Fill in the blanks with do, does or did.
1. Whom ………………………. you want to meet?
Correct!
Wrong!
Use do with you. As there is no reference to past time, use the simple present here.
2. What ……………………… you do then?
Correct!
Wrong!
Then shows distance in time. Hence, use the past tense here.
3. Sam ……………………… not have a good job.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use does with a singular subject.
4. Leena ……………………….. not want to quit her job.
Correct!
Wrong!
Did is also possible here; however, since there is no reference to past time, use the simple present.
5. How ……………………….. you know him?
Correct!
Wrong!
6. How ………………………. they react when they heard the news?
Correct!
Wrong!
Here the subordinate clause is in the past tense; hence, we use a past tense here as well.
7. ………………………. you understand the consequences of your action?
Correct!
Wrong!
8. Smoking …………………………. cause cancer.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use does with singular subjects. Does smoke means the same as smokes.
9. That ………………………… not seem plausible.
Correct!
Wrong!
That is a singular subject; hence, we use does with it. Did is also possible here.
10. ……………………….. you meet him yesterday?
Correct!
Wrong!
Yesterday is a past time adverb; hence, we use did here.
11. At first she ………………………….. not recognize him.
Correct!
Wrong!
12. My parents ………………………… not support my desire to become an actor.
Please select 2 correct answers
Correct!
Wrong!
Either do not or did not is possible here.
Answers
- Whom do you want to meet?
- What did you do then?
- Sam does not have a good job.
- Leena does not want to quit her job.
- How do you know him?
- How did they react when they heard the news?
- Do you understand the consequences of your action?
- Smoking does cause cancer.
- That does not seem plausible.
- Did you meet him yesterday?
- At first, she did not recognize him.
- My parents do/did not support my desire to become an actor.
