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To ask questions about ‘he’, ‘she’, or ‘it’ in the Present Simple, we always use the helping verb does<\/span>.<\/strong> This is different from ‘I’, ‘you’, ‘we’, or ‘they’, which use do<\/span>. Remember, does<\/span> is for one person or one thing. After does<\/span>, the main verb always stays in its base form (the infinitive without ‘to’). For example, you ask Does he work?<\/span>, not Does he works?<\/span>. This structure helps us ask about daily routines, habits, and facts related to a single person or object. Learning this rule is a key step for A1 English learners to communicate effectively about others.<\/div>\n

How Do We Ask Yes\/No Questions About One Person?<\/h2>\n

When you want to know a simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer about what someone (he, she) or something (it) does, you start your question with Does<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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  • First, use Does<\/span>.<\/li>\n
  • Then, add the subject: he<\/span>, she<\/span>, or it<\/span>.<\/li>\n
  • Next, use the main verb in its base form (without -s<\/span>).<\/li>\n
  • Finally, add the rest of the sentence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Look at the pattern:<\/p>\n

    Does + he\/she\/it + base verb + …?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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    What About Questions with ‘Who’, ‘What’, ‘Where’, ‘When’, ‘Why’, ‘How’?<\/h2>\n

    If you want more specific information, you can use question words like What<\/span>, Where<\/span>, When<\/span>, Why<\/span>, or How<\/span>. These words come at the very beginning of the question.<\/p>\n

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    • Start with the question word (What<\/span>, Where<\/span>, etc.).<\/li>\n
    • Then, add does<\/span>.<\/li>\n
    • Next, add the subject: he<\/span>, she<\/span>, or it<\/span>.<\/li>\n
    • After that, use the main verb in its base form.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Look at the pattern:<\/p>\n

      Question Word + does + he\/she\/it + base verb + …?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

      How Do We Give Short Answers?<\/h2>\n

      For ‘yes’ or ‘no’ questions, we often give short answers. These answers are simple and polite.<\/p>\n

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      • For a positive answer, say: Yes, he\/she\/it does.<\/span><\/li>\n
      • For a negative answer, say: No, he\/she\/it doesn’t.<\/span> (doesn’t<\/span> is short for does not<\/span>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Examples<\/h2>\n
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        • Does she live in Madrid?<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Yes, she does.<\/span><\/li>\n
        • No, she doesn’t.<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Does he like coffee?<\/span><\/li>\n
        • What time does he wake up?<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Where does she work?<\/span><\/li>\n
        • When does the shop open?<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Why does it rain a lot here?<\/span><\/li>\n
        • How does he travel to work?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Practice<\/h2>\n