Positive Negative and Interrogative Sentence

Positive Negative and Interrogative Sentence

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CONTENTS

Definition

A positive sentence tells you about something that exists or something that is happening. Negative sentences tell you that something does not exi st or is not happening. Negative sentence divided to two parts: Sentences with `not' Negative words (Not, nobody, neither, never, no one, nor, no, nothing none) You do not normally use two negative words in the same clause. Example:

She never goes abroad. He has given no reason for his decision. Nobody in her house knows any English.

Interrogative sentence is a type of sentence which usually asks a question and use question mark (?). They may ask for information or for confirmation or denial of a statement.

B.

Formula for 16 Tenses

Here the formula of positive, negative, and interrogative sentence for each tenses: 1.

The Simple Present Tense

a.

Verbal sentence

Positive

Interrogative

He

Negative

he

He does not

She

works

Does

she

work?

She

work. (doesn't)

It

it

it

I

I

I do not

You

work

Do

you

work?

You

work. (don't)

We

we

We

They

they

They

Positive

Interrogative

He is

Negative

he

He is not

She is

is

she

there?

She

there (isn't)

It is

it

it

I

I

there I am

am

You are We are They are

you are

there?

am not

You

we

We

they

They

there are not

2.

The Present Continuous Tense

Positive

Interrogative

I am

I'm

Am

He

He's

She is

She's

It

It's

We

We're

You are

You're

They

They're

I he

Is Working

she it we

Are

you they

Negative with not

Negative with n’t

I am

I'm

I

He

He's

he

She is

She's

she

It

It's

We

We're

we

You are —

You're

you

They

They're

they

not working

3.

The Simple Past Tense

a.

Positive: regular verbs

isn’t

it

working?

aren’t

Regular verbs have the same form for all persons (I, you, he, she, etc.): Subject

Infinitive + ed

I He She Stayed It We You They

working?

b.

positive - irregular verbs

Irregular verbs have the same form for all persons (I, you, he, she, etc) Irregular verbs are irregular in the past simple in the positive only (not in the negative or question form): go — went She went home yesterday, sit — sat I sat down, write -- wrote She wrote for hours.

Subject

Simple past

I He She It

went

We You They

The past simple question form is the same for all persons (I, you, he, she, etc.) and all verbs:

Did

Subject

Infinitive

I he leave? she Did

go? it we stay? you they

• The past simple negative form is the same for all persons and all verbs:

Subject

Did not

Infinitive

I he leave she

did not go

it we

didn't stay

you they

4.

The Past Continuous Tense

Positive

Interrogative

I

Negative

I

He

I

he was

was

She It

working

You were

He

was not

working?

working

she

She

it

it

you

You

were not (weren't)

were

(wasn't)

working?

working

We

we

We

They

they

They

5.

The Present Perfect Tense

has/have + past participle

Positive

Interrogative

Negative

I

I he

You

Have

You Have

We

Have not

she

Finished We

(‘ve)

(haven't)

it They

They finished

finished I

He Has

Has

He

Has not

She

(hasn't)

you

Finished

She we

(‘s)

It

It they

6.

The Present Perfect Continuous

has/have + been + verb-ing

Positive

Interrogative

Negative

I

I he

You

Have

We

(‘ve)

Have

You

Have not

We

(haven't)

she it

They

been waiting

I

He Has

Has

He

Has not

She

(hasn't)

you

She (‘s)

been waiting?

been waiting?

They

we

It

It they

7.

The Past Perfect Tense

Positive

Interrogative

Negative

I

I

I

You

You

You

We

We

We Had not

They

had

worked

Had

They

worked

They

worked (hadn’t)

He

He

He

She

She

She

It

It

It

8.

The Past Perfect Continuous

Positive

Interrogative

Negative

I

I he

You

You she

We

We it

They

been

Had

Had waiting

I

He

been waiting?

They

(hadn't) He

you She

She we

It

It they

Had not

been waiting

9.

The Present Future Tense

a.

going to

going to is often used to indicate a future plan that has been made before the time of speaking. I'm going to see Pat tomorrow - we arranged it this morning. Positive

Interrogative am

am

I

am I

(‘m)

I

(‘m)

You

(‘m)

You

We

are

They

going to

are

pay

He is

You

We

going to

We

They

pay?

They

He

He

She

She

It

It

are

(‘s)

is

(‘s)

It

going to pay

is

She

b.

Negative

(‘s)

will

Will is often used to indicate a sudden decision, made at the time of speaking: How can we get to the airport? I know! I'll borrow Sue's car!

Positive

Interrogative

Negative I

I Will/shall

You

I

We

You

We They

We will

They You

stay

He will She It

He She It

will not stay

They

stay (won’t)

He She It

10. Present Future Continuous Tense

Positive

Interrogative

I

Negative I

I

We

You

Will/shall You We

They You

be They

will living

He

will

He

We be living?

(won’t)

living

He

She

She

It

It

It

The Past Future Tense

Positive

Interrogative

I

Would/

I

I

You

should

We

You

They You

We

We They

would

go

Negative

would not go

They He

She

She

She

It

It

It

would

go (wouldn’t)

He

He

be

They

She

11.

will not

12.

The Past Future Continuous Tense

Positive

Interrogative

Negative

I

Would/

I

I

You

should

We

You

We

They You

be They

would living

He

He

would

We be living?

(wouldn’t)

living

He

She

She

It

It

It

The Present Future Perfect Tense

Positive

Interrogative

I

Will/ Shall

You We They He

be

They

She

13.

would not

will

I

I

We

You

They You

have eaten Will

Negative

He

We have

will not

have

(won’t)

eaten

They eaten? He

She

She

She

It

It

It

14.

The Present Future Perfect Continuous Tense

Positive

Interrogative

Negative

I

Will/

I

I

You

Shall

We

You

We have been They

will studying

He

will

They You

have

We

been

They

He

studying

He

She

She

It

It

It

studying

The Past Future Perfect Tense

Positive

Interrogative

Negative

I

Will/

I

I

You

shall

We

You

We They He

been (won’t)

She

15.

have will not

would

They You

have eaten will

He

We have

would not

have

(won’t)

eaten

They eaten? He

She

She

She

It

It

It

16.

The Past Future Perfect Continuous Tense

Positive

Interrogative

Negative

I

Would/

I

I

You

should

We

You

We They He

would

have been eating

would

They You

have been

We

He

eating?

He

They

been (won’t)

She

She

She

It

It

It

II.

have would not eating

CONCLUSION

Sentence can be divided to positive sentence, negative sentence and interrogative sentence. A positive sentence tells you about something that exists or that is happening. Negative sentences tell you that something does not exist or is not happening. Negative sentence divided to two parts: Sentences with `not' 2.

Negative words Sentence with ‘not’ used in 16 tenses, that are the simple  present tense, the present continuous tense, the

simple past tense, the past continuous tense, the present perf ect tense, the present perfect continuous tense, the past perfect tense, the past perfect continuous tense, the present future tense, the present future continuous tense, the past future tense, the past future continuous tense, the present future perfect tense, the present future perfect continuous tense, the past future perfect tense, and the past future perfect continuous tense. Negative wo rds contains Not, nobody, neither, never, no one, nor, no, nothing none Interrogative sentence is a type of sentence which usually asks a question and use question mark (?). They may ask for information or for confirmation or denial of a statement.

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EXERCISES

Rewrite each sentence as a positive or negative sentence, or a question, according to the instructions!

Example: I visit my parents very often. (negative) Answer: / don't visit my parents very often.

1.

Does he come from Germany? (positive)

Answer: ................................................. 2.

She gets up at five o'clock. (interrogative)

Answer: ................................................. 3.

I was making a cake (negative)

Answer: ................................................. 4.

'Did she see the accident?' (positive)

Answer: ................................................. 5.

John has been staying there (interrogative)

Answer: ................................................. Have you finished painting the house? (positive) Answer: ................................................. 'Did you leave the hotel last night?' (negative) Answer: ................................................. Toni will open the door for her. (interrogative) Answer: ................................................. She will be sleeping when they arrive. (interrogative) Answer: ................................................. Had Jesicca been studying for two hours? (negative)

B. Rewrite each sentence as interrogative sentence Example:

George is a student Answer: Is George a student?

It is raining again. Answer: .................................................

She can speak Japanese. Answer: ................................................. Margaret is at home Answer: ................................................. My mom works in an office. Answer: ................................................. The teacher told the children a story. Answer: ................................................. Philip has got a new bike. Answer: ................................................. She is Sumiko’s best friend.

Answer: ................................................. Tom could sit with David. Answer: ................................................. Dad will help Jennifer with her homework. Answer: ................................................. We will be late. Answer: .................................................

REFERENCES

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