Grammar Revision: Questions, Present Simple/Continuous, and Relative Clauses

• Let us revise how to make questions, use the present simple and continuous correctly, and connect sentences with relative clauses like who, which, that, and where. These structures help you describe your professional profile clearly at St. Mary's Hospital in London or Boston General Hospital.
• Grammar Area
• Structure / Rule
• Example
• Present Simple vs. Continuous
• Use simple for routines, continuous for actions happening now.
• Dr. Miller works in London, but today she is working in Boston.
• Questions
• Use auxiliary verbs (do/does/is/are) before the subject.
• Where do you work? Is Dr. Davis examining a patient now?
• Relative Clauses
• Use who/that for people, which/that for things, where for places.
• This is the doctor who works in the emergency department.
• Remember
• In present simple questions, use 'do' or 'does' before the subject.
• In present continuous questions, use 'is' or 'are' before the subject.
• Use 'who' or 'that' for people in defining relative clauses.
• Use 'where' for places like hospitals or wards.
• Examples
• What is Dr. Smith doing in the intensive care unit?
• She is the nurse who helps patients in Manchester.
• Do you live in Chicago?
• Common mistakes
• Where you work in London?
• Where do you work in London?
• The doctor which works here is calm.
• The doctor who works here is calm.

Complete the sentences

• Where (do) ____ you work in New York?
• Dr. Wilson (is working) ____ in the emergency department right now.
• She is a physician (who) ____ cares for children in Boston.
• What (are) ____ you writing for your profile?
• This is the maternity ward (where) ____ Dr. Brown helps mothers.
• He (speaks) ____ English very well at the clinic in London.

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