Yes/ No questions and Short Yes/ No questions and Short Answers with the Present SimpleAnswers with the Present Simple

USE OF DO AND DOES (DON’T/DOESN’T)

• Use does with he, she, it and singular subjects.

• Use do with I, you, we, they and plural subjects.

• We usually answer Yes/No questions with a short answer.

• The short answer uses a pronoun.

• The short answer uses a contraction in the negative.

• For example: don’t , doesn’t, isn’t etc.

• Use does with he, she, it and singular subjects.

• Use do with I, you, we, they and plural subjects.

• We usually answer Yes/No questions with a short answer.

• The short answer uses a pronoun.

• The short answer uses a contraction in the negative.

• For example: don’t , doesn’t, isn’t etc.

Examples:Examples:DO/DOES SUBJECT VERB COMPLEMENT SHORT

ANSWER

Tourists visit the White House.

Do they visit the president’s private rooms?

No, they don’t.

The president lives in the White House.

Does the vice live in the White House?

No, he doesn’t

Does president live in the White House?

Exercise 1.

• Read each statement. Then write a yes/no question using that statement. Change the subject to a pronoun.

Example: Jose has a notebook ___Does he have a notebook?___

1. My brother reads the bible every day.

2. We study the English language.

• Read each statement. Then write a yes/no question using that statement. Change the subject to a pronoun.

Example: Jose has a notebook ___Does he have a notebook?___

1. My brother reads the bible every day.

2. We study the English language.

Does he read the bible every day?

Do we study the English Language?

3. The teacher gives us homework.

4. You drink water at lunch time.

5. The boy speaks English at school.

3. The teacher gives us homework.

4. You drink water at lunch time.

5. The boy speaks English at school.

Does she gives us homework?

Do you drink water at lunch time?

Does he speak English at school.

Exercise 2• Write short answers to the questions below.

1. Do you like English?

2. Does your mother work?

3. Do you have a pet?

4. Do you live with your parents?

• Write short answers to the questions below.

1. Do you like English?

2. Does your mother work?

3. Do you have a pet?

4. Do you live with your parents?

Yes, I do / No, I don’t

Yes, she does / No, she doesn’t

Yes, I do / No, I don’t

Yes, I do / No, I don’t