Present simple and present continuous questions - exercise 6
Make present simple and present continuous questions.
Where do you work?
I work in Leeds.
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Present simple and present continuous questions
Present simple questions are made with the auxiliary verb do or does.
Do you know? Does he know?
In negative questions we add not in the following way.
Do you not know? (Don't you know?) Does he not know? (Doesn't he know?)
The auxiliary verb do is not used to make questions with modal verbs and the verb to be.
Are you hungry? Is she at work?
Can you do it for me? May I ask you a question?
How to make wh-questions:
If the wh- pronoun introducing the question (who, which) is the subject of the question, we do not use the auxiliary verb do. Compare the following sentences.
Who helps you? ('who' is the subject)
Which car belongs to you? ('which car' is the subject)
But:
Who do you help? ('who' is the object)
Which car do you like? ('which car' is the object)
Present continuous questions are made by changing the word order of the sentence.
Are you sleeping? Is he doing his homework?
In negative questions we add not in the following way.
Are you not sleeping? (Aren't you sleeping?) Is he not doing his homework? (Isn't he doing his homework?)
The negative questions normally express surprise or annoyance.
Don't you listen to me?
Doesn't he work?
Aren't you going to work?
Isn't she wearing a jacket?