Lesson 2 (part B3)

B.3 Notice the position of always in questions

STATEMENT		john	Always	Studies	At night
		john	Always	Studies	At night
QUESTIONS	does	john	Always	Study	At night?
STATEMENT		Mary	is	Always	Busy
		Mary	is	Always	Busy
QUESTIONS	is	Mary		Always	Busy

COMMENT

Adverbs like always come before the main verb (study, arrive, etc) in questions as well as in statements. With forms of be (am, are, is) the adverb of frequency remains with the rest of the predicate when the verb is put before the subject to make a question.

Exercise 12. Change the teacher’s statement into a question. The next student will answer the question.

The teacher is usually busy                                      STUDENT A: IS THE TEACHER USUALLY BUSY?

                                                                                            STUDENT B: YES, HE IS

You Are Often Busy                                                    STUDENT B: ARE YOU OFTEN BUSY?

                                                                                            STUDENT C: YES, I AM OR NO, I AM NOT

1.       You are sometimes tired

2.       You are sometimes hungry

3.       You always eat breakfast in the morning

4.       The windows are always open

5.       The teacher is usually in the room

6.       You usually have coffee for breakfast

7.       You usually eat lunch at noon

8.       The door is sometimes open

9.       The windows are often closed

10.   You sometimes read at night

11.   You usually understand the lessons

12.   Pencils are usually light

13.   Shoes are always white

14.   Shirts are often white.

Taken from: English sentence structure by Robert Krohn 

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Lesson 2 (part B2)

B.2 Compare the position of always

Previous pattern:
		MAIN VERB
John	Always	studies	At night
New pattern:
	Be
Mary	is	always	Busy

COMMENT

Adverbs like always (single-word adverbs of frequency) come after forms of be (am, are, is)

Exercise 10. Substitute a word like always for the multi-word adverbials of frequency

John is busy all of the time                       JOHN IS ALWAYS BUSY

Mr. Allen is busy most of the time        MR. ALLEN IS USUALLY BUSY

1.       Mrs. Allen is busy much of the time

2.       She is tired most of the time

3.       Mr. Miller is almost never tired

4.       Mr. miller is thirsty most of the time

5.       He is hungry some of the time

6.       John is hungry much of the time

7.       He is thirsty most of the time

8.       He is almost never in the room

9.       He is at home most of the time

10.   Mr. Allen is at home some of the time

Exercise 11. Summary exercise.

John drinks milk much of the time                            HE OFTEN DRINKS MILK

He is thirsty much of the time                                    HE IS OFTEN THIRSTY

1.       He has cornflakes for breakfast all of the time

2.       He is sleepy at breakfast all of the time

3.       He is late to class some of the time

4.       He studies at night all of the time

5.       Mrs. Miller almost never drinks coffee

6.       She drinks tea most of the time

7.       She is at home much of the time

8.       She eats at home most of the time

9.       She is busy most of the time

10.   She sings at home some of the time

Taken from: English sentence structure by Robert Krohn 

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Lesson 2 (part A4)

A.4 Notice the use of affirmative short answer.

Previous pattern (lesson 1)
QUESTION	Is john busy?
SHORT ANSWER	Yes, he is.
New pattern
QUESTION	Does john like coffee?
SHORT ANSWER	Yes, he does.
QUESTION	Do Mr. and Mrs. Allen like tea?
SHORT ANSWER	Yes, they do.

COMMENTS

In the short answer above, Yes, he does means Yes, John like coffee and Yes, they do means Yes, Mr. and Mrs. Allen like tea. Notice that do and does are substitutes for the verb phrases. In the examples, does replaces like coffee, and do replace like tea.

AFFIRMATIVE SHORT ANSWER
Sg.	Pl.
Yes, I do	Yes, we do
Yes, you do.	Yes, you do.
Yes, he does.	Yes, they do.

ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES

Do you like coffee?                                           YES, I DO.

Does the new student like the class?        YES, HE DOES.

Exercise 6. Answer the teacher’s question with an affirmative short answer.

Does mary study in the night?                          YES, SHE DOES.

Do Mr. and Mrs. Allen drink tea?                    YES, THEY DO.

1.       Does mr. Allen study in the morning?

2.       Do john and Mary study in the afternoon?

3.       Do they have class in the morning?

4.       Do they understand the lesson?

5.       Does Mary understand English?

6.       Do the students understand it?

7.       Does Mr. Miller sing well?

8.       Does Mrs. Miller work?

9.       Does john pronounce well?

10.   Does he practice at home?

11.   Do john and Mary study at night?

12.   Do they write the letters every week? 

Taken from : English sentence structure by Robert Krohn 

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Lesson 2 (part A3)

A.3 Compare the use of do and does in questions.

STATEMENT	he works in the morning
QUESTION	does he work in the morning?
STATEMENT	they work every day
QUESTION	do they work every day?

Additional examples

Do I speak well?

Do you read Spanish?

Do we begin in the morning?

Exercise 4. Change the teacher’s statement into a question. Use do or does.

John and mary study English                             DO JOHN AND MARY STUDY ENGLISH?

John studies in the morning                              DOES JOHN STUDY IN THE MORNING?

1.       John and mary have coffee at10 o’clock

2.       Mrs. Allen has coffee at 11 o’clock.

3.       The students understand English.

4.       They practice every day.

5.       John has a coke in the afternoon.

6.       He studies at night.

7.       The students study here.

8.       They understand the lessons.

9.       John has a book.

10.   John and mary speak English.

Taken from : English sentence structure by Robert Krohn

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