Simple present tense - Negative and interrogative forms

In the Simple Present the negative and interrogative sentences in English are formed using
the auxiliary do or does.

Negative form
The negative form of the Simple Present is obtained by adding do not or does not before the
base form of the verb:

Subject Auxiliary Example

I don’t I don’t work

You don’t You don’t work

He doesn’t He doesen’t work

She doesn’t She doesn’t work

It doesn’t It doesn’t work

We don’t We don’t work

You don’t You don’t work

They don’t They don’t work

As you can see, only the pronouns of the 3rd person singular (he, she, it) are followed by does
not, for all others do not use.

Interrogative form

The interrogative form of the Simple Present is obtained with the auxiliary do or does in front
of the subject.

Subject Auxiliary Example

Do I Do I work?

Do you Do you work?

Does he Does he work?

 Does she Does sge work?

Does it Does it work?

Do we Do we work?

Do you Do you work?

Do they Do they work?

Training of the WHY-Questions

The Wh – questions (questions that use adjectives and interrogative pronouns like What,
Where, Why, When, Which, Who) are formed by putting the adjective or interrogative pronoun
Wh – at the beginning of the interrogative phrase. Here are some examples:

Affirmative Interrogative WHY QUESTIONS

They work Do they work? Why do they work?

You study Do you study? What do you study?

She drives Does she drive? Which car does she drive?