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Negatives & Questions

Negatives & Questions. All you need to know. Rule #1  BE Verb is special. Rule #2  Subject Questions are easy. Just replace the subject with the WH word 95% of the time, use the 3 rd sing. (-s) verb. * With a BE verb, the subject can be missing, and plural **. Rule #3  Helping Verbs.

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Negatives & Questions

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  1. Negatives & Questions All you need to know

  2. Rule #1 BE Verb is special

  3. Rule #2  Subject Questions are easy • Just replace the subject with the WH word • 95% of the time, use the 3rd sing. (-s) verb. * • With a BE verb, the subject can be missing, and plural **

  4. Rule #3  Helping Verbs • There are two kinds of Helping Verbs • Modals • Can, should, might, will… • He can be a nice guy. (note – NO “S”) • We will write this in our notebooks. • Auxiliary Verbs • Have, BE • I have written the essay. • We are listening to the teacher. • Rice is grown in Cambodia.

  5. Rule #3  Helping Verbs He can be a nice guy. We will write this. They should smoke tobacco. She has written an essay. NOT Yes/No Question He can not be a nice guy. We will not write this. They should not smoke tobacco She has not written an essay. Can he be a nice guy? Will we write this? Should they smoke tobacco? Has she written an essay?

  6. Rule #4A  All Other Verbs [She do goes to school][She does go to school.]  She does not go to school We do have rice.We do not have rice. They do write essays. They do not write essays She goes to school We have rice. They write essays. She do goes to school  [She does go to school.]  Does she go to school? We do have rice.We do have rice.  Do we have rice? They do write essays. Do they write essays?

  7. Rule #4B All other WH Questions Make a Yes/No Question. Replace the answer with a WH word. Move the WH word to the front.

  8. Rule #4C  DO is a magnet/vacuum The present tense “-s” leaves the verb and moved to DO  DOES She eats rice  [She do eats rice]  [She does eat rice]  Does she eat rice? The past tense leaves the verb and moves to DO  DID She ate rice  [She do ate rice]  [She did eat rice]  Did she eat rice?

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