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PRESENT

NEGATIVES & QUESTIONS

Present Simple NEGATIVE
TO BE

I am not ☛’m not

you are not ☛aren’t
he/she/it is not ☛isn’t
we are not ☛aren’t
you are not ☛aren’t
they are not ☛aren’t
Present Simple NEGATIVE
TO BE

I’m not a tall person.

You are not / aren’t stupid!

Present Simple NEGATIVE
OTHER

I do not +v. ☛ don’t +v.

you do not +v. ☛ don’t +v.
he/she/it does not +v. ☛ doesn’t +v.
we do not +v. ☛ don’t +v.
you do not +v. ☛ don’t +v.
they do not +v. ☛ don’t +v.
Present Simple NEGATIVE
OTHER

I do not live here.

We don’t want dinner, thank you.

Present Simple QUESTIONS
TO BE

Am I / not or*aren’t I…?

Are / aren’t you …?
Is / isn’t he/she/it …?
Are / aren’t we …?
Are / aren’t you …?
Are / aren’t they …?
Present Simple QUESTIONS

TO BE
Aren’t you a teacher?

Are we lost?
Present Simple QUESTIONS
OTHER

Do / don’t I +v.
Do / don’t you +v.
Does / doesn’t he/she/it +v.
Do / don’t we +v.
Do / don’t you +v.
Do / don’t they +v.
Present Simple QUESTIONS
OTHER

Do you know this lady?

Doesn’t he look like his father?

Present Continuous NEGATIVE
TO BE

I am not ☛ ’m not
you are not ☛ aren’t
he/she/it is not ☛ isn’t … +v. +ing
we are not ☛ aren’t
you are not ☛ aren’t
they are not ☛ aren’t
Present Continuous NEGATIVE
TO BE

You aren’t making a cake.

We are not listening to music.

Present Continuous QUESTIONS
TO BE

Am I / not
Are / aren’t you
Is / isn’t he/she/it … +v. +ing ?
Are / aren’t we
Are / aren’t you
Are / aren’t they
Present Continuous QUESTIONS
TO BE

Are you listening ?

Isn’t he coming ?
STATE VERBS
USUALLY NOT CONTINUOUS

Some of the most common non-continuous verbs:

feeling: hate, like, love, prefer, want, wish. senses:

appear, feel, hear, see, seem, smell, sound, taste.
communication: agree, deny, disagree, mean, promise,
satisfy, surprise.