USING TO BE or DO/DOES

GRAMMAR FOCUS:
QUESTION FORM
 TO BE

S + TO BE + C TO BE + S + C? RESPONSE

Yes, You are / No, You

Am I at the dental now?
I am at the dental now aren’t
Are you at the dental now?
Yes, I am / No, I am not

She is tired Is she tired? Yes, she is / no, she isn’t

Yes, they are / no, they

They are in surgery room Are they in surgery room?
aren’t
DO/DOES

Do uses for subject I, they, we and you. Does uses

for subject she, he and it. Do/ does always follows
by verb. Do/does only uses in negative and
interrogative form. On positive or affirmative form
usually use verb1. Below is the pattern:
S + V1 + O Affirmative form
S + do/does + not+ V1 + O  Negative form
Do/does + S + V1 + O  interrogative form
EXAMPLE OF “DO/DOES”
S + V1 + O S + DO/DOES + NOT + V1 +O DO/DOES + S + v1?
You have to visit GP You don’t have to visit GP Do you have to visit GP?
She comes late to the ward She doesn’t come late to the Does she come late to
ward the ward?
The glass breaks on the The glass doesn’t break on Does the glass break on
floor the floor the floor?
Wati and Budi get accident They don’t get accident Do they get accident?
RESPONSE

When someone asking you using do/does you

can reply by using this form:
Accepting: Refusing:
Yes, I do No, I don’t
Yes, she does No, She doesn’t
Yes, it does No, it doesn’t
Yes, they do No, they don’t
Thank you