WELCOME... IT'S GRAMMAR TIME!!! PRESENT SIMPLE, PART 2: YES/NO QUESTIONS!!!

Welcome back people to this new entry of Montcada in English and thanks for join me in this amazing adventure. Today we are going to talk about how we ask YES/NO questions with Present Simple tenses.

As you remember, a yes/no question, formally known as a polar question, is the one whose expected answer is either yes or no. So how can we ask yes/no questions in present simple tenses?

QUESTION: AUXILIARY VERB (DO/DOES) + SUBJECT PRONOUN + VERB + COMPLEMENT?

ANSWER: YES, S.P. + DO (DOES) / NO, S.P. DON’T (DOESN’T)

For example:

Do you read books? ------------------------------------ Lees libros?

Yes, I do --------------------------------------------------- Si (leo).

No, I don’t  ------------------------------------------------ No (leo).

Does Peter play football? --------------------------- Peter juega futbol?

Yes, he does --------------------------------------------- Si (juega).

No, he doesn’t ------------------------------------------- No (juega).

Do they study English together? ------------------- Ellos estudian ingles juntos?

Yes, they do --------------------------------------------- Si (estudian).

No, they don’t ------------------------------------------- No (estudian).

When you answer a yes/no question in Spanish, normally you don’t use the verb do/does as a complement of your response. So, is not necessary to translate literally the answers for yes/no questions. Remember yes/no questions require somebody to make a decision.

So people, as far as I'm concerned, I'm done! I hope this information can be useful for all of you!

C Ya!!!