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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