"Do you have" vs. "Have you"

[Ashar Azeem]

All Questions start with H.V. and contain a Verb. Now see;

Q. Do you have a pen? v.s Have you a pen?

in first "have" stands for a Verb, whilst in second, Have stands for a H.V.

Please explain it.

Do all Questions have a H.v and Verb necessarily?

[Torsten]

Hi, most questions have a help verb but some don't. In your example, both questions are correct but "Do you have a pen?" is more often used than "Have you a pen?" which might be a bit old fashioned.
Let me know if this answers your question and welcome to our forum.

Talk to you soon,
Torsten

TOEIC listening, question-response: How many hours do you work each week?

[Jamie (K)]

In older forms of English, it was possible to form a question just by moving the main verb ahead of the subject. You can still hear such questions in court in the United States: