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simple present questions Do you remember me?

do I work? do you work? does he/she/it work? do we work? do they work?

We make simple present questions (H) with do/does + subject + infinitive (without to).

STATEMENT Q QUESTION H

1 know Do 1know?
You think Do you think? (NOT Think-yea?)
He likes Does he like? (NOT Does he likes?)
She remembers Does she remember?
It helps Does it help?
We want Do we want?
They understand Do they understand?

fa Put in do or does.
T>0 ... you know my friend Andy? 3 ....... ........ you speak Chinese?
► £>oes ... this bus go to Cambridge? 4 ....... ........ Sarah go to school on Saturdays?

1 ............. ... Ann want to come with us? 5 ....... ........ this shop sell stamps?
2 ............. ... your parents live near here? 6 ....... ........ Bill and Harry play golf?

^ Make questions.

► They smoke. ...........................................................
► Ashley teaches French. . .P.0.??. .....................................
1 The Oxford bus stops here.......................................................................................

2 The teachers know her. ........................................................................................
3 You play the piano..............................................................................................
4 John works in a restaurant.......................................................................................
5 This train stops at York............................................................................................
6 We need more eggs..............................................................................................

7 Fatima likes parties..............................................................................................
8 Peter speaks Spanish well........................................................................................

Do you know all these question words?
what when where who why how how much how many what time
What do you think? (NOT What think you?) Where does Lucy live? (NOT Where lives Lucy?)
How much does this cost? (NOT Hew-mueh-this-eests?)
What time does the train leave? (NOT What time the train leaves?)

^ Choose the correct subject.
► Flow much does cost? {the ticket/the tickets)
1 Where d o ................................... live? {your daughter/ your children)

2 What time does................................... start? {the lesson / the lessons)
3 What d o ................................... want? {you/the girl)
4 When does................................... finish? {the holidays/ the holiday)

5 Why d o ................................... talk so fast? {that woman /those women)
6 What d o ................................... think of the new boss? {you/she)

-» For questions without do, like Who lives here?, see pages 108-109.

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