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POSITIVE NEGATIVE QUESTION

PRESENT subject + verb (+ s ) subject + do / does + not + (question word +) do / does +
SIMPLE I eat. verb subject + verb?
She eats toast. I don’t eat Do you eat breakfast
toast. She every day? When does
doesn’t eat fish. she eat lunch?
PRESENT subject + am / is / are subject + am / is / are + not (question word +) am / is / are +
SIMPLE I am I’m not subject…?
WITH ‘BE’ hungry. hungry. She Is he at home?
She is in a isn’t happy. Why are you hungry?
cafe.
PRESENT subject + am / is / are + subject + am / is / are + not (question word +) am / is / are
CONTINUO verb-ing + verb- ing + subject + verb-ing?
US She’s eating toast. He isn’t eating. When are they
They are eating lunch now. We are not eating at home. eating? Is he
eating now?
PRESENT subject + have / subject + have / has + not (question word +) have / has +
PERFECT has + past + past participle subject
participle We haven’t eaten yet. + past participle?
I’ve eaten She hasn’t eaten the What have you eaten
breakfast. He chocolate. today? Has she eaten
has eaten lunch?
lunch.
PRESENT subject + have / has + subject + have / has + not + (question word +) have / has +
PERFECT been + verb- ing been + verb-ing subject
CONTINUO I’ve been eating. They haven’t been + been + verb-ing?
US She’s been eating biscuits eating. He has not What has she been eating?
all day. been eating toast. Have they been eating
breakfast?
PAST subject + past simple (verb subject + did + not + verb (question word +) did + subject +
SIMPLE +ed) She didn’t eat verb?
I ate an anything. They did Did you eat the
apple. She not eat breakfast. chocolate? What did
ate some they eat for lunch?
rice.

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PAST subject + was / were subject + was / were + not (question word +) was /
SIMPLE I was hungry. We weren’t were + subject…?
WITH ‘BE’ They were in a restaurant. hungry. She Why was she
wasn’t at home. hungry? Were
you hungry?
PAST subject + was / were + subject + was / were + not (question word +) was / were +
CONTINUO verb-ing + verb- ing subject
US I was eating. You weren’t eating. + verb-ing?
They were eating lunch. She wasn’t eating a sandwich. Where were you
eating? Was she
eating an apple?
PAST subject + had + past subject + had + not + past (question word +) had +
PERFECT participle participle subject + past participle
I had eaten. We hadn’t eaten. Why had you eaten?
She’d eaten lunch. He had not eaten an apple. Had they eaten fish before?
PAST subject + had + been + subject + had + not + been (question word +) had + subject
PERFECT verb-ing + verb- ing + been
CONTINUO I had been eating I hadn’t been eating. + verb-ing?
US chocolate all day. She’d She hadn’t been eating an Why had he been eating?
been eating breakfast. apple. Had they been eating enough
fruit?
FUTURE subject + will + verb subject + will + not + verb (question word +) will +
SIMPLE I will eat later. We won’t eat anything subject + verb?
She will eat at home. tonight. He will not eat What will you eat for
fish. lunch? Will she eat
meat?
FUTURE subject + will + be + verb- subject + will + not + be + (question word +) will + subject
CONTINUO ing verb-ing + be + verb-ing?
US I will be eating at 8pm. They won’t be eating. What will you be
She will be eating a He will not be eating anything. eating? Will they be
sandwich. eating at 6pm?
FUTURE subject + will + subject + will + not + have (question word +) will + subject +
PERFECT have + past + past participle have
participle He won’t have eaten + past participle?
I will have eaten lunch by lunch yet. They will not When will you have eaten?

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3 o’clock. She’ll have have eaten their Will she have eaten dinner by
eaten all the chocolate. sandwiches. nine?

FUTURE subject + will + have subject + will + not + have + (question word +) will + subject +
PERFECT + been + verb-ing been + verb-ing have
CONTINUO They will have been I won’t have been eating + been + verb-ing?
US eating fruit. We’ll have fish. They will not have What will she have been eating?
been eating all day. been eating lunch. Will you have been eating
chocolate?

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