AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE QUESTIONS

I wear a costume. I don’t wear a costume. Do I wear a costume?

You wear a costume. You don’t wear a costume. Do you wear a costume?
He wears a costume. He doesn’t wear a costume. Does he wear a costume?
She wears a costume. She doesn’t wear a costume. Does she wear a costume?
It wears a costume. It doesn’t wear a costume. Does it wear a costume?
We wear costumes. We don’t wear costumes. Do we wear costumes? Usage:
You wear costumes. You don’t wear costumes. Do you wear costumes?
They wear costumes. They don’t wear costumes. Do they wear costumes?
1. temporary events
2. scheduled plans for today or near
future
3. something happening now
4. an event that is happening around
Usage: the present time
5. criticism
1. for habits and routines 6. never with stative verbs
2. timetables- trains/planes/buses
3. for facts Water boils at 100.
4. with stative verbs Time Words:

1. now/right now
2. at the moment
3. tonight
Time Words: 4. today.
5. this morning/this week/this
1. always year
2. never 6. Listen! Look!
7.tomorrow/next week (fixed
3. sometimes
arrangement or appointment)
4. rarely
5. frequently
7. every day/morning/year etc.
8. often
9. usually

Categories of Stative Verbs:

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE QUESTIONS

1. Preference: like, love, hate, I am diving. I am not diving. Am I diving?

prefer You are diving. You aren’t diving. Are you diving?
2. Senses: hear, see, taste, smell He is diving. He isn’t diving. Is he diving?
3. Ownership: have, own, belong She is diving. She isn’t diving. Is she diving?
4: Of the mind: understand,
We are diving. We aren’t diving. Are we diving?
believe, think, realize, remember
You are diving. You aren’t diving. Are you diving?
They are diving. They aren’t diving. Are they diving?