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Making Negative and Interrogative Sentences in Simple Present Tense

To form the negative sentences, we add does not if the subject is singular and use the root
form of the verb:
Mohan does not run in the park.
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She does not stitch the school dresses.
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And we add do not if the subject if plural.

I do not run fast.
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They do not play cricket.
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To form the interrogative sentence, we use does with singular subjects. And put a question
mark at the end of the sentence. For example:

Does Mohan run in the park?
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Does she stitch the school dresses?
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Practice Time 1

A. Use the correct form of the verbs from the box.
give keep throw bloom love

1. He ___________ to eat home-made food.
2. Flowers __________ in the valley.

3. Parents always ___________ children their blessings.

4. She ___________ the empty cup in the dustbin.
5. The gardener ___________ the lawn neat and clean.

B. Rewrite the following sentences in their negative forms.
1. They go to their grandparents in summer.
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Simple Tenses: Present, Past, Future 2. We exercise every day in the morning.

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3. She travels a lot.
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4. He goes for a walk.

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C. Rewrite the following sentences in interrogative forms.

1. The bus leaves at 6:00 a.m.
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2. The peon brings tea for them.
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3. I do not like this T-shirt.
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