Anglais > Grammaire > Verbes > Opérations > affirmation - négation - interrogation - Interro-négation - emphatique
Forme
interro négative
La forme interro
négative se forme en plaçant l'auxiliaire avant le sujet, comme pour l'interrogation, et
en ajoutant la négation
contractée "n't" à l'auxiliaire.
Ainsi apparaît do
au Simple present et did au Simple past :
| WORK | Simple | Perfect | ||
| PRESENT | Simple present | Present Be + Ving | Present perfect | Present perfect Be + Ving |
| Don't I work? | Aren't I working? | Haven't I worked? | Haven't I been working? | |
| Don't you work? | Aren't you working? | Haven't you worked? | Haven't you been working? | |
| Doesn't he work? | Isn't he working? | Hasn't he worked? | Hasn't he been working? | |
| Don't we work? | Aren't we working? | Haven't we worked? | Haven't we been working? | |
| Don't you work? | Aren't you working? | Haven't you worked? | Haven't you been working? | |
| Don't they work? | Aren't they working? | Haven't they worked? | Haven't they been working? | |
| Exercice | Exercice | Exercice | Exercice | |
| PAST | Simple past | Past Be + Ving | Past perfect | Past perfect Be + Ving |
| Didn't I work? | Wasn't I working? | Hadn't I worked? | Hadn't I been working? | |
| Didn't you work? | Weren't you working? | Hadn't you worked? | Hadn't you been working? | |
| Didn't he work? | Wasn't he working? | Hadn't he worked? | Hadn't he been working? | |
| Didn't we work? | Weren't we working? | Hadn't we worked? | Hadn't we been working? | |
| Didn't you work? | Weren't you working? | Hadn't you worked? | Hadn't you been working? | |
| Didn't they work? | Weren't they working? | Hadn't they worked? | Hadn't they been working? | |
| Exercice | Exercice | Exercice | Exercice | |
L'interro-négation
est particulièrement utilisée pour
les question-tags : He is rich, isn't he? = Il est
riche, n'est-ce pas ?
les réponses
interrogatives : 'Jane is rich.'
'Is she?' = "Jane est riche." "Ah bon ?"