PRESENT SIMPLE of MAIN VERBS — INTERROGATIVE
Present simple interrogative Short answers
Do I
you
we
they
Italians
speak
drive
like
cook
English well?
carefully?
pasta?
with olive oil?
Yes, you
I
we
they
do.
No, you
I
we
they
don't.
Does he
she
it
your book
have
need
all the necessary information?
more photographs?
Yes, he
she
it
does.
No, he
she
it
doesn't.


Present simple — wh- questions
Where do I
you
we
they
viruses
put
eat
copy
buy

come
these oranges?
lunch?
the list?
their clothes?

from?
When does he
she
it
your car
get
cook
rain

make
up?
dinner?
most?

that noise?
  • For wh- questions, we begin the sentence with a wh- word, then we use an interrogative structure (Aux + S + V).

  • Be careful: if the wh- word is the subject, we use the same word order as in an affirmative sentence: S (wh-word) + V, and we add -s to the verb if the wh- word refers to a singular noun:
Who lives in this house?
How many dogs work as guide dogs in Spain?

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