CHAPTER 2
Expressing Present Time (Part 1)
2-10 THE SIMPLE PRESENT: YES/NO
QUESTIONS
DO/DOES + SUBJECT + MAIN
VERB
(a) Do you like coffee?
(b)* Does Bob like coffee?
Notice in (b):
The
main verb in the question does not have a final –s. The final –s
is part of does.
INCORRECT: Does Bob likes coffee?
(c) Are
you a student?
(d) INCORRECT: Do you be a student?
When the main verb is a
form of be, do is NOT used.
QUESTION SHORT ANSWER + (LONG
ANSWER)
(e) Do you like tea? +
Yes, I do. (I like tea).
- No, I don’t.
(I don’t like tea).
(f) Does Bob like tea? + Yes,
he does.
(He likes tea).
- No, he doesn’t.
(He doesn’t like tea).
Do, don’t, does, and doesn’t are used in the short answers to yes/no questions in the simple present.
Exercise:
Make questions. Give
short answers.
1. A:
Do you like tea?
B: Yes, I do. (I like tea).
2. A:
Do you like coffee?
B: No, I don’t. (I don’t like
coffee).
3. A:
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B: (I don’t speak Japanese).
4. A:
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B: (Ann speaks French).
5. A:
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B: (Ann and Tom don’t speak Arabic).
6. A:
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B: (I do exercises every morning).
7. A:
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B: (I don’t have a Spanish-English dictionary).
8. A:
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B: (The teacher comes to class every day).
9. A:
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B: (It rains a lot in April).
10. A:
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B: (My parents live in California).
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