Fill in the blanks with do, does or did.
1Whom ............... you want to meet now?
Wrong!
Use "do" with the present simple subject "you".
2What ............... you do when the lights went out?
Wrong!
Use "did" for a question about a completed past action.
3Sam ............... not have a good job these days.
Wrong!
Use "does" with the third-person singular subject "Sam" in the present simple.
4Leena ............... not want to quit her job now.
Wrong!
Use "does" with the third-person singular subject "Leena" in the present simple.
5How ............... you know him? Are you two colleagues?
Wrong!
Use "do" with the present simple subject "you"; the follow-up question "Are you two colleagues?" shows the present.
6How ............... they react when they heard the news?
Wrong!
Use "did" because the question refers to a past reaction.
7............... you understand the consequences of what you are doing?
Wrong!
Use "Do" with the present simple subject "you"; "what you are doing" shows the present.
8Smoking ............... cause cancer.
Wrong!
Use "does" for present simple emphasis with the singular subject "Smoking".
9That ............... not seem plausible to me, so I don't believe it.
Wrong!
Use "does" with the singular subject "That" in the present simple.
10............... you meet him yesterday?
Wrong!
Use "Did" with the past time expression "yesterday".
11At first she ............... not recognize him.
Wrong!
Use "did" because the sentence refers to a past situation.
12My parents ............... not support my desire to become an actor now.
Wrong!
Use "do" with the plural subject "My parents" in the present simple.
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- Whom do you want to meet now?
- What did you do when the lights went out?
- Sam does not have a good job these days.
- Leena does not want to quit her job now.
- How do you know him? Are you two colleagues?
- How did they react when they heard the news?
- Do you understand the consequences of what you are doing?
- Smoking does cause cancer.
- That does not seem plausible to me, so I don’t believe it.
- Did you meet him yesterday?
- At first she did not recognize him.
- My parents do not support my desire to become an actor now.