The Present Simple Tense

Jobs

We usually use do to ask about jobs. We use be to answer.

Question	Auxiliary	Subject	infinitive		Subject	BE	Answer
What	do	you	do?	⇒	I	am	a doctor.
What	does	he	do?	⇒	He	is	an engineer.
What	does	she	do?	⇒	She	is	an accountant.
What	do	you	do?	⇒	We	are	soldiers.
What	do	they	do?	⇒	They	are	nurses.

Now try the quiz below!

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