THV1-en-2425 - Questions and negative sentences

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Learning goal

I can write questions and negative sentences.

The Present Simple

Questions and negative sentences

For the next exercise, turn the sentence into a question or a negative sentence. Think about punctuation!

COUNT THE NUMBER OF CORRECT ANSWERS!

Examples:

Question: Do you like candy?

Negative sentence: I don't like candy.

                                    

Turn the sentence into a question:

"The zombie likes brains."

Turn the sentence into a negative sentence:

"The zombie likes brains."

Turn the sentence into a question:
"They never go to halloween parties."

Turn the sentence into a negative sentence:
"They go to halloween parties."

Turn the sentence into a question:

"I am really scared of the skeleton."

Turn the sentence into a negative sentence:

"I am really scared of the skeleton."

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The Present Simple

Questions

To make a question, you have to put the verb do in front of the sentence:

 I like ice cream.     becomes      Do I like ice cream?

If the subject is a he, she or it, you have to use does. Also, look at what happens with the +s of the original verb.

Bob plays football.   becomes   Does Bob play football?

The Present Simple

Questions

For the next exercise, turn the sentence into a question. Think about capital letters, questions marks and the SHIT Rule (do/does)!

                                    

That tree looks haunted.

The girls always wear the same halloween costumes.

The Present Simple

Questions

The verb 'to be' and 'to have got' are special. 

These verbs switch places in a sentence and DON'T need do or does.

She is very beautiful.  becomes  Is she very beautiful?

You have got a break.  becomes  Have you got a break?

The old man always carves his pumpkin before halloween.

the old man always

his pumpkin before halloween?

Turn the normal present simple sentence into a question

do

does

is

sits

carve

sitting

did

She is an evil witch.

she 

an evil witch?

do

does

is

be

am

are

did

They are at the graveyard at every full moon.

they

at the graveyard at every full moon.

do

does

is

be

am

are

did

My sister likes everything pink.

my sister

everything pink?

do

does

is

be

likes

like

did

PART 2

The Present Simple

Negations

Now you know how to make questions in the present simple.

Now we are going to look at negative sentences.

The Present Simple

Negative sentences

Negative sentences tell you that something is not happening. 

You can see the word not in the sentence, but almost always as a short form n't, as in don't or doesn't.

An example of a negation is:

                             She doesn't see very well. 

The Present Simple

Negative sentence

So you make a negative sentence by adding don't or doesn't to the sentence. 

I like ice cream.                becomes                 I don't like ice cream. 

If the subject is a he, she or it, you have to use doesn't. Also, look at what happens with the +s of the original verb.

Bob plays football.            becomes               Bob doesn't play football.

The Present Simple

Negative sentences

Look at what happens to the verb in this sentence when we turn it into a negative sentence:

                                 He plays video games every day.

                        He doesn't play video games every day.

The +s disappears after doesn't. The same happened with the questions!

The Present Simple

Negative sentences

In the next exercise, try to turn the normal sentence into a negative sentence. Pay attention to capital letters, full stops and the SHIT Rule.

                                    

The girls wear the same witch hats.

The boy always eats his candy on halloween.

The Present Simple

Negative sentences

Again, the verbs 'to be' and 'to have got' are special. 

Very simple, just add not. You don't need doesn't or don't in that case.

I am an English teacher. 

I am not an English teacher.

I have got two brothers.

I have not got two brothers.

The Present Simple

Negative sentences

In the next exercise, try to turn the normal sentence into a negative sentence. Pay attention to capital letters, full stops and the SHIT Rule.

                              

She hates the gremlin she bought.

The pumpkin is almost rotten.

They are at the haunted house this evening.

My baby brothers usually eat all their halloween candy immediately.

Congratulations! 

You have finished this lesson.