Questions and negations.

Questions and negations in the present simple!

There are two ways to form a questions in the present simple.

Rule 1: to be and auxiliary verbs like can, may and will are placed at the beginning of the sentence.

Examples:

 

Rule 2: When the sentence has any other (main) verb, an extra verb (do or does) is added to the beginning of the sentence. The main verb changes to the infinitive.

Do is used with I, you, we, they. Does is used with he, she or it.

Examples:

There is some extra infromation you will need to find for you to understand this completely. (page 100 Stepping Stones)

 

Negations

When you make a sentence negative in the present simple, its somewhat different to other tenses. There are two rules to make a sentence negative. 

Rule 1: When a sentense has the verb to be or an auxiliary verb(such as can, wil, may), the word not or the contraction n't is placed together with the verb. 

Examples: 

 

Rule 2: When the sentence doesn't have the verb to be or an auxiliary verb, the sentence gets an extra verb - do not (don't) or does not (doesn't) - which is placed after the subject. Don't is used with I, you, we, they and doesn't is used with he, she, it. After don't or doesn't the infitive is placed. 

Examples: 

 

More explanation can be find in Stepping Stones page 219. 

 

Source: https://steppingstones.digitaal.noordhoff.nl