lesson 4 A3

A.3 Notice the use of the expression do what.

STATEMENT		John	Studies	English	Every day
YES/NO QUESTION:	does	John	Study	English	Every day?
NEW			Do	what
PATTERN	What does	John	Do		Every day?

COMMENTS

Do what is a substitute for the verb and any other essential parts of the verb phrase. In the example, do what  corresponds to the verb phrase study english.

Exercise 9. Make wh-questions using the expression do what

John eats breakfast at 7 o’clock	WHAT DOES JOHN DO AT 7 O’CLOCK?
John goes to class at  o’clock	WHAT DOES JOHN DO AT 8 O’CLOCK?

1.       John has coffee at 10 o’clock

2.       John eats lunch at noon

3.       John studies in the afternoon

4.       John studies english in the library

5.       John has dinner at 6 P.M

6.       John usually watches television in the evening

7.       Mr. And Mrs. Miller have dinner at 6:30

8.       Mr. Miller usually studies in the evening

9.       Mrs. Miller often reads in the evening

10.   Mr. And Mrs. Miller sometimes visit friends in the evening

(continue, using the PAST tense)

11.   They visited friends yesterday

12.   They talked

13.   They played cards after dinner

14.   They watched television at nine 0’clock

 Taken from: English sentence structure by Robert Khrohn