No. 32 Questions using Does (Part 2)

Hello, everyone.
Welcome to the English Grammar Refresher Cafe.

The blue sky is lovely this morning, too.
I hope you have a wonderful day.

Now, let's continue to
learn how to form questions using Does in this session.

☆Review of what we've covered so far☆

The original sentence and today's goal

The original sentence from last time
is here.

Our goal for today is to

turn this into the question, 'Does Hanako speak Chinese?'

by completing the interrogative sentence.
That is today's goal.

Steps to create it

Last time, we proceeded up to step 2.

This time, let's try steps 3 through 5.

3. Return the verb to its base form

First, let's find the verb.

Which word is the verb in this sentence?

Yes, that's right. "
speaks " is the verb.

Since " Hanako " is the subject, it has the
third-person singular 's' attached to it.

We will return this to the base form.
This means removing the 's'.

Why is that?

As written in the green section, it is because 'Do
es' already has the 's ( es)' attached.

'The subject of this sentence is third-person singular,
and the verb is in the present tense!'

You only need one sign
in the sentence to indicate that.

If there are two signs,
it is redundant!

Therefore,

we prioritize the 'es' in 'Does' and
return the verb to its base form.

'speaks' becomes 'speak'.

4. Write the rest of the sentence (the verb must be in its base form)

Start the sentence with Does, change the
verb back to its base form,

and write the rest of the sentence, and it will look like this.

Now, the finished form is
coming into view.

Just a little more!
Once you tidy up the appearance, it's complete.

⑤ Change the '.' at the end of the sentence to a '?'

For the finishing touch,

let's change the . (period) at the end of the sentence to a
? (question mark).

If you change the “.” to a “?”...

Yes, it's complete!

You were able to change a normal sentence (declarative sentence)
into a question!

You did a great job.

Since you've come this far,
now I'd like you all to
create a question yourselves.

If possible,
let's write it by hand
on paper like a notebook.

★Practice Problems★

Change the following sentences into questions.
(The answers are below.)

1. Megumi works for a bank.
Megumi works for a bank.
→

2. Our cat likes sleeping.
Our cat likes to sleep.
→

3. His wife studies Korean after dinner.
His wife studies Korean after dinner.
→

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Did you manage to do it?

The answers are:
1. Does Megumi work for a bank?
2. Does our cat like sleeping?
3. Does his wife study Korean after dinner?

!

Please compare the answers you wrote
with the correct answers carefully.

Are there any
capitalization errors?

Is the verb in its base form?

Is there a "?"
at the end of the sentence?

If you wondered,
"Even though Megumi and Korean
are not at the beginning of the sentence, why are M and K capitalized?"

then

please be sure to check
the explanation in Lesson 1.

Megumi and Korean
are proper nouns.

Now,

to those who got them all right,
congratulations!

And to those who made mistakes,
congratulations as well!

You have found the treasure
known as failure, haven't you!

Failure is the stepping stone to success.

When you carefully review
the parts you got wrong
and deepen your understanding,
you will steadily build your skills.

Everyone,
great work today as well!

This time,
you have become able to create
questions using Does!

Next time,
let's learn about how to answer
questions that use Does.

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Thank you for reading
until the very end.

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