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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. Do you like kimchee?

2. Does Donald have an MP3 player?

3. Do I eat pizza for breakfast?

4. Where do your brothers live?

5. Do they like it there?

6. What does he eat for lunch?

7. Why do we celebrate Christmas?

8. When does the mail usually come?

9. What time does the plane come in?

10. How much does this pencil case cost?

11. How does Daniel feel today?

12. Do you often visit your parents?

13. Do we have any ice cream?

14. Whom do you usually watch on TV?

15. Do I have to go to bed now?

16. Why do you have a green sticker on your book?

17. Does she usually look like that?

18. Does it often rain in the summer?

19. Does Mike study a lot for math?

20. What does your father do?

Grammar Basics: Unit 7 – Simple Present, Questions

Posted on 2012/01/10

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 / ?

Grammar Basics: Unit 6 – Simple Present, Negative (Solution)

Posted on 2012/01/06

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

Example: have / horses / wings ==> Horses don’t have wings.

1. Steve doesn’t play the piano any more.

2. The bird doesn’t sing at night.

3. The children don’t like broccoli.

4. I don’t watch TV on weekdays.

5. We don’t mow our grass in the fall.

6. The Nelson sisters don’t drive after dark.

7. He doesn’t study enough.

8. Cats don’t eat vegetables.

9. The phone doesn’t work.

10. The car doesn’t start.

11. Mother doesn’t cook on Sundays.

12. Father doesn’t get up early on weekends.

13. Jim doesn’t drink coffee.

14. He doesn’t like tea, either.

15. We don’t sell magazines at our store.

16. Turtles don’t walk fast.

17. You don’t eat very much.

18. Mary doesn’t sing in the choir.

19. They don’t have any more tickets.

20. They don’t like bad weather.

Grammar Basics: Unit 6 – Simple Present, Negative

Posted on 2012/01/05

To make the negative of a simple present sentence, use the appropriate form of the verb DO together with NOT, followed by the dictionary form of the main verb of the sentence.

Examples:

I/you/we/they + do not (don’t) + V

Examples:

I eat ==> I do not (don’t) eat

You drive ==> You do not (don’t) drive

We walk ==> We do not (don’t) drive

They talk ==> They do not (don’t) talk

he/she/it + does not (doesn’t) + V

Examples:

He sings ==> He does not (doesn’t) sing

She runs ==> She does not (doesn’t) run

It rains ==> It does not (doesn’t) 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:

John doesn’t like pizza.

They don’t eat out at all. (“eat out” = eat at a restaurant)

I don’t do my homework when I feel sick.

You don’t have your key with you, do you?

He doesn’t have a chance of winning the election.

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

Example:
have / horses / wings ==> Horses don’t have wings.

1. any / more / piano / play / Steve / the

2. at / bird / night / sing / the

3. broccoli / children / like / the

4. I / on / TV / watch / weekdays

5. fall / grass / in / mow / our / the /we

6. after / dark / drive / Nelson / sisters / the

7. enough / he / study

8. cats / eat / vegetables

9. phone / the / work

10. car / start / the

11. cook / Mother / on / Sundays

12. early / Father / get / on / up / weekends

13. coffee / drink / Jim

14. either / he / like / tea

15. at / magazines / our / sell / store / we

16. fast / turtles / walk

17. eat / much / very / you

18. choir / in / Mary / sing / the

19. any / have / more / they / tickets

20. bad / like / they / weather

Grammar Basics: Unit 5 – Simple Present (Solution)

Posted on 2012/01/04

Exercises: Write sentences from the following words. Be sure to put the verb in the right form (sing, sings, etc.)

1. It always rains at night.

2. He works at a restaurant.

3. Tom studies after school.

4. We go on vacation every summer.

5. She practices the piano three hours every day.

6. They cut their grass on Saturdays.

7. Dad takes a shower every morning.

8. The schoolkids have their yearly picnic at the end of May.

9. John likes skiing.

10. He hates bowling.

11. They live in Hawaii.

12. Sam never listens to music when he reads a book.
(Or, Sam never reads a book when he listens to music.)

13. The moon rises later each day.

14. The piano needs tuning.

15. Apples taste good.

16. Mother bakes cookies for Christmas.

17. Cats have soft fur.

18. Babies sleep all the time.

19. This vacuum cleaner has good suction.

20. I usually read a book before I go to bed.

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Grammar Basics: Unit 5 – Simple Present

Posted on 2012/01/03

The Simple Present Tense is used for things that are generally true, or for things that happen sometimes/all the time.

The Simple Present is formed like this:

I/you/we/they + V

Examples:

I eat
You drive
We walk
They talk

he/she/it + V +(e)s

Examples:

He sings
She runs
It rains

Verbs that end in –s/–sh/–ch/–o need –es instead of –s:

Examples:

watch ==> watches
wash ==> washes
miss ==> misses
do ==> does

Verbs that end in –y need –ies instead of –s:

Examples:

cry ==> cries
study ==> studies

Verbs used with adverbs of frequency are in the simple present:

Examples:

He never cries.
I usually exercise in the morning.
She always eats toast for breakfast.

Exercises: Write sentences from the following words. Be sure to put the verb in the right form (sing, sings, etc.)

1. always / at / it / night / rain

2. a / at / he / restaurant / work

3. after / school / study / Tom

4. every / go / on / summer / vacation / we

5. day / every / hours / piano / practice / she / the / three

6. cut / grass / on / Saturdays / their / they

7. a / Dad / every / morning / shower / take

8. at / end / have / May / of / picnic / schoolkids / the / the / their / yearly

9. John / like / skiing

10. bowling / hate / he

11. Hawaii / in / live / they

12. a / book / he / listen / music / never / read / Sam / to / when

13. day / each / later / moon / rise / the

14. need / piano / the / tuning

15. apples / good / taste

16. bake / Christmas / cookies / for / Mother

17. cats / fur / have / soft

18. all / babies / sleep / the / time

19. cleaner / good / have / suction / this / vacuum

20. a / bed / before / book / go / I / I / read / to / usually

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