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Hi teachers,I would to know when we asking a question like:Where did she go?Why is not : Where did she goes?What makes you think?orwhat make you think?How to know whether she likes you?orHow to know whether she like you?I am very confuse about this as when I saw some people asking a question with out an S as shown in the above sentences.thank you so much.

Tinyteflteacher · Accepted Answer

Hi there.
The -s ending is for 3rd person singular (he/she/it) but only in the present simple.

Your first example is past siimple, not present simple so there is no -s.

Where did she go?

Your second and third examples don't seem quite right to me as questions, so I've corrected them a little bit.

Your second example is in the present simple, and "what" is similar to "it", so you need the -s.
What makes you think that she likes you? (answer: It makes me think ...)

Your third example is in the present simple, with "she", so again, you need the -s.
How do you know whether she likes you?

I would suggest studying "present simple" grammar, and then "subject and object questions" to help you understand more about your questions.

TTT

Cool Breeze · Answer

tinyteflteacherYour first example is past siimple, not present simple so there is no -s.
Where did she go?

So for present simple you would use the s: Where does she goes?
The grammatical explanation is that with do, does and did the infinitive is used.

CB

Tinyteflteacher · Answer

I always think of it as ...

You only use one 's' when you make the present simple.
She likes me.
She doesn't like me.
Does she like me?

It's the same with 'd' in the past simple.
She liked me.
She didn't like me.
Did she like me?

TTT

CalifJim · Answer

AnonymousWhere did she go?
Why is not : Where did she goes?

did is past; goes is present. You can't mix them up like that. Learn the patterns below.

Present.
He does go. She does go.
I do go. We do go. You do go. They do go.

[He does go = He goes / She does go = She goes / I do go = I go / ...]

Does he go? Does she go?
Do I go? Do we go? Do you go? Do they go?

Where does he go? Where does she go?
Where do I go? Where do we go? Where do you go? Where do they go?
When does he go? When does she go?
When do I go? When do we go? When do you go? When do they go?
How ...? / Why ...?

Past.

He did go. She did go. I did go. We did go. You did go. They did go.

[He did go = He went / She did go = She went / I did go = I went / ...]

Did he go? Did she go? Did I go? Did we go? Did you go? Did they go?
Where did he go? Where did she go? Where did we go? Where did you go? Where did they go?
When did he go? When did she go? ...
How ...? / Why ...?

CJ

CalifJim · Answer

AnonymousWhat makes you think?
or
what make you think?

This makes ... That makes ... It makes ... She makes ... He makes ... Who makes ...? What makes ...? Everything makes ... Everyone makes ...

All those words take the same pattern (makes).

CJ

CalifJim · Answer

AnonymousHow to know whether she likes you?
or
How to know whether she like you?

... she likes ...
... he likes ...
... Mary likes ...
... John likes ...

Just one person, so it's likes.
__________________________

How to know whether they like you?
... they like ...
... we like ...
... Henry and James like ...
... Mary and Ken like ...

More than one person, so it's like.
_________________

CJ

Anonymous · Answer

I really appreciated all of your that helped me, But I still like only 60% understand from it.
I understand singular and plurals, But I saw quite often from some subtitles that shows without an S when asking a question. p.s I couldn't recall the sensences.

I don't think is begin with did, does..ect. Hopefully there someone can able to come out with the sensence. But again THANK YOU all of you.

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