Questions in simple present

Questions in simple present. English grammar with exercises. English ESL Worksheet: Questions present tense and Short Answers. Free eBook and Free printable PDF

Questions in simple present

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Questions in simple present

Questions in simple present

Yes/No questions

Yes/No questions are questions which we answer with Yes or No. Look at this statement:

They are working hard.

We make Yes/No questions by putting the first part of the verb in front of the subject:

Are they working hard? 

Look at these questions:

Do you play the piano?
Where do you live?
Does Jack play football?
Where does he come from?
Do Rita and Angela live in Manchester?
Where do they work?

We use do and does to make questions with the present simple. We use does for the third person singular (she/he/it) and do for the others.

We use do and does with question words like where, what and when:

Where do Angela and Rita live?
What does Angela do?
When does Rita usually get up?

But questions with who often don’t use do or does:

Who lives in London?
Who plays football at the weekend?
Who works at Liverpool City Hospital?

Here are some useful questions:

Where do you come from? Do you come from …? Where do you live? Do you live in …?

What work do you do? Do you like …? Do you know …?

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Questions: wh-questions

Wh-questions begin with what, when, where, who, whom, which, whose, why and how. We use them to ask for information. The answer cannot be yes or no:

A:When do you finish college?

B:Next year.

A:Who is your favourite actor?

B: Johnny Depp

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Short Answers

Short answers are special forms to answer a question. They are usually used because they are more polite. If you answer with yes or no only, it sounds unpolite.

They are easy to form. After the word “yes” or “no” you have to take the person and the first word of the question. In negative answers you have to use the short form.

Forms of the short answers

FORMS OF TO BE
Present tense
	Positive answers	Negative answers
Am I?	Yes, I am.	No, I ‘m not.
Are you?	Yes, you are.	No, you aren’t.
Is he?	Yes, he is.	No, he isn’t.
Is she?	Yes, she is.	No, she isn’t.
Is it?	Yes, it is.	No, it isn’t.
Are we?	Yes, we are.	No, we aren’t
Are you?	Yes, you are.	No, you aren’t.
Are they?	Yes, they are.	No, they aren’t.

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DO
Present tense
	Positive answers	Negative answers
Do I?	Yes, I do.	No, I don’t.
Do you?	Yes, you do.	No, you don’t.
Does he?	Yes, he does.	No, he doesn’t.
Does she?	Yes, she does.	No, she doesn’t.
Does it?	Yes, it does.	No, it doesn’t.
Do we?	Yes, we do.	No, we don’t.
Do you?	Yes, you do.	No, you don’t.
Do they?	Yes, they do.	No, they don’t.

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HAVE
Present tense
	Positive answers	Negative answers
Have I got?	Yes, I have.	No, I haven’t.
Have you got?	Yes, you have.	No, you haven’t.
Has he got?	Yes, he has.	No, he hasn’t.
Has she got?	Yes, she has.	No, she hasn’t.
Has it got?	Yes, it has.	No, it hasn’t.
Have we got?	Yes, we have.	No, we haven’t.
Have you got?	Yes, you have.	No, you haven’t.
Have they got?	Yes, they have.	No, they haven’t.

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CAN
Present tense
	Positive answers	Negative answers
Can I?	Yes, I can.	No, I can’t.
Can you?	Yes, you can.	No, you can’t.
Can he?	Yes, he can.	No, he can’t.
Can she?	Yes, she can.	No, she can’t.
Can it?	Yes, it can.	No, it can’t.
Can we?	Yes, we can.	No, we can’t.
Can you?	Yes, you can.	No, you can’t.
Can they?	Yes, they can.	No, they can’t.

Questions in simple present: exercises

PRESENT TENSE PRACTICE “QUESTIONS”

EXERCISE 1.

Fill in the spaces with what, how, when and why.

e.g.     What    is your name?

________ is your birthday?

________ are you smiling?

________ do you do. –_______ do you do.

________ do you do on Saturdays?

________ do you go on Friday nights?

________ do you want to learn English?

________ are you?

________ are you at work?

EXERCISE 2.

Write the questions for the following answers.

e.g. What does she look like?

She’s tall with blue eyes.

_____________________________________________.

He’s old with white hair.

_____________________________________________.

He’s foreign, I think.

_____________________________________________.

Yes, it’s very interesting.

_____________________________________________.

Yes, I have.

_____________________________________________.

Yes, I do.

_____________________________________________.

I’m tired.

_____________________________________________.

 I have three children, two girls and a boy.

PRESENT SIMPLE QUESTION FORMS

EXERCISE 1.

Create questions for the following answers.

E.g What’s your name?

My name is Bob.

_____________________________

    I live in Milan.

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He is 45 years old.

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She is married.

_____________________________

They have three children.

_____________________________

He is Italian.

_____________________________

     He is an engineer.

_____________________________

She likes her job.

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    I speak English and French.

SHORT ANSWERS

EXERCISE 1.

Answer the following questions.

e.g. Can you play tennis? Yes, I can/No, I can’t

   Do you like watching TV? Yes, I do/No, I don’t

   Are you Italian? Yes, I am/No, I’m not

1. Are you a doctor? ________________________

2. Do you work in a hospital? __________________

3. Can you cook? ___________________________

4. Can you play tennis? _______________________

5. Can you speak any foreign languages? __________

6. Do you work on Saturdays? _________________

7. Can you drive a car? ______________________

8. Are you Italian? _________________________

9. Do you have lunch at home? _________________

10. Are you a good student?  __________________

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