Am I late? – Yes, you are./ No, you aren’t.

Is he at home? – Yes, he is./ No, he isn’t.

Are they busy? – Yes, they are./ No, they aren’t.

Do you want to go there? – Yes, I do./ No, I don’t.

Does he like ice-cream? – Yes, he does./ No, he doesn’t.

	Simple/ Indefinite	Progressive/ Continuous	Perfect	Perfect Continuous
Present
Past
Future

To make a question put an auxiliary verb or do/does/did before the subject.

Ex.1 Ask questions the answers to which are given below.

1. Yes, Jim is a student. 2. No, Pete and Jane aren’t married. 3. Yes, I usually get up early. 4. No, they don’t know what to do. 5. Yes, he always stays with his friends in summer. 6. No, Ted isn’t a little child. 7. No, we aren’t busy now. 8. No, I’m not always late for classes. 9. Yes, Nick and Paul are great friends. 10. Yes, we understand you very well. 11. No, he is not at home. 12. No, they aren’t in Moscow. 13. No, we don’t live here. 14. Yes, the book is in the bookcase. 15. No, I don’t hear you. 16. Yes, the children are in the garden. 17. No, you are not late. 18. Yes, you know them.

Have you got a computer? – Yes, I have./No, I haven’t.

Do you have a computer? – Yes, I do./ No, I don’t.

Ex. 2 Make questions to the following sentences

1. Yes, they do. They have a nice house in the country. 2. Yes, he has. Tom has got a new car. 3. Yes, I do. I have two children. 4. No, he hasn’t. Pete hasn’t got a good suit. 5. Yes, they have. His parents have got a villa on a Greek Island. 6. No, we don’t. We don’t usually have dinner at home. 7. Yes, I have. I’ve got enough change. 8. Yes, we have. We’ve got work to do. 9. Yes, they do. They have three classes on Monday. 10. No, she hasn’t. She hasn’t got problems.

Ex. 3 Answer the following questions a) in the positive

1. Are Tom and Paul great friends? 2. Is Ted married to Kate? 3. Is he at the University? 4. Are you a student? 5. Does he know two foreign languages? 6. Is she late again? 7. Do you know the answer? 8. Have you got an interesting article? 9. Do they speak English as well as German? 10. Do you have enough experience? 11. Has he got an idea? 12. Are they present at the lecture? 13. Does it cost much? 14. Is the dress expensive? 15. Do we have a choice?

b) in the negative

1. Has he got a new dictionary? 2. Are they happy together? 3. Does Jim want to join us? 4. Is he still in bed? 5. Have you got a headache? 6. Do you have a cup of coffee every morning? 7. Has he got a new jacket? 8. Do they have good friends? 9. Is she in Spain now? 10. Am I a liar? 11. Does he understands us? 12. Are you from Belgium? 13. Do they go to the sea-side every summer? 14. Do you like their new flat? 15. Have you got a telephone in the bedroom?

The negative-interrogative sentences