{"id":9891,"date":"2022-04-13T08:10:28","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T08:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elblogdeidiomas.es\/?p=9891"},"modified":"2022-05-03T09:41:26","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T09:41:26","slug":"negative-questions-in-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elblogdeidiomas.es\/en\/negative-questions-in-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Negative questions in English"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Probably one of the things that you have already studied is\u00a0<strong>how to ask questions and also, how to construct negative sentences in the verb tenses that you know<\/strong>.\u00a0Contrary to what happens in Spanish, in\u00a0English\u00a0it is not enough to put the question mark in a sentence to make it a question: you have to change the structure of the given sentence.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 2rem; background: #F4F4F4;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #fff; background: #FF6868;\">\u00cdNDICE DE CONTENIDOS<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#are\">What are the negative questions?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#structures\">Structures<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#in\">Situations in which negative questions are used<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#ask\">How to ask negative questions in simple times?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Something similar usually happens in the negative<\/strong>: not only the no is adjusted because there are several conditions to take into account and the different verb tenses configure the negative in different ways. Regarding negative questions in English<\/p>\n<p>In this post we will update you on the most important things that surround negative questions in English, when are they used?\u00a0and how are they made up?\u00a0We look forward to answering your questions about it.\u00a0And remember, don&#8217;t forget to check the next\u00a0official\u00a0exam\u00a0sessions.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"are\">What are the negative questions?<\/h2>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>total<\/strong>\u00a0questions\u00a0(Don&#8217;t you like it?) And also the\u00a0<strong>partial questions<\/strong> (What didn&#8217;t you tell him?) <strong>can<\/strong> be negative. The meaning of negative questions is a function of various syntactic, semantic, and also discursive factors.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"como\">How to change to the negative form in English?<\/h3>\n<p>To convert an affirmative sentence into a negative we use the <strong>auxiliary do + not (does not in 3rd person singular)<\/strong>.\u00a0In colloquial language, it is usually contracted into don&#8217;t and doesn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"cuando\">When are negative and interrogative questions used at the same time?<\/h3>\n<p>We use negative questions in cases where we\u00a0<strong>need to show surprise or exclamation<\/strong>, and when we require that someone who is listening to us agree with what we say.<\/p>\n<p>In this regard, those of us who speak Spanish have a certain sale compared to other languages \u200b\u200bbecause the negative questions in English are very similar to how it is used in our language.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"structures\">Structures<\/h2>\n<p>Negative questions are constructed as follows:<\/p>\n<h3>Non-contracted form<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Auxiliary question + subject + not + verb + complements +?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Did you not do your homework?<br \/>\n\u00bfNo hiciste tu tarea\/tus deberes?<\/p>\n<p>Are you not taking the job?<br \/>\n\u00bfNo vas a aceptar el trabajo?<\/p>\n<p>Will you not buy a car?<br \/>\n\u00bfNo comprar\u00e1s un auto\/coche?<\/p>\n<p>When speaking we almost always use the contracted form with the following structure:<\/p>\n<h3>Contracted form<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Contracted negative auxiliary + subject + verb + complements +?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Don\u2019t you want to visit your aunt?<br \/>\n\u00bfNo quieres visitar a tu t\u00eda?<\/p>\n<p>Won\u2019t they travel to Spain next month?<br \/>\n\u00bfNo viajar\u00e1n a Espa\u00f1a el pr\u00f3ximo a\u00f1o?<\/p>\n<p>Wouldn\u2019t you come to live here without a second thought?<br \/>\n\u00bfNo te vendr\u00edas a vivir aqu\u00ed sin pensarlo dos veces?<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"in\">Situations in which negative questions are used<\/h2>\n<h4>To ratify what we consider to be true<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Wouldn\u2019t you have a wrench?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00bfNo tendr\u00edas una llave inglesa?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You didn\u2019t have a bike when you were little.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00bfT\u00fa no ten\u00edas una bicicleta cuando peque\u00f1o?<\/p>\n<h4>To politely demonstrate your thinking in an indirect way<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>It would not be good to bike this Sunday.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>No ser\u00eda bueno practicar bicicleta este domingo.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We are comfortable in this pool, right?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Estamos a gusto en esta piscina, no?<\/p>\n<h4>To show uncertainty about something that you expect to happen or is happening<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>It\u2019s cold here, won\u2019t we go?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hace fr\u00edo aqu\u00ed \u00bfNo nos vamos?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Haven\u2019t you left home yet?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00bfA\u00fan no ha salido de casa?<\/p>\n<p>In English there is a courtesy formula for what usually uses negative questions through would and will, as we have already seen in some examples.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"ask\">How to ask negative questions in simple times?<\/h2>\n<p>Next, we treat the formulas to configure the negative questions through the verb to be, taking into account that the negative questions have two forms, with contraction and without contraction.<\/p>\n<p>Negative questions with the verb to be, in the present simple, in the past simple, and in the future simple (in this order):<\/p>\n<h3>With contraction<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Wasn\u2019t she in Barcelona?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>No estaba en Barcelona?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Haven\u2019t you seen your girlfriend?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00bfNo has visto a tu novia?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Don\u2019t you take the car?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00bfNo te llevas el coche?<\/p>\n<h3>Without contraction<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Are you not engaged to her?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00bfNo est\u00e1s comprometido con ella?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do you not like chocolate?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00bfNo te gusta el chocolate?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Did you not leave early?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00bfNo te fuiste pronto?<\/p>\n<p>We show you below in continuous times the negative questions that\u00a0<strong>are formed with to be:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>With contraction<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Aren\u2019t you working?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>No est\u00e1s trabajando<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Won\u2019t you be cooking?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00bfNo estar\u00e1s cocinando?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Weren\u2019t you leaving?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00bfNo te marchabas?<\/p>\n<h3>Without contraction<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Are you not dancing?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00bfNo est\u00e1s bailando?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Will you not be sleeping?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00bfNo estar\u00e1s durmiendo?<\/p>\n<p>We hope that this article has helped you to avoid mistakes and fundamentally to learn how questions are formulated, once you have taken note of the construction of negative sentences in the tenses that you already know after 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