Sometimes food is not hot when it should be. Maybe someone just made it, but it is already cold. That can be surprising or even a little annoying. In this topic, we use questions to ask about strange situations like this. The sentence “Why is your soup cold?” is a present simple question, and “Didn’t you just make it?” uses the past simple with just to talk about something that happened recently. These types of questions are useful in everyday conversations.
🔹 Examples:
Why is your pizza cold? Didn’t you just take it out of the oven?
Why is the coffee cold? Didn’t you make it five minutes ago?
Why are the fries soggy? Didn’t they just cook them?
📘 GRAMMAR: Questions in Present and Past Simple
We use "Why is...?" to ask about the present. We use "Didn’t you...?" to ask about something in the past with surprise or confusion.
Structures:
Why is + subject + adjective/noun?
Didn’t you + base verb + complement?
Examples:
Why is your soup cold?
Didn’t you just make it?
Why is the TV on?
Didn’t you turn it off?
Note: "Just" is often used with the past simple to show something happened very recently.
📘 VOCABULARY (10 words):
Cold – not hot or warm.
Soup – a hot liquid food.
Make – to prepare or create something.
Just – a short time ago.
Warm – a little hot, comfortable temperature.
Microwave – a machine to heat food quickly.
Boil – to heat a liquid until it bubbles.
Serve – to give food to someone.
Forget – to not remember.
Reheat – to heat food again.
📘 USEFUL EXPRESSIONS:
Why is this cold?
Didn’t you just take it out?
Can you heat it again, please?
This should be warm.
Something is wrong with the temperature.
📘 SENTENCES:
Positive:
The soup is hot now.
I just made the soup.
She always serves food warm.
Negative:
The soup isn’t hot.
He didn’t make it fresh.
They don’t usually eat cold soup.
Questions:
Why is your soup cold?
Didn’t you just make it?
Can you reheat it?
Answers:
I don’t know. Maybe I waited too long.
No, I made it yesterday.
Yes, I will heat it again.
📘 CONVERSATION:
Anna: Hey, why is your soup cold?
Leo: I don’t know. I just made it five minutes ago.
Anna: Didn’t you heat it enough?
Leo: Maybe not. I used the microwave, but it was only for one minute.
Anna: You should heat it for two or three minutes.
Leo: You’re right. I’ll do that now.
Anna: Good idea! Cold soup doesn’t taste very good.
Leo: Yes, and I’m really hungry!
📘 READING:
Tom loves to cook at home. One day, he made tomato soup for lunch. He put it on the table and went to answer the phone. When he came back, the soup was cold. His sister Lisa came into the kitchen and asked, “Why is your soup cold? Didn’t you just make it?” Tom laughed and said, “Yes! But I had to take a long phone call.” He put the soup in the microwave and reheated it. After a few minutes, the soup was hot again, and they enjoyed lunch together.
Questions:
What did Tom cook?
Why did the soup get cold?
Who asked the question about the soup?
Did Tom reheat the soup?
Did they eat together?
Answers:
He cooked tomato soup.
Because he answered a long phone call.
His sister Lisa.
Yes, he did.
Yes, they did.
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