THE INTERROGATIVE AND NEGATIVE OF ORDINARY VERBS

All English verbs except the auxiliaries use 'DO' to form the interrogative and negative.

REMEMBER : DO + ordinary verb for the interrogative and negative

Note: Exception - When do is itself used as an ordinary verb it must use the auxiliary usage of do in the interrogative and negative forms:

How do you do? Very well, thank you.

What do you do on the weekends? I don't do anything on the weekends.

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THE NEGATIVE USING DO: SIMPLE PRESENT

FORM:

SUBJECT+ DO / DOES+ NOT + INFINITIVE OF VERB
I DO NOT LIVE IN SPAIN.
SHE DOES NOTSPEAK ENGLISH.

Example : to like

I like	I do not (don't) like
you like	You do not (don't) like
he,she,it likes	She does not (doesn't) like
we like	We do not (don't) like
you like	You do not (don't) like
they like	They do not (don't) like

Examples:

a. I don't like coffee.
b. They don't like the cold.
c. He doesn't like orange juice.
d. She doesn't like steak.
e. We do not live in Brussels.
f. They do not speak English.

INTERROGATIVE USING DO : SIMPLE PRESENT

FORM :

DO / DOES +SUBJECT + INFINITIVE OF VERB
DO THEY KNOW DAVID ?
DOES HE LIKE FOOTBALL?

Example : to eat

Affirmative	Interrogative
I eat	Do I eat?
you eat	Do you eat?
he, she, it eats	Does she eat?
we eat	Do we eat?
you eat	Do you eat?
they eat	Do they eat?

Examples:

a. Do they live in an apartment ?
b. Does she eat meat?
c. Do they like Sally?
d. Does it snow in Australia ?
e. Do Peter and Simon play tennis?
f. Does Roger's mother live in Berlin?

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