Lesson 5 of 6 · ~4 minutes

Lesson 5 · Present Simple

Questions

Questions

A question starts with Do or Does, then the person, then the verb in its base form.

Order

Do — for I / you / we / they. Does — for he / she / it. Does already shows the third person, so next comes work, not works.

The order is: Do/Does + who + verb …? You work here? with rising intonation only checks something; it isn't an ordinary question.

I / you / we / they

Do you work here?

he / she / it

Does he work here?

I / you / we / they

he / she / it

Do you work here?

Does he work here?

Do you live here?

Does she play tennis?

Where people usually slip

Does already shows the third person. Not Does he works? — Does he work?

The -s moves to Does and comes off the verb, just like in the negative with doesn't.

In short

I / you / we / theyDo + base form
he / she / itDoes + verb without -s

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