Final answer:
To form questions in the Present Simple tense, use 'Does' for third-person singular subjects and 'Do' for all other subjects. The verb following 'Do' or 'Does' should be in its base form. Example: 'Does she collect stickers?' with possible responses 'Yes, she does,' 'No, she doesn't,' 'Maybe she does,' or 'I don't know.'
Step-by-step explanation:
Understanding Present Simple Questions
To arrange the words into questions in the Present Simple tense and add Do or Does, we must first identify the subject of the sentence. If the subject is third-person singular (he, she, it), we use Does. For all other subjects (I, you, we, they), we use Do. For example, "Does she collect stickers?" is a question in the Present Simple tense, with 'she' as the subject requiring the use of Does.
Responses like "Yes, she does," "No, she doesn't," "Maybe she does," or "I don't know" are all possible answers to such a question. When forming these questions, we also ensure to use the base form of the verb without any suffix like '-s' or '-es' that you would find in affirmative sentences, as the helper 'do' takes on the necessary conjugation.
Here are the correct sentences:
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- Does she collect stickers? Yes, she does.
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- Does she collect stickers? No, she doesn't.
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- Does she collect stickers? Maybe she does.
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- Does she collect stickers? I don't know.