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    Questions in Present Tense -1

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Prior information

Subject, Verb, helping verb, First, second and Third persontypes.
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Present Tense is used to express
1. Universal truth/facts
e.g. The water boils at 100C

2. What is taking place at the moment (But not continuous action),
e.g. There he catches the ball.
Here she comes.

3. To express habits,
e.g. She visits church every day.
He reads news paper every morning.

4. To express future actions,
e.g. U.K. Goes to polls next year.
The president arrives tomorrow.

5. During narratives and commentaries,
e.g. Now the hero picks up the sword.
Snow white hides behind the bush.
The captain retires the first player.

Making yes/no questions in Present Tense (With different subjects)
The questions for which the answer is either yes/no are called yes/no questions
e.g. Are you Jim? Yes I am.

Yes/no question pattern (This pattern needs helping verb do/does for making questions)

Person      Singular                  Plural
First          Do + I                           Do + we
Second    Do + you                     Do + you
Third       Does + He/she/it     Do + they

NOTE:  He/She includes all singular nouns. It includes, collective nouns, abstract nouns etc. They include all
plural nouns.

Do you play table tennis? Yes I do./ No I don’t.
Do they know French? Yes they do./No they don’t.
Do I have fever doctor? Yes you do./No you don’t.
Do we have English Class today? Yes you do./No you don’t. or Yes we do.? No we don’t
Does she have any work today? Yes she does./No she doesn’t.
Does she has any work today?
Does John go to the school regularly? (Yes he does./No he doesn’t)
Does John goes to the school regularly?
Does this train stop at Green hills? Yes it does./No it doesn’t.
Do your parents live in Sydney? Yes they do./ No they don’t
Does your sister work in City Bank? No she doesn’t./ She works in State Bank.

In casual talks do/does is omitted. These type of questions are called declarative questions
You work in Air Malaysia?
She goes to College every week?
They work hard?
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