Grammar Basics: Unit 7 – Simple Present, Questions

The pattern for forming simple present questions is as follows:

Do/Does + subject + (adverb of frequency) + V (+….)?

where V is the dictionary form of the verb. “Does” is for third person singular, and all others use “Do.”

Examples:

I eat ==> Do I eat?
You drive ==> Do you drive?
We walk ==> Do we drive?
They talk ==> Do they talk?
He sings ==> Does he sing?
She runs ==> Does she run?
It rains ==> Does it rain?

Note that for third person singular, there is NO “s” after the end of the main verb. Instead, the “s” goes on DO: do ==> does.

Examples:

It always rains at night. ==> Does it always rain at night?
He works at a restaurant. ==> Does he work at a restaurant?
Tom studies after school. ==> Does Tom study after school?
We go on vacation every summer. ==> Do we go on vacation every summer?
She practices the piano three hours every day. ==> Does she practice the piano three hours every day?

They cut their grass on Saturdays. ==> Do they cut their grass on Saturdays?
Dad takes a shower every morning. ==> Does Dad take a shower every morning?
The schoolkids have their yearly picnic at the end of May. ==> Do the schoolkids have their yearly picnic at the end of May?

John likes skiing. ==> Does John like skiing?
He hates bowling. ==> Does he hate bowling?

For wh-questions, the wh- word comes first in the sentence, giving us the pattern:

Wh- do/does + subject + (adverb of frequency) + V (+….)?

Examples:

Whom do you think will win the game?
What does Tim want for Christmas?
Where do we go from here?
When does Jane do her homework?
Why do you take off your shoes when you come in?
How does a magician do his tricks?

Exercises: Write questions from the following words. Be sure to put the “do” verb in the right form (do/does).

Example: eat / he / seafood / ? ==> Does he eat seafood?

1. kimchee / like / you / ?

2. an / Donald / have / MP3 / player / ?

3. breakfast / eat / pizza / for / I / ?

4. brothers / live / where / your / ?

5. it / like / there / they / ?

6. eat / for / he / lunch / what / ?

7. celebrate / Christmas / we / why / ?

8. come / mail / the / usually / when / ?

9. come / in / plane / the / time / what / ?

10. case / cost / how / much / pencil / this / ?

11. Daniel / feel / how / today / ?

12. often / parents / visit / you / your / ?

13. any / cream / have / ice / we / ?

14. whom / you / usually / watch / on / TV / ?

15. bed / go / have / I / now / to / to / ?

16. a / book / green / have / on / sticker / why / you / your / ?

17. like / look / she / that / usually / ?

18. in / it / often / rain / summer / the / ?

19. Mike / study / a / lot / for / math / ?

20. do / father / what / your / ?