Students practice verbally asking and answering questions in the present tense.

1. Present Tense

2. Directions: Take turns
(with your partner)
answering the following
interrogatives in
complete sentences.

3. For Example:
Does it rain often in Yuma? (No)
No, it doesn’t rain often in Yuma.

4. 1. Does she run everyday?
(Yes)

5. 1. Yes, she runs everyday.

6. 2. Do they always go out of
town for Christmas?
(No)

7. 2. No, they don’t always go
out of town for Christmas.

8. 3. Do any vertebrates fly?
(Yes)

9. 3. Yes, some vertebrates fly.

10. 4. Are whales mammals?
(Yes)

11. 4. Yes, whales are mammals.

12. 5. Does the atmosphere
contain oxygen and nitrogen?
(Yes)

13. 5. Yes, the atmosphere
contains oxygen and nitrogen.
or
5. Yes, the atmosphere does
contain oxygen and nitrogen.

14. 6. Do you wake up at 6:00
every morning?
(No)

15. 6. No, I don’t wake up at 6:00
every morning.

16. 7. Does anyone have a pencil I
can borrow?
(Yes - Jose)

17. 7. Yes, Jose has a pencil you
can borrow.

18. 8. Is spaghetti sauce made
with tomatoes?
(Yes)

19. 8. Yes, spaghetti sauce is
made with tomatoes.

20. Directions: Take turns
converting the following
declarative sentences
into the negative version.
Avoid double negatives!!!

21. For Example:
I have some money. (declarative)
I don’t have any money. (negative)

22. 9. There are several
pencils in the cup.

23. 9. There aren’t any
pencils in the cup.
or
9. There are no pencils in
the cup.

24. 10. Jim speaks Russian.

25. 10. Jim doesn’t speak
Russian.

26. 11. Everybody likes broccoli.

27. 11. Not everybody likes broccoli.

28. 12. You may go anywhere you
please.

29. 12. You may not just go anywhere
you please.

30. 13. You have something on your
face.

31. 13. You don’t have anything on
your face.

32. 14. I see something over there.

33. 14. I don’t see anything over
there.

34. 15. We always order pizza on
Friday.

35. 15. We don’t always order pizza on
Friday.

36. 16. Laura scores goals in every
game.

37. 16. Laura doesn’t score goals in
every game.

38. Directions: Take turns
converting these
declarative sentences
into interrogative
sentences.

39. For Example:
Some cats like water. (declarative)
Do some cats like water?
(interrogative)

40. 17. Jupiter has several
moons.

41. 17. Does Jupiter have
several moons?

42. 18. Running water can
cause weathering.

43. 18. Can running water
cause weathering?

44. 19. Wind can also cause
weathering.

45. 19. Can wind also cause
weathering?

46. 20. Glaciers cause erosion.

47. 20. Do glaciers cause
erosion?

48. 21. Weathering and
erosion work together.

49. 21. Do weathering and
erosion work together?

50. 22. That’s why Earth’s
surface is always changing.

51. 22. Is that why Earth’s
surface is always changing?

52. 23. Temperature changes
cause weathering.

53. 23. Do temperature changes
cause weathering?

54. 24. Tree roots can cause
rocks to split apart.

55. 24. Can tree roots cause
rocks to split apart?