eat with all that studying? Yes, I took a few breaks throughout the day, and gave myself an hour to have a nice lunch. Then I took a test in the afternoon.

It was an important one. I hope I did well! Wow!

I hope you were able to relax when you  got home. Hi! What did you do yesterday?

I took the day off work because I had a lot  of chores to do. First, I went grocery shopping at the local supermarket. I also bought a birthday gift for a friend at the mall.

What did you get for your friend? I printed a lovely photo of the two of us and bought a nice frame to put it in. She looks great in the picture!

I think she'll love it. I'm sure she will! What else did you do?

On the way to the mall I picked up a package from the post office, and I dropped off some clothes for dry cleaning. My internet wasn't working well, so after I got home, I called the internet company to get it fixed. I was on hold for an hour!

But finally, I could speak to someone and they sent a technician to my house in the afternoon. I was hungry after all of that running around, so I cooked myself a nice meal. The rest of my day was pretty quiet, so I listened to some music and fell asleep!

What about you? What did you do yesterday? Let us know in the comments below!

This is Julie with English Panda News, signing off. Thanks for watching and don't forget to like and subscribe.