simple present negative sentences and questions

ByZahid Muzaffar Khan November 18, 2025November 18, 2025

Practise simple present negative sentences and questions with this interactive grammar page. Explore grammar notes, quizzes, scrambles, flashcards, and sentence-building activities to help learners use simple present negative sentences and questions correctly in everyday English.

Interactive Grammar Activities — Simple Present Negatives and Questions

Interactive Grammar — Simple Present Negatives & Questions

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Grammar Notes: Simple Present — Negatives and Questions

We use the simple present to talk about habits, routines, facts and things that are always true. To make negative sentences and questions in the simple present, we use the helping verbs do / does.

1. Negative Sentences

Use do not (don’t) with I, you, we, they and does not (doesn’t) with he, she, it. The main verb stays in the base form.

I don’t eat breakfast at school.
They don’t play football on Monday.
He doesn’t watch TV in the morning.
It doesn’t rain a lot in the desert.

2. Yes/No Questions

Put Do or Does at the beginning of the sentence. The main verb stays in the base form. Use Do with I, you, we, they and Does with he, she, it.

Do you like online classes?
Do they live near the university?
Does she work on Fridays?
Does he drive to school?

3. Wh- Questions

For Wh- questions (What, Where, When, Why, How), we put the question word first, then Do / Does, then the subject and base verb.

Where do you study?
What time does the class start?
Why do they visit the library?
How does he go to work?

4. Common Mistakes

❌ He doesn’t plays tennis. ✅ He doesn’t play tennis.
❌ Do she like coffee? ✅ Does she like coffee?
❌ They don’t goes to class. ✅ They don’t go to class.

Activity 1: Multiple Choice — Negatives & Questions

Choose the best answer to complete each simple present negative sentence or question.

1. I ______ like getting up early on Fridays.

don’t doesn’t am not didn’t

2. She ______ drink coffee in the evening.

don’t doesn’t isn’t aren’t

3. ______ you study English every day?

Do Does Are Is

4. ______ he live near the campus?

Do Does Is Has

5. They ______ eat fast food every day.

doesn’t aren’t don’t isn’t

6. It ______ snow in our city in summer.

don’t doesn’t isn’t aren’t

7. ______ you start work in the morning?

What time do Where do Why do How does

8. ______ she usually have lunch?

What does Where does Why does How do

9. We ______ online exams, but we understand they are important.

doesn’t like don’t like aren’t like isn’t like

10. ______ your brother play football with you at the weekend?

Do Does Is Are

Activity 2: Fill in the Blanks — Negatives and Questions

Complete each sentence with the correct negative or question phrase in the simple present. Use forms like don’t, doesn’t, Do, Does, What time do, Where does, etc.

1. I drink energy drinks at night.

2. She study in the library on Sundays.

3. They play video games every day.

4. He drive to work; he takes the bus.

5. you check your email every morning?

6. your sister work at a hospital?

7. you usually go to bed?

8. he buy his groceries?

9. We class on Saturday.

10. It on public holidays.

Activity 3: Flashcards — Negatives & Questions in Use

Click each card to see how the simple present negative or question is used and what it means.

Card 1 of 10

I don’t eat meat.

Click to see an explanation.

I don’t eat meat. — A negative sentence in the simple present using don’t with “I”.

Click to go back.

Activity 4: Word Scramble — Negatives & Question Phrases

Unscramble each group of letters to find a negative or question phrase in the simple present. Type the full word or phrase.

1. Unscramble this word:

(We use this helping verb in questions with I/you/we/they.)

2. Unscramble this word:

SEOD

(We use this helping verb in questions with he/she/it.)

3. Unscramble this word:

TNOD

(Short negative form with I/you/we/they.)

4. Unscramble this word:

SEON’TD

(Short negative form with he/she/it.)

5. Unscramble this phrase:

OD UYO

(A yes/no question starter with “you”.)

6. Unscramble this phrase:

SEOD EH

(A yes/no question starter with “he”.)

7. Unscramble this phrase:

ESOD EHS

(A yes/no question starter with “she”.)

8. Unscramble this phrase:

OD YEHT

(A yes/no question starter with “they”.)

9. Unscramble this phrase:

TAHWT IMTE OD

(Wh- question starter about the time with “you”.)

10. Unscramble this phrase:

ERHERW SEOD

(Wh- question starter about place with “he/she/it”.)

Activity 5: Sentence Builder — Negatives & Questions

Write sentences using each phrase. Click ‘Check Sentence’ for simple feedback. For more accuracy in writing and to find additional mistakes, use this Writing Assessment Tool .

Tip: Make sure your sentence includes the phrase exactly as shown.

Use “don’t like spicy food” in a sentence:

Use “doesn’t watch TV” in a sentence:

Use “don’t go to bed late” in a sentence:

Use “doesn’t eat breakfast” in a sentence:

Use “Do you study every day?” in a sentence:

Use “Does he play football?” in a sentence:

Use “Where do you live?” in a sentence:

Use “Why don’t they come early?” in a sentence:

Use “What time does the lesson start?” in a sentence:

Use “How does she go to work?” in a sentence:

Activity 6: Matching — Affirmative, Negative & Question Forms

Match each affirmative sentence on the left with the correct negative or question form on the right. Click one sentence and then click the matching form.

Affirmative sentences

Negative or question forms

Definite and Indefinite Articles

Unlock 1 – Vocabulary Review : All Word Lists from Units 1–6