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Unit 10: Kinds of Sentences

The word order for affirmative sentences in future tense (will case) is subject + will + verb form. Notes

Examples: 1. He will sing every night.
2. He will be singing melodiously.
3. He will have sung a beautiful song.

4. He will have been singing for two hours by tomorrow morning.

The word order for affirmative sentences in past tense is subject + verb form or subject + auxiliary
verb + verb form.

Examples: 1. He sang every night.
2. He was singing melodiously.
3. He had sung a beautiful song.

4. He had been singing for two hours by that time.

10.2.2 Negative

Negative sentences are those sentences which deny an affirmation. Obviously, they are considered
to be the opposite of positive sentences.

Examples: 1. I do not brush my teeth.
2. I never brush my teeth.
We use has not/does not in a negative sentence when the subject is singular (he, she, it, etc.) and
have not/do not when the subject is plural (they, boys, fl owers, etc.)

Examples: 1. He has not stood first in his class.

2. He does not want to stand first in his class.

3. The fl owers have not faded till now.
4. These fl owers do not smell sweet.
The word order for negative sentences in present tense is subject + auxiliary verb (with “not”) +
verb form

Examples: 1. He does not sing every night.

2. He is not singing melodiously.
3. He has not sung a beautiful song.
4. He has not been singing for past two hours.
The word order for negative sentences in future tense (will case) is subject + auxiliary + not + verb
form.

Examples: 1. He will not sing every night.

2. He will not be singing melodiously.

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