Intermediate English Grammar for ESL Learners - Robin Torres-Gouzerh 2016

Using do in questions
8 The auxiliary verb do

As an auxiliary verb, do (does/did} is typically used to form questions and negative statements. Sometimes do is used to emphasize contradiction to something that has already been said.

For the most part I don’t like dogs, but I do like my father’s German shepherd.

Using do in questions

There are two types of questions: closed questions (also called yes/no questions) and information questions. Yes/no questions, as the name suggests, are questions that can be answered by yes or no.

Does he live in New York? Yes, he does.

Do they understand English? No, they don’t.

Did you get my letter? No, I didn’t.

Information questions are open questions that ask for information by using a question word.

Where does he live? (e lives in New York.

When did she arrive? She arrived yesterday.

A specific pattern is generally employed to form information questions: question word + do + subject + main verb. Does is used in questions where the subject is in the third-person singular (he, she, it). Do is used with all other persons. Did is used in the past tense.

Where does she live? She lives here.

Where do they live? They live here.

Where did he live? He lived here.

Exercise 8.1 For each sentence, write a closed question, then write an information question using where.

Example She exercises in this gym.

Does she exercise in this gym?

Where does she exercise?

1. They come here.

2. She stayed here.

3. His airplane landed in the morning.

4. The package arrived.

5. Robert lives there.