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Word Order in Questions Present Simple

The document discusses word order in questions and the present simple tense. It explains that general questions start with auxiliary verbs like "do" or "does" while "wh-" questions start with interrogative words. It provides examples of questions formed from statements with and without auxiliary verbs. It also covers the formation rules and pronunciation of the present simple tense, including third person singular verbs and the use of "have/has" vs. "have/has got". It concludes by noting how the present simple is used for repeated actions and facts, and describes adverbs and expressions of frequency.

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Word Order in Questions Present Simple

The document discusses word order in questions and the present simple tense. It explains that general questions start with auxiliary verbs like "do" or "does" while "wh-" questions start with interrogative words. It provides examples of questions formed from statements with and without auxiliary verbs. It also covers the formation rules and pronunciation of the present simple tense, including third person singular verbs and the use of "have/has" vs. "have/has got". It concludes by noting how the present simple is used for repeated actions and facts, and describes adverbs and expressions of frequency.

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Word order in questions

General and Special question sentences


 Sam eats chocolate.
 S P O

 General q/sentences start with auxiliary verbs.


 Does Sam eat chocolate?
 Aux v S P O

 Is it early?
 Has he been to New-York?
Wh Questions

Specialquestion sentences start with


question words:
Who, What, Where, Why, How, etc.

When do you get up?


Q/w aux v S P
Question sentences with and without
auxiliaries
 Sam loves Jane.
 Sam – subject
 Who loves Jane?

 Jane – object
 Who does Sam love?
5friends went camping.
How many friends went camping?

Suehad 7 presents.
How many presents did Sue have?
Red shirt looks good on you.
Which shirt looks good on you?

Shelikes red shirt.


Which shirt does she like?
Prepositionscome at the end of
question sentences.
E.g.
They waited for the lecturer.
Who did they wait for?
Present Simple
Form:
 I play  I don’t play
 You don’t play
 You play
 He doesn’t play
 He plays  She doesn’t play
 She plays  It doesn’t play
 It plays  We don’t play
 They don’t play
 We play
 They play  Do not = don’t
 Does not = doesn’t
 Do you play tennis?  Do they play tennis?
 Yes, I do.  Yes, they do.
 No, I don’t.  No, they don’t.

 Does he/she play tennis?  I don’t play tennis.


 Yes, he/she does.  Don’t you play tennis?
 No, he/she doesn’t.  Do you not play tennis?
 To form the third person singular form, we add –s to the end
of the verbs.
 Jump - jumps
 When a verb ends with s, ch, sh, x, we add –es.
 E.g. miss – misses, catch – catches, push – pushes, box –
boxes.
 When a verb ends with y, we have to look at the previous
letter. If it is a vowel, we add –s, if it is a consonant y
becomes i and we add –es.
 E.g. pay – pays, study – studies.

 Also: go – goes, do – does, have – has.


Pronunciation of s and es.
 S is pronounced as /z/ after vowels (a, e, i, o, u) and voiced
consonants (b, d, m).
 Pays /peiz/ runs /ranz/
 S is pronounced as /s/ after unvoiced consonants (p, t, k)
 Helps /helps/
 es is pronounced as /iz/.
 Watches/iz/
Have/have got
has/has got
 I have a cat.  I have got a cat.
 I don’t have a cat.  I haven’t got a cat.
 Do you have a cat?  Have you got a cat?
 Yes, I do. No I don’t.  Yes, I have. No, I haven’t.

 He has a cat.  He has got a cat.


 He doesn’t have a cat.  He hasn’t got a cat.
 Does he have a cat?  Has he got a cat?
 Yes, he does. No he doesn’t.  Yes, he has. No, he hasn’t.
Present Simple is used for repeated
actions and for facts.
I get up early every morning.
January comes after December.
Adverbs of frequency

 Always,often, sometimes, usually, hardly


ever, never

 Come before the main verb, after to be.


 He always reads books.
 He is never late.
Expressions of frequency

 Everyday, once a week, twice a month, three


times a year

 These expressions come at the end of the sentence.

 They go to the cinema every week / twice a month.

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