Questions in Present Tense - 2
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Prior information
Subject, Verb, helping verb, First, second and Third persontypes.Click Grammarmail.com For Grammar basics
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 wh questions in Present Tense (With different subjects)
The question which requires full answer is called wh question
e.g. Where do you live? I live in Texas.
Wh question pattern (This pattern needs wh word + helping verb do/does for making questions)
Person Singular Plural
First How do + I how do + we
Second How do + you How do + you
Third How does + He/she/it How does + they
NOTE: He/She includes all singular nouns. It includes, collective nouns, abstract nouns etc. They include all
plural nouns.
Making Wh questions in Present Tense (With different subjects)
The questions for which requires full answer by the listener is called wh question.
e.g. Who is that man?
He is the CEO of this company.
Wh question pattern (This pattern needs wh question word + helping verb do/does for making questions)
Wh = What, when, where, why, which, how, how much, how many, how far etc.
Person Singular Plural
First How + do + I How + do + we
Second How do + you How do + you
Third How does + He/she/it How do + they
NOTE: He/She includes all singular nouns. It includes, collective nouns, abstract nouns etc. They include all plural nouns.
When do you visit your parents? Once in a week.
How do you open this door? By pressing the first button.
Why do we need this?
How much does it cost? How much does it costs?
Where does she live? Where does she lives.
How do you know Clara? She is my classmate.
Where do you go this evening?
Why do you ask this question?
What does the manager want?
What does Delphi mean? What does Delphi means?
Where do you stay? At Blue hills.
How do you manage this situation?
How long do we have to wait?
Who do you want to talk to?
Where does she want to go to?
What dos she want? What does she wants?
What time does the president come? What time does the president comes?
Making question with wh question word as a subject
What type of PC last longer?
How many employees work here?
Which costs more, this one or that one?
What happened to you? Nothing.
How much water has gone waste? Not much.
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