Unit 6B

Lesson 6:    Asking Direct Questions with Do

Do you speak English?

When we need to ask questions about routine action then do is necessary. Let's start first with direct questions. Direct questions 
are used to get a yes or no response. 

Look at the chart below.

It is important to remember that he, she and it use does. And I, you, we and they use do. This is a problem for students because when asking questions there is a tendency to say, for example, You get up early? This is incorrect. Questions about routine require do or does.

Notice that the verb does not change when asking questions.

Do you eat in the morning?

Does he eat in the morning?

Only do and does change. Remember that it is incorrect to say
Does he eats in the morning? The verb eat remains the same.

Exercise 8    Change the statements into questions with do or does.

Lesson 7:    Short Answers

Do you speak Italian? Yes, I do.

Like be we also use short answers with do.

	Do you work every day?  Yes, I do.
	Does your mother go to college?  Yes, she does.
	Do the students speak French?  No, they don't.

Exercise 9    Answer the questions with the correct short answer.

Lesson 8:    Asking Open Questions with Do

Where do you live? I live in New York.

Open questions require a much more detailed answer than 
just yes or no. There are various possibilities.

What do you do?    I'm a lawyer.

What kind of magazines do you read?    I read sports magazines.

What time do you get up?    I get up at 7:15.

When do you go out?    I usually go out on the weekend.

Where do you live?    I live in New York.

Again there is the habit of students to forget do and ask, for example, What kind of magazines you read? This is incorrect. 
You must use do when asking questions about routine or 
repetitive action.

Exercise 10    Correct the questions below.

Who can be a problem because it is used as both subject and object in questions.

Lesson 9:    Have / Has

I have two brothers.

The verb have is conjugated differently from other verbs.

I have a car.    I don't have a car.

He has a car.    He doesn't have a car.

They have a dog.    They don't have a dog.

Notice again that the verb have doesn't change with negative statements. It is not possible to say I don't has a car. You must  
say I don't have a car.

Exercise 11    Correct the sentences below with have or has.

When students answer questions they often give a short answer such as Yes, I have or No, he hasn't. This is incorrect if we use do.

Do you have any children?  Yes, I do.   Does Becky have a brother?  No, she doesn't.

Exercise 12   Answer the questions.

Does Jerry have a piano?	Does Tom have a brother?	Do you have a bowtie?
Does Rachel have a truck?	Does your apartment building have a stairway?	Do you have a dog?

Answers

1. No, he doesn't. He has a guitar. 2. No, he doesn't. He has a sister. 3. No, I don't. I have a necktie. 4. No, she doesn't. She has a car. 5. No, it doesn't. It has an elevator. 6. No, I don't. I have a cat.

Lesson 10:    The Imperative

Wash your hands!

The English imperative isn't so difficult because it requires no special endings as in other languages. It is basically the infinitive without to. The imperative is a command, a strong request 
or instructions.

	Go to your room!  Eat your dinner!
	Wait for me!  Get up and get dressed!

If a speaker wants to suggest doing something together 
then Let's is used.

	Let's hurry.  Let's go to the movie theater.
	Let's go to a restaurant.  Let's go home.