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Present Simple Negative

This document discusses the negative present simple tense in English. It provides examples of its formation using do/does + not + base verb form, and when it is used to describe routines, facts, or schedules. It also demonstrates how to form questions in the negative present simple tense by swapping the subject and verb. Examples are given of common sentences in this tense structure.
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Present Simple Negative

This document discusses the negative present simple tense in English. It provides examples of its formation using do/does + not + base verb form, and when it is used to describe routines, facts, or schedules. It also demonstrates how to form questions in the negative present simple tense by swapping the subject and verb. Examples are given of common sentences in this tense structure.
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Present Simple

Ms. Sheikha
Present Simple

positive negative
He eats fruits He does not eat fruits
every day. every day.
Negative present Simple
Form:
Sub + do/ does + not + base form + Obj

Do Does
I – You
He – She – It
We – They
Singular nouns
Plural nouns
I don’t like you. He doesn’t like you.
Do + not Does + not

Don’t Doesn’t
Negative present Simple
When:
1) Routine / habits
I usually don’t sleep late on Saturdays.
She doesn’t drink water everyday.
I don’t go to work by car.
Negative present Simple
When:
2) Facts / truths
The sun doesn’t set in the east.
Smoking doesn’t cause death.
Flowers don’t need moonlight.
Negative present Simple
When:
3) Schedule / timetable
The bus doesn’t come every 20 minutes.
Class doesn’t begin in two minutes.
Friday prayer doesn’t start at 12:05.
Negative present Simple
Questions:
Sentence: Sub + do/ does + not + base form + Obj
Ali doesn’t eat apple everyday.
Question: don’t/doesn’t + Sub + base + Obj + ?
Doesn’t Ali eat apple everyday?
Negative present Simple
Questions:
The bus doesn’t come every 20 minutes.

The bus doesn’t come every 20 minutes.

Doesn’t the bus come every 20 minutes?


Examples:
‐ I don’t smoke.
‐ I don’t work in Muscat.
‐ She doesn’t eat sushi all the time.
- He doesn’t come to college via bus.
- Nada doesn’t speak Arabic, English and Frenc
- They don’t play baseball weekly.

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