Let's see what comes to mind — no notes, and don't worry about mistakes.
Have a go. Complete this everyday question:
do you live?
Say your own answer out loud: "Where do you live?" Now say one thing you don't do at the weekend.
Sam: Hi! Where do you work these days?
Alex: I don't work in an office anymore. I work from home now.
Sam: Really? Why don't you miss the office?
Alex: Because it's quiet here, and I don't like noise!
Look at Alex's sentences. One is a question ("Where do you work?") and two say no ("I don't work...", "I don't like..."). What small word appears in all of them? Say your idea out loud before you check.
Asking real, everyday questions with what, where, when, who, why and how.
Three everyday questions:
Before you check: where does "do" or "does" sit, and what happens to the main verb after it?
Same question: what's different here?
1. You meet someone new at a party. You want to know their job.
do you do?
2. Your friend wants to know the time the train leaves. Build the full question: (when / the train / leave)
3. Your friend is sick today. Ask a colleague about her.
is she today?
Ask your teacher three questions using where, when and what. Listen carefully — do they say "do" or "does"?
The same helper words, now joined with "not" to say no.
Before you check: which subjects go with "don't", which go with "doesn't", and what's different about the third sentence?
1. My brother eats fish, but I don't.
"My brother eats fish, but I eat fish."
2. She likes tea, but he doesn't.
"She likes tea, but he like tea."
3. The shop is open today, but not on Sundays.
"The shop is open today, but it open on Sundays."
Say three true things about yourself using don't or doesn't — foods you don't eat, things you don't like, things you don't do at the weekend.
Do/does never disappears — it just moves. Here's the connection in full.
In the statement there's no "do" at all. In the question, do/does jumps to the front. In the negative, do/does stays next to the subject and joins with "not". Exactly the same helper word — three jobs. It works with "be" too: "is" moves to the front for a question ("Is she ready?") and joins "not" for a negative ("She isn't ready.").
1. Your neighbour never says hello to anyone. Ask a friend about it.
"Why he say hello?"
2. Your sister never gets up early. Ask her directly: (why / you / get up early)
3. Your friend didn't come to the party. Ask another friend about it.
"Why she here?"
Think of something a friend or family member never does — never cooks, never phones, never gets up early. Ask "Why doesn't/don't...?" about it out loud.
Time to use everything together in a real conversation — it's all you now.
Interview a partner for one minute (or imagine answering yourself if you're alone). Ask at least four questions, using where, when, who, what and why. Try to include one negative too — ask about something they don't do.
Write a short message (3–5 sentences) introducing yourself to a new pen pal. Include at least one wh-question and one negative sentence (don't / doesn't / isn't / aren't). The checker will tell you which it finds.
Real life doesn't tell you which form to use. Here everything is mixed — you decide.
Each sentence has one grammar mistake. Rewrite the whole sentence correctly.
1. "Where you study?"
2. "He don't like tea."
3. "She doesn't watches TV in the morning."
4. "What time the bank closes?"
5. Your friend never answers emails quickly. You ask a colleague: "Why ___ he answer emails quickly?"
6. You want to know your new classmate's favourite food. "___ is your favourite food?"
7. Your friend says: "I love spicy food." You don't. How do you disagree?
Think of a friend who is very different from you. Say three things they don't do that you do, and ask a partner one wh-question about that friend.
1. The form you already knew — complete it: "My sister (work) in a hospital."
2. Say it out loud: what are two ways you already know to talk about yourself with the verb "be" — one full form, one contraction?
3. Your cousin got a new pet. Ask its name.
is the pet's name?
4. Your friend never cooks on weekdays. Tell someone.
"She cook on weekdays."
5. Your keys are missing. Ask your flatmate.
are my keys?
6. The pool is usually free, but not today.
"The pool is usually free, but today it free."
Which practice helped you most today — fixing the mistakes, choosing the right form, or the speaking tasks? Say why you think that one worked for you.
At the start we said: questions with wh-words, and saying no with don't/doesn't and isn't/aren't. Tick what's true: