Question: Does she have a car?
Don’t Say
– Yes, she has. (or Yes, she have.)
– No, she has not. (or No, she haven’t)
Say This:
– Yes, she does.
– No, she doesn’t.
Remember:
- If the QUESTION begins with “Does”, ANSWER with the verb “does”.
- Does is used with he, she, or it.
- Does he have a headache? — Yes, he does. (No, he doesn’t.)
- Does she have a problem? — Yes, she does. (or No, she doesn’t.)
- Does your computer have a camera? — Yes, it does. (No, it doesn’t)
- Does she have…. any children? many friends? a good job?
Why ‘have’ is used with does in question sentence? Have is associated to plural forms also including you and I
Hello Dona. In a regular (affirmative) sentence, you use ‘has’ with he/she/it. (She has a son.) But in a question, you use the ‘base form’ of the verb. Here, the base form is ‘have’ (to have). So… Does she have a son?
You can see more explanation in our new article about this: http://faesl.edublogs.org/2019/03/02/yes-no-questions-with-does/