Present Simple Questions

8th Session Yes / No & Wh Questions In general we need an auxiliary to ask questions in English In present simple we use DO / Does as auxiliaries with action verbs

Does the president of Colombia talk to his ministers?

Auxiliary + Subject + Verb(Base form) + Complement Yes / No Questions Find Someone who / whose 1

Doesn’t Smoke

2

Is Jealous

3

Parents don’t live in an apartment

4

Doesn’t recycle

5

Best Friends aren’t from Pereira

6

Doesn’t buy a lot of clothes

7

Sells things using social networks

8

Isn’t at home now

9

Doesn’t go to the gym

10

Doesn’t cook deliciously

Direct Question Do you smoke? + Yes, I do -No, I don’t = I do not Are you jealous? + Yes, I am - No, I’m not = am not Do your parents live in an apartment? +Yes, they do -No, they don’t Do you recycle? + Yes, I do -No, I don’t Are your best friends from Pereira? +Yes, they are -No, they aren’t Do you buy a lot of clothes a year? + Yes, I do -No, I don’t Do you sell things using social networks? + Yes, I do -No, I don’t Are you at home now? + Yes, I am - No, I’m not Do you go to the gym? + Yes, I do -No, I don’t Do you cook deliciously? + Yes, I do -No, I don’t

3rd Person Question Does she smoke? + Yes, she does - No, she doesn’t = does not Is she jealous? + Yes, she is - No, she isn’t = is not Do Catalina’s parents live in an apartment? +Yes, they do -No, they don’t Does she recycle? + Yes, she does - No, she doesn’t Are her best friends from Pereira? +Yes, they are -No, they aren’t Does he buy a lot of clothes a year? + Yes, he does - No, he doesn’t Does she sell things using social networks? + Yes, he does - No, he doesn’t Is he at home now? + Yes, he is - No, he isn’t Does he go to the gym? + Yes, he does - No, he doesn’t Does she cook deliciously? + Yes, she does - No, she doesn’t

Yes / No Questions Exercise

Find someone who / whose 1) Takes a nap in the afternoon _____________ 2) Doesn’t make the bed _____________ 3) Drinks energy drinks _____________ 4) Is younger than you _____________ 5) Works from home _____________ 6) Dances very well _____________ 7) Doesn’t swim _____________ 8) Is married _____________ 9) Best friends aren’t from Pereira _____________ 10) Buys a lot of clothes _____________ 11) Sell things via social networks _____________ 12) Doesn’t go to the gym _____________ 13) Cooks deliciously _____________ 14) Is in love _____________ 15) Walks from home to class and back _____________ 16) Travels constantly _____________ 17) Wears accessories _____________ 18) Favorite sport isn’t soccer _____________

Find someone who / whose 55) Takes a nap in the afternoon _____________ 56) Doesn’t make the bed _____________ 57) Drinks energy drinks _____________ 58) Is younger than you _____________ 59) Works from home _____________ 60) Dances very well _____________ 61) Doesn’t swim _____________ 62) Is married _____________ 63) Best friends aren’t from Pereira _____________ 64) Buys a lot of clothes _____________ 65) Sell things via social networks _____________ 66) Doesn’t go to the gym _____________ 67) Cooks deliciously _____________ 68) Is in love _____________ 69) Walks from home to class and back _____________ 70) Travels constantly _____________ 71) Wears accessories _____________ 72) Favorite sport isn’t soccer _____________

Find someone who / whose 19) Takes a nap in the afternoon _____________ 20) Doesn’t make the bed _____________ 21) Drinks energy drinks _____________ 22) Is younger than you _____________ 23) Works from home _____________ 24) Dances very well _____________ 25) Doesn’t swim _____________ 26) Is married _____________ 27) Best friends aren’t from Pereira _____________ 28) Buys a lot of clothes _____________ 29) Sell things via social networks _____________ 30) Doesn’t go to the gym _____________ 31) Cooks deliciously _____________ 32) Is in love _____________ 33) Walks from home to class and back _____________ 34) Travels constantly _____________ 35) Wears accessories _____________ 36) Favorite sport isn’t soccer _____________

Find someone who / whose 37) Takes a nap in the afternoon _____________ 38) Doesn’t make the bed _____________ 39) Drinks energy drinks _____________ 40) Is younger than you _____________ 41) Works from home _____________ 42) Dances very well _____________ 43) Doesn’t swim _____________ 44) Is married _____________ 45) Best friends aren’t from Pereira _____________ 46) Buys a lot of clothes _____________ 47) Sell things via social networks _____________ 48) Doesn’t go to the gym _____________ 49) Cooks deliciously _____________ 50) Is in love _____________ 51) Walks from home to class and back _____________ 52) Travels constantly _____________ 53) Wears accessories _____________ 54) Favorite sport isn’t soccer _____________

Where do you live?

Wh + Auxiliary + Subject + Verb Wh Word

Examples

Possible Answers

What

Qué / Cuál/es

What cigarettes do you smoke?

None. I don’t smoke

When

Cuándo

When does this course finish?

On March the 22nd

Where

Dónde

Where is the bathroom?

It’s in the middle of the corridor, on the right

Who

Quién/es

Who does Isabel admire?

She admires…

Why

Por qué

Why doesn’t that politician retire once and for all?

Because there are many economic interests involved

Which

Cuále/es

Which do you prefer? Day or night?

I like both

Whose

De quién/es

Whose ideas do you like the best?

Definitely, Kathy’s

Whose is that jacket?

How

Cómo

How does Martha cook rice?

She does it with love

How many

Cuántos

How many computers does the bank donate a year?

They don’t donate anything

How much

Cuánto

How much gasoline does your car use?

Gasoline?

I have an electric car

Whom

A Quién/es

To whom do you tell your problems?

I always confide to my mother

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Read the information about Pamela and ask questions related to the underlined words Pamela Green Pamela is a doctor1. She’s Canadian, but now she lives in a small town near Nairobi, Kenya2, in East Africa. She isn’t an ordinary doctor, she’s a flying doctor. Every day from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. she speaks to people on her radio3, then she flies to help them. She works 16 hours4 a day stop, but she loves her job. She isn’t married. She has no free time.

1) What is Pamela’s job?

2) Where does she live?

3) How does she speak to sick/ill people? Others / The patients Who does she speak to through the radio?

4) How many hours does she work a day?

non-

Next Week’s Activities

Read the information about Istvan and ask questions related to the underlined words Istvan Kis Istvan is a music professor1. He comes from Budapest in Hungary2, but now he lives in the USA3. He works four days4 a week at the University of Texas5, Austin. He speaks three6 languages: Hungarian, English, and German7. He’s married to an American8 and has a daughter9. He likes playing tennis10 in his free time.

1) What does Istvan do?

Listen and complete the questions with the words you hear