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Forming Question
Yes/no questions are created by moving the verb BE to the beginning of the sentence. WH-questions are formed by moving the verb BE, and then adding the WH- word. Here are the rules:
| Statement |
Yes/no question |
Wh- question |
| I am eating. |
Am I eating? |
What am I eating? |
| You are crying. |
Are you crying? |
Why are you crying? |
| He is going. |
Is he going? |
Where is he going? |
| She is arriving. |
Is she arriving? |
When is she arriving? |
| It is sleeping. |
Is it sleeping? |
Why is it sleeping? |
| We are leaving. |
Are we leaving? |
When are we leaving? |
| They are fighting. |
Are they fighting? |
Why are they fighting? |
Forming Negative
| Positive sentence |
Negative sentence |
Contracted negative |
| I am eating. |
I am not eating. |
I'm not eating. |
| You are working. |
You are not working. |
You aren't working. |
| He is driving. |
He is not driving. |
He isn't driving. |
| She is teaching. |
She is not teaching. |
She isn't teaching. |
| It is raining. |
It is not raining. |
It isn't raining. |
| We are reading. |
We are not reading. |
We aren't reading. |
| They are writing. |
They are not writing. |
They aren't writing. |
Forming Negative
| Positive sentence |
Negative sentence |
Contracted negative |
| I am eating. |
I am not eating. |
I'm not eating. |
| You are working. |
You are not working. |
You aren't working. |
| He is driving. |
He is not driving. |
He isn't driving. |
| She is teaching. |
She is not teaching. |
She isn't teaching. |
| It is raining. |
It is not raining. |
It isn't raining. |
| We are reading. |
We are not reading. |
We aren't reading. |
| They are writing. |
They are not writing. |
They aren't writing. |