Questions and negative sentence
Present simple:
Step 1: Check for auxiliaries: to be, can, could, might, shall, must
- No auxiliaries in the sentence? Use a form of to do + verb
Example: I know her -> Do I know her? I don't know her.
- Is there an auxiliary?
- Questions: put the auxiliary at the beginning of the sentence.
- Negative sentences: Add the word "not" after the auxiliary
Example: You can speak French -> Can you speak French? I can't speak French