Simple Present: Negatives and Questions Introduction

Simple Present: Negatives and Questions

Introduction

In the simple present tense, negative forms and question forms are made using the auxiliary verb “do”. This page explains the rules.

1. Forming a negative

Negatives in the simple present are formed by adding don't or doesn't before the simple form of the verb:

I	I don’t like	Do I like?
II	You don’t like	Do you like?
III	He/She/It doesn’t like	Does she/he/it like?

Exercise 1. Change the verb into the correct form:


1. ________(I wake up) at five in the morning?
2. _________(you go) to work by train?
3.________ (she drink) coffee every morning?
4. _________(he smoke)?
5. _________(it hurt)?
6.___________ (we dance)?
7. _________ (they travel)?
8. _________ (Emma cook) well?
9. _________(Alexander exercise) regularly?
10._________ (I look) well?
11. __________(you rest) enough?
12.__________ (William work) too hard?
13. __________(they travel) often?

Exercise 2.

Write these sentences, using the negative form of the Present Simple.
He/not/live/in Mexico… He doesn't live in Mexico…
1. She/not/work/in a bank…
2. I/not/play/golf…
3. Paul/not/listen/to the radio…
4. We/not/speak/French…
5. You/not/listen/to me!…
6. My car/not/work…
7. I/not/drink/tea…
8. Sheila/not/eat/meat…
9. I/not/understand/you…