Yes/ No questions and Short

Answers with the Present Simple

 USE OF DO AND DOES (DON’T/DOESN’T)

• Use does with he, she, it and singular subjects.

• Use do with I, you, we, they and plural subjects.

• We usually answer Yes/No questions with a short answer.

• The short answer uses a pronoun.

• The short answer uses a contraction in the negative.

• For example: don’t , doesn’t, isn’t etc.

Examples:
DO/DOES SUBJECT VERB COMPLEMENT SHORT
ANSWER

Tourists visit the White

House.

Do they visit the president’s No, they

private rooms? don’t.

The president lives in the White

House.

Does the vice live in the White No, he doesn’t

House?

Does president live in the White

House?
Exercise 1.
• Read each statement. Then write a yes/no question using that
statement. Change the subject to a pronoun.
Example: Jose has a notebook ___Does he have a notebook?
___

1. My brother reads the bible every day.

Does he read the bible every day?

2. We study the English language.

Do we study the English Language?
3. The teacher gives us homework.

Does she gives us homework?

4. You drink water at lunch time.

Do you drink water at lunch time?

5. The boy speaks English at school.

Does he speak English at school.

Exercise 2
• Write short answers to the questions below.
Yes, I do / No, I don’t
1. Do you like English?
Yes, she does / No, she doesn’t
2. Does your mother work?
Yes, I do / No, I don’t
3. Do you have a pet?
Yes, I do / No, I don’t
4. Do you live with your parents?