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c. Interrogative statement The interrogative form is also using auxiliary do and does. The auxiliary is placed before the subject; here is the pattern of interrogative sentence in simple present tense: For example: - Do you come late every day? - Do they come late every day? - Does she come late every day? - Does he come late every day? The interrogative sentence in „to be’ is formed by placing „to be’ before the subject of the sentence. For example: He is from Italy. Is he from Italy? They are in the class. Are they in the class? Short answer to questions is made with the following pattern: - Yes + Subject + pronoun + to be for positive answer - No + Subject + pronoun + to be not for negative answer For example: Is he from Italy? Yes, he is No, he isn’t d. Negative Interrogative Statement The form negative “do not does not” is contracted in the negative interrogative into don’t doesn’t and here the pattern of interrogative sentence in simple present tense: Do Does + S + V1 + … ? Don’t Doesn’t + S + v1 + … ? For example: - Don’t you watch TV every evening? - Don’t they watch TV every evening? - Doesn’t she watch TV every evening? - Doesn’t he watch TV every evening? Negative questions are used to indicate the speaker’s ideas i.e., what shehe believes is or is not true or attitude e.g., surprise, shock, annoyance, anger. 6 Use the following rules to spell the –s form correctly: 1. For most verbs, add –s to the simple form. You eat fried rice He eats fried rice I drink milk He drinks milk They visit their aunt Fahmi visits his aunt We walk on the road The dog walks on the road 2. Add –es to verbs that end in o, s, z, sh, x and ch unless the ch is pronounced with the of k I watch the movie She watches the movie You teach at school She teaches at school I do my homework He does his homework 3. Omit a final –y and add –ies unless the letter a, e, i, o, or u comes before the –y I carry my bag He carries his bag You study math He studies math I try a new shoes She tries a new shoes 4. For the verb have, use the irregular from has and put don’t or doesn’t for negative statement. Affirmative : I have a new bag She has a pointed nose 6 Betty Schrampfer Azar, Understanding and Using English Grammar, Jakarta: Binarupa Aksara and Prentice Hall, Inc. 1993, p. A.14