| Don’t Say | Say This |
| Does she has a car? |
Does she have a car? |
| Does your father has an appointment? | Does your father have an appointment? |
| Does he goes to Boston every Tuesday? | Does he go to Boston every Tuesday? |
| Does the milk smells ok? | Does the milk smell ok? |
| Does she likes pizza? | Does she like pizza? |
Remember
- Present Tense – Use when something happens in the present in a usual/regular way.
- Base Form of a verb – Same as the infinitive, without the ‘to’
- Examples of base verbs: go (not – goes, going, went); like, have, do, eat, work, play
- For he/she/it in present tense – Pronounce the sound of the S at the end of most verbs
- He cooks every night. She goes there often. It looks good.
- BUT – for questions, use the base form of the main verb
- So… She has a new dress. But… Does she have a new dress?
- She goes to school every Tuesday. But… Does she go to school every Tuesday?
- Answering these yes/no questions
- Does she have a car?
- Yes she does. (or – Yes, she has a car.)
- No she doesn’t. (or – No, she doesn’t have a car.)
- Does she like pizza?
- Yes she does. (or – Yes, she likes pizza)
- No she doesn’t. (or – No, she doesn’t like pizza.)
- Don’t Say: Yes, she like. or – Yes, she likes.
- Does she have a car?
Here’s another good explanation from Woodward English: