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8. We do our homework.


9. Lisa likes my cousin.


10. It seems very old.

When a negative sentence becomes a question, the question begins with do/doesas described

earlier:

you do not know do you not know?

Mary does not have does Mary not have?

Even when negated, the verb to bedoes notform a question with do/does:

I am not am I not?

she is not is she not?

they are not are they not?

Some example sentences:

Negative Sentence Negative Question

She does not like him. Does she not like him?

We do not want it. Do we not want it?

You are not at home. Are you not at home?

He is not our friend. Is he not our friend?

Rewrite each negative sentence as a negative question.

1. You do not have the time.


2. Mike does not like this book.


3. Kent is not at home.


4. He does not go there every day.

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