The document explains the use of auxiliaries in forming questions and negatives in the simple present tense. It distinguishes between singular and plural subjects, detailing how to construct negative sentences with 'don't' and 'doesn't', as well as question forms using 'do' and 'does'. Examples illustrate the structure of sentences, including both questions and answers.

1. SIMPLE
PRESENT
QUESTIONS
&
NEGATIVES

2. LET'S REMEMBER
THE AUXILIARIES
Remember we use different forms of the
auxiliaries depending on the subject.
I
YOU
WE
THEY
PLURALS
HE
SHE
IT
SINGULARS
DO (?)
DON'T(-)
DOES (?)
DOESN'T (-)

3. NEGATIVES:
+DON'T/DOESN'T+BASE VERB+COMPLEMENT.
I DON'T LIKE FISH.
SHE DOESN'T LIKE FISH.

4. QUESTIONS:
DO/DOES+ +BASE VERB+COMPLEMENT+?
DO YOU EAT FISH?
DOES SHE EAT FISH?

5. ANSWERS
YES+ + DO/DOES.
NO+ +DON'T/DOESN'T.
YES, I DO.
NO, I DON'T
YES, SHE DOES.
NO, SHE DOESN'T