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Affirmative, Negative and Interrogative sentences in the

present and past simple tenses

Present simple (verb TO BE)

He is a taxi driver.

He is not a taxi driver.

Is he a taxi driver?

Past simple (verb TO BE)

He was a taxi driver.

He was not a taxi driver.

Was he a taxi driver?

To build the negative or interrogative sentence, other verbs require the

use of DO as an auxiliary verb, both in the present and the past tenses.

Present simple (verb TO WALK) Past simple (verb TO WALK)

She walks alone. I walk alone.

She does not walk alone.
Does she walk alone?
In present tense negative and interrogative
sentences the main verb is ALWAYS in the
infinitive form without TO, that is to walk. NEVER
WALKS!
I do not walk alone.
Do I walk alone?
In past tense negative and interrogative
sentences the main verb is ALWAYS in the
infinitive without TO, that is to walk. NEVER
WALKS!
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Other verbs follow the same pattern:

TO LOVE

Present simple Present simple (3rd person sing.)

They love school. He loves school.

They do not love school. He does not love school.

Do they love school? Does he love school?

Past simple Past simple (3rd person sing.)

They loved school. She loved school.

They did not love school. She did not love school.

Did they love school? Did she love school?