Fill in the blanks with appropriate forms of do or have.
1............... you have school today?
Wrong!
Use "Do" to make a simple present question with "you" and the main verb "have".
2............... you finished your homework?
Wrong!
Use "Have" to form the present perfect with "finished".
3............... you got a light?
Wrong!
Use "Have" in the British English question form "Have you got...?"
4What ............... you do then?
Wrong!
Use "did" to make a simple past question with the base verb "do".
5............... you know where he lives?
Wrong!
Use "Do" to make a simple present question with "you" and the base verb "know".
6............... he gone to the market?
Wrong!
Use "Has" to form the present perfect with "he" and "gone".
7............... you go to school yesterday?
Wrong!
Use "Did" for a simple past question with "yesterday" and the base verb "go".
8I ............... not see anybody there.
Wrong!
Use "did" to make a simple past negative before the base verb "see".
9............... you often have meetings?
Wrong!
Use "Do" to make a simple present question with "you" and the main verb "have".
10............... he exercise every day?
Wrong!
Use "Does" to make a simple present question with "he" and the base verb "exercise".
11............... he give you anything yesterday?
Wrong!
Use "Did" for a simple past question with "yesterday" and the base verb "give".
12............... you paid the dues?
Wrong!
Use "Have" to form the present perfect with "paid".
13I ............... read almost all the novels written by Hemingway so far.
Wrong!
Use "have" to form the present perfect with "read" and "so far".
14She ............... not believe in ghosts.
Wrong!
Use "does" to make a simple present negative with "she" and the base verb "believe".
Answers
- Do you have school today?
- Have you finished your homework?
- Have you got a light?
- What did you do then?
- Do you know where he lives?
- Has he gone to the market?
- Did you go to school yesterday?
- I did not see anybody there.
- Do you often have meetings?
- Does he exercise every day?
- Did he give you anything yesterday?
- Have you paid the dues?
- I have read almost all the novels written by Hemingway so far.
- She does not believe in ghosts.
Notes
- Do,
- does and
- did are used to form questions in the simple present and simple past tenses.
- Do is used in the simple present tense when the subject is a plural noun.
- Do is also used with the pronouns
- I, you, we and
- they.
- Does is used in the simple present tense when the subject is a singular noun.
- Does is also used with the singular pronouns
- he, she and
- it.
- Did is used in the simple past tense with both singular and plural nouns and pronouns.
- Have, has and
- had are used to form perfect tenses.
