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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Lesson 2 (part A2)

A.2  Notice the use of does in questions.

Previous pattern:
STATEMENT:	The book is green.
	The book is green.
QUESTION:	Is the book green?
New pattern:
STATEMENT:	John works in the morning.
	John works in the morning.
QUESTION:	Does john works in the morning?

COMMENT

Use the question pattern when you make questions to be answered with yes or no. Don’t make questions with the statement word order; such questions are used only in special situations.

NOTE: In American English, the question which corresponds to john has a book is usually does john have a book? Has john a book?

ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES

Does Mr. Smith practice in class?

Does the student study?

Does mary read Spanish?

Exercise 3. Change the teacher’s statement into a question.

John studies at night                              DOES JOHN STUDY AT NIGHT?

Mary studies in the afternoon           DOES MARY STUDY IN THE AFTERNOON?

1.       John studies the lessons.

2.       He understands the lessons.

3.       He has coffee at 11 o’clock

4.       He has lunch at noon.

5.       Mary practices in the afternoon.

6.       She eats supper at 6 o’clock.

7.       She writes letters at night.

8.       Mr. Allen works in the afternoon.

9.       He reads at night.

10.   John comes to the class every morning.

11.    Mr. Miller comes here at the afternoon.

12.   He leaves at night.

 taken from :English Sentence Structure by Robert Krohn

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Lesson 2 (part A1)

a.       Simple present tense with verbs other than be

Statements: He works

Questions with do, does: does he work?

Short answers: Yes, he does

b.      Single-word adverbs of frequency: always, usually, often, etc.

Position in statements and questions

A.1 Notice form of the verb

sg		VERB
1	i	work	Every morning
2	You	Work	Every morning
3	He	works	Every morning
Pl
1	we	work	Every morning
2	You	Work	Every morning
3	They	work	Every morning

COMMENT

1. Verbs other than be have two forms in the simple present tense:

a simple form and an –s form.

2. The –s form is used with third person singular subjects (he, she, it, john, etc) otherwise, the simple form is used.

Note: The pronunciation of the –s form is related in the pronunciation book.

Exercise 1. Practice the two forms of the following verbs by substituting as shown in the examples.

Reads                          JOHN READS IN THE MORNING, AND WE READ IN THE AFTERNOON.

Writes                         JOHN WRITES IN THE MORNING, AND WE WRITE IN THE AFTERNOON.

1.       Reads

2.       Sings

3.       Studies

4.       Works

5.       Arrives

6.       Leaves

7.       Practices

8.       Writes

Exercise 2. Has is the third person singular form of have. Practice these two forms by substituting the teacher’s words. Change the rest of statement if necessary.

We                               WE HAVE COFFEE HERE IN THE MORNING

John                            JOHN HAS COFFEE HERE IN THE MORNING

1.       He

2.       John and mary

3.       They

4.       Mr. Allen

5.       He

6.       Mary

7.       Ahe

8.       The students

9.       They

10.   Mr. miller

11.   He

12.   You

13.   I

14.   You and i

15.   We

Taken  from : English Sentence Structure

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