Sentence StructureBIntermediate

Negative Questions

Forming Negative Questions

Negative questions are formed with an auxiliary verb + "not" (contracted or full). Contracted form (more common in speech): "Isn't she coming?", "Didn't you know?" Full form (more formal): "Is she not coming?", "Did you not know?" With contracted forms, "not" attaches to the auxiliary: isn't, haven't, wasn't, didn't, can't, won't.

Forming Negative Questions

Negative questions are formed with an auxiliary verb + "not" (contracted or full). Contracted form (more common in speech): "Isn't she coming?", "Didn't you know?" Full form (more formal): "Is she not coming?", "Did you not know?" With contracted forms, "not" attaches to the auxiliary: isn't, haven't, wasn't, didn't, can't, won't.

Practice

___ you read the instructions? They were quite clear.

Cansee how talented she is? It's obvious!

Put the words in the correct order (negative question):

Click words from the bank to place them here

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