Tagged: negative questions

We make negative forms by putting not after an auxiliary verb. I do not smoke. He did not come. They are not expected to come. They have not been invited. She has not come. I cannot go. Basic rules 1. Do is used if there is no other auxiliary verb. After do, we...

Negative questions are of two kinds: contracted and uncontracted. They have different word order. Contracted negative question Word order: auxiliary verb + n’t + subject Why don’t you listen to me? Don’t you understand? Hasn’t she any friends to...