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Do you cook?
Questions in Simple Present Tense
2 Beginner

After this lesson, you will be able to ask people if they do anything regularly.

Exercise 1
Sentence Practice

Do you see the stars?

Do they speak Chinese?
Does he swim?
Does she listen to jazz?
Does he live in Japan?

Grammar Focus
Yes-no questions

You may remember how to form yes-no questions with the verb 'be': switch the verb
and the subject. "You are Japanese." becomes "Are you Japanese?"

To form yes-no questions with verbs other than 'be', put the helping verb 'do' at the
beginning of the sentence.
 I know you. → Do I know you?
You live here. → Do you live here?
We eat dinner late. → Do we eat dinner late?
They speak Italian. → Do they speak Italian?

To respond 'yes' to these questions, say "Yes, I / you / we / they do."

For the third person singular (he, she, it), the helping verb 'do' becomes 'does' to agree
with the subject. Put 'does' at the beginning of the sentence and use the main verb in
its basic (without -s) form:

He knows French. → Does he know French?

She eats meat. → Does she eat meat?
It often rains here. → Does it often rain here?

Tip

Remember that the helping verb 'do' changes to 'does' in the third person. The main verb
stays in its basic form. So don't add an 's' to the main verb! "Do es he know s French?" is
wrong.

Exercise 2
Dialogue Practice

Read the dialogues aloud with your teacher.

Do you cook?

Nathan

Yes, I do.
Hyun-woo

Do they play baseball?

Nathan

Yes, they do.

Hyun-woo

Do you drink coffee?

Nathan

Yes, I do.

Hyun-woo

Does he write letters?

Nathan

Yes, he does.

Hyun-woo

Does she read books?

 Nathan

Yes, she does.

Hyun-woo

Exercise 3
Fill in the Blanks

Fill in the blanks to complete the sentences.

1. you know the muffin man?

A. Do

B. Does

2. she know the muffin man?

A. Do

B. Does

3. they know the muffin man?

A. Do

B. Does

4. you like milk?

A. Do

B. Does

5. they like milk?

A. Do

B. Does

6. he like milk?

A. Do
 B. Does

Exercise 4
Sentence Building

Make questions out of these sentences.

Example

He often swims. → "Does he often swim?"

You know Peter.

You live in the Philippines.
He plays with toys.
She speaks Chinese.
They look at their dictionaries.
You run for exercise.

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