Sentence Tree: Do & What

From Twitter:

Do (.) Do is a statement; it means something like “go ahead.”
……・you (?) “Do you?” is a tag question, meaning “do you (+ an implied basic verb)?”
……….・know (?) “Do you know?” asks whether the listener(s) are aware.
………………..・what (?) “Do you know what?” is an interjection and audience.
……………………….・time (?) “Do you know what time?” asks an event time.   
……………………………….・it is? “Do you know what time it is?” (asks the given time or the time of an event.) 
……………………………………….・we should be there? “Do you know what time we should be there?asks about an expected or desirable arrival time.
………………………………………・it starts? “Do you know what time it starts?” asks about the time something begins, like a movie-start-time. 
………………………………………・where (?) “Do you know where?” asks a location.
…………………………………………………..・it is (?) “Do you know where it is?” asks about the placement or location of a third-person specific object.
…………………………………………………..・we are? “Do you know where we are? asks whether the listener(s) knows the location of the the speaker, him- or her-self and the listener(s).    
…………………………………………………..・should be ? “Do you know where we should be?” asks what location the speaker and listener(s) and (an)other(s) must be in or are expected at.
………………..・me? “Do you know me?” asks whether the listener(s) knows the speaker as a person or his or her identity.
………………..・the Ims?* “Do you know the Ims?” asks whether the listener(s) knows the Im family. *a family name
………………..・it? “Do you know it?” asks whether the listener(s) knows something that’s been referenced.
………………..・how (?) “Do you know how?” asks whether the listener(s) is aware of a method.
………………………….・to go? “Do you know how to go?” asks whether the listener(s) are aware of a way or path or route.
………………………………・do it? “Do you know how to do it? asks whether the listener(s) are aware of a specific method already referred to.

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A Day in The Life of Yumi

From Twitter:

Yumi: I usually ① shopping in the morning. Then I often ② home, ③ tea, while I ④ to friends by phone. ⑤ a nice day. But the Corona virus scare ⑥ it such that I ⑦ to ⑧ home.

Carl: What do ya ⑩ now? 

Pick the best answer:
say
drink
do
go
stay
going
have
drink
makes
staying
talk
talking
it’s

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The Answers And Explanations:
Yumi: I usually go shopping in the morning. Then I often go home, [and] have/have tea, while I talk to friends by phone. It’s a nice day. But the Corona virus scare makes it such that I have to   stay home.

All these verbs are in the present tense, because they are to describe common daily situations that way) no ‘ed,’ no’ ‘ing,’ no ‘will.’ We know we need present tense verbs, because the speaker begins with ‘usually,’ and there is no other indication she is speaking about the past. The answer choices also only include present tense verbs or bare infinities or “base verbs.”

 

Reporter & Person

From Twitter:

Reporter: Do you have (1.)_ you (2.)_ to protect (3.)_ the Corona Virus?
Person: Well, I take a bath each week, whether I need it or not; if someone sneezes, I go home.
Reporter: Excuse- …1 bath a week?
Person: And I carry knives, forks, spoons, a cup.

deed
against
action
do
take
protection
precautions
from

Answers And Explanations:

Answers 1 & 2 are: precautions and take, because you need a noun after ‘have’, and take is the verb that goes with it or, deed and do, because, again, we need a noun after have and do is the verb that goes with it.

Answer 3 is against or from. Come to class to learn why from is not the best answer here without a pronoun, but is passable.