The pattern for forming simple present questions is as follows:
Do/Does + subject + (adverb of frequency) + V (+….)?
where V is the dictionary form of the verb. “Does” is for third person singular, and all others use “Do.”
Examples:
- I eat ==> Do I eat?
- You drive ==> Do you drive?
- We walk ==> Do we drive?
- They talk ==> Do they talk?
- He sings ==> Does he sing?
- She runs ==> Does she run?
- It rains ==> Does it rain?
Note that for third person singular, there is NO “s” after the end of the main verb. Instead, the “s” goes on DO: do ==> does.
Examples:
- It always rains at night. ==> Does it always rain at night?
- He works at a restaurant. ==> Does he work at a restaurant?
- Tom studies after school. ==> Does Tom study after school?
- We go on vacation every summer. ==> Do we go on vacation every summer?
- She practices the piano three hours every day. ==> Does she practice the piano three hours every day?
- They cut their grass on Saturdays. ==> Do they cut their grass on Saturdays?
- Dad takes a shower every morning. ==> Does Dad take a shower every morning?
- The schoolkids have their yearly picnic at the end of May. ==> Do the schoolkids have their yearly picnic at the end of May?
- John likes skiing. ==> Does John like skiing?
- He hates bowling. ==> Does he hate bowling?
For wh-questions, the wh- word comes first in the sentence, giving us the pattern:
Wh- do/does + subject + (adverb of frequency) + V (+….)?
Examples:
- Whom do you think will win the game?
- What does Tim want for Christmas?
- Where do we go from here?
- When does Jane do her homework?
- Why do you take off your shoes when you come in?
- How does a magician do his tricks?
Exercises: Write questions from the following words. Be sure to put the “do” verb in the right form (do/does).
Example: eat / he / seafood / ? ==> Does he eat seafood?
1. kimchee / like / you / ?
2. an / Donald / have / MP3 / player / ?
3. breakfast / eat / pizza / for / I / ?
4. brothers / live / where / your / ?
5. it / like / there / they / ?
6. eat / for / he / lunch / what / ?
7. celebrate / Christmas / we / why / ?
8. come / mail / the / usually / when / ?
9. come / in / plane / the / time / what / ?
10. case / cost / how / much / pencil / this / ?
11. Daniel / feel / how / today / ?
12. often / parents / visit / you / your / ?
13. any / cream / have / ice / we / ?
14. whom / you / usually / watch / on / TV / ?
15. bed / go / have / I / now / to / to / ?
16. a / book / green / have / on / sticker / why / you / your / ?
17. like / look / she / that / usually / ?
18. in / it / often / rain / summer / the / ?
19. Mike / study / a / lot / for / math / ?
20. do / father / what / your / ?