Structures of Negative Answers
in All Tenses:
Simple Present
S + HV+not + V1 + O
Present Continuous
S + HV+not +
V4 + O
Present Perfect
S + HV+not + V3 + O
Present Perfect Continuous
S + HV+not +
V4 + O
Simple Past
S + HV+not + V1 + O
Past Continuous
S + HV+not + V4 + O
Past Perfect
S + HV+not + V3 + O
Past Perfect Continuous
S + HV + V4 + O
Simple Future
S + HV+not +
V1 + O
Future Continuous
S + HV+not +
V4 + O
Future Perfect
S + HV+not +
V3
+
O
Future Perfect Continuous
S + HV+not +
V4 + O
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Examples of Negative Answers in
All Tenses:
Simple Present
S + HV+not + V1 + O
I do
not eat rice
Present Continuous
S + HV+not + V4
+ O
I am not eating rice
Present Perfect
S + HV+not +
V3 + O
I have not
eaten rice
Present Perfect Continuous
S
+ HV +not + V4
+ O
I have not been
eating rice
Simple Past
S + HV + not
+ V1 + O
I did not eat
rice
Past Continuous
S +
HV +not + V4
+ O
I were
not eating rice
Past Perfect
S
+ HV+not +
V3 + O
I
had not eaten rice
Past Perfect Continuous
S
+ HV+not +
V4 + O
I had not been eating rice
Simple Future
S
+ HV+not +
V1 + O
I will not
eat rice
Future Continuous
S
+ HV+not +
V4 + O
I
will not be eating
rice
Future Perfect
S
+ HV+not +
V3 + O
I
will not have eaten
rice
Future Perfect Continuous
S +
HV+not +
V4 + O
I
will not have
been eating rice
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Simple Present
S + HV+not + V1 + O
We do
not eat rice
Present Continuous
S + HV+not + V4
+ O
We arenot
eating rice
Present Perfect
S + HV+not +
V3 + O
We have not
eaten rice
Present Perfect Continuous
S
+ HV +not + V4
+ O
We have not been
eating rice
Simple Past
S + HV + not
+ V1 + O
We did not eat
rice
Past Continuous
S +
HV +not + V4
+ O
We were
not eating rice
Past Perfect
S
+ HV+not +
V3 + O
We
had not eaten rice
Past Perfect Continuous
S
+ HV+not +
V4 + O
We had not been eating rice
Simple Future
S
+ HV+not +
V1 + O
We will
not eat rice
Future Continuous
S
+ HV+not +
V4 + O
We
will not be eating
rice
Future Perfect
S
+ HV+not +
V3 + O
We
will not have eaten
rice
Future Perfect Continuous
S +
HV+not +
V4 + O
We
will not have
been eating rice
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Simple Present
S + HV+not
+ V1 + O
You do
not eat
rice
Present Continuous
S
+ HV+not +
V4 + O
You are
not eating rice
Present Perfect
S + HV+not
+ V3 +
O
You have not
eaten rice
Present Perfect Continuous
S
+ HV+not + V4
+ O
You
have not been eating
rice
Simple Past
S + HV+not
+ V1 + O
You did not
eat rice
Past Continuous
S +
HV+not +
V4 + O
You were
not eating rice
Past Perfect
S + HV+not
+ V3
+ O
You
had not eaten rice
Past Perfect Continuous
S
+ HV+not +
V4 + O
You
had not been eating rice
Simple Future
S
+ HV+not +
V1 + O
You will not
eat rice
Future Continuous
S
+ HV+not +
V4 + O
You will not be
eating rice
Future Perfect
S
+ HV+not +
V3 + O
You
will not have eaten rice
Future Perfect Continuous
S +
HV+not +
V4 + O
You
will not have been eating
rice
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Simple Present
S + HV+not
+
V1 + O
He does
not eat
rice
Present Continuous
S
+ HV+not +
V4 + O
He is not
eating rice
Present Perfect
S + HV+not
+ V3 +
O
He has not
eaten rice
Present Perfect Continuous
S
+ HV+not + V4
+ O
He has not been
eating rice
Simple Past
S + HV + not
+ V1 + O
He did not
eat rice
Past Continuous
S +
HV+not + V4
+ O
He
was not eating rice
Past Perfect
S
+ HV+not +
V3 + O
He
had not eaten rice
Past Perfect Continuous
S
+ HV+ not +
V4 + O
He had not been
eating rice
Simple Future
S
+ HV+not +
V1 + O
He will not
eat rice
Future Continuous
S
+ HV+not +
V4 + O
He will not
be eating
rice
Future Perfect
S
+ HV+not +
V3 + O
He
will not have
eaten rice
Future Perfect Continuous
S +
HV+not + V4
+ O
He
will not have
been eating rice
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Simple Present
S + HV+not
+ V1 + O
She does not
eat rice
Present Continuous
S
+ HV+not +
V4 + O
She
is not eating rice
Present Perfect
S + HV+not
+ V3 +
O
She
has not eaten rice
Present Perfect Continuous
S
+ HV+not + V4
+ O
She has
not been
eating rice
Simple Past
S + HV +not
+
V1 + O
She did not eat
rice
Past Continuous
S +
HV+not + V4
+ O
She
was not eating rice
Past Perfect
S
+ HV+not +
V3 + O
She
had not
eaten rice
Past Perfect Continuous
S
+ HV+not +
V4 + O
She had
not been
eating rice
Simple Future
S
+ HV+not +
V1 + O
She
will not eat rice
Future Continuous
S
+ HV+not +
V4 + O
She
will not be eating
rice
Future Perfect
S
+ HV+not +
V3 + O
She
will not have
eaten rice
Future Perfect Continuous
S +
HV+not +
V4 + O
She
will not have
been eating rice
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Simple Present
S + HV
+ V1 + O
It does
not eat rice
Present Continuous
S
+ HV+not +
V4 + O
It
is not eating
rice
Present Perfect
S + HV+not
+ V3 +
O
It
has not eaten rice
Present Perfect Continuous
S
+ HV +not +
V4 + O
It
has not been
eating rice
Simple Past
S + HV +not
+ eat + O
It did not eat rice
Past Continuous
S +
HV+not + V4 + O
It
was not eating rice
Past Perfect
S
+ HV+not +
V3 + O
It
had not eaten
rice
Past Perfect Continuous
S
+ HV +not +
V4 + O
It
had not been
eating rice
Simple Future
S
+ HV+not +
V1 + O
It
will not eat
rice
Future Continuous
S
+ HV+not +
V4 + O
It
will not be
eating rice
Future Perfect
S
+ HV+not +
V3 + O
It
will not have
eaten rice
Future Perfect Continuous
S +
HV+not +
V4 + O
It
will not have
been eating rice
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Simple Present
S + HV+not
+ V1 + O
They do
not eat
rice
Present Continuous
S
+ HV+not +
V4 + O
They
are not eating rice
Present Perfect
S + HV+not
+ V3 +
O
They have not
eaten rice
Present Perfect Continuous
S
+ HV+not + V4
+ O
They
have not been eating
rice
Simple Past
S + HV+not
+ V1 + O
They did not
eat rice
Past Continuous
S +
HV+not +
V4 + O
They were
not eating rice
Past Perfect
S + HV+not
+ V3
+ O
They
had not eaten rice
Past Perfect Continuous
S
+ HV+not +
V4 + O
They
had not been eating rice
Simple Future
S
+ HV+not +
V1 + O
They will not
eat rice
Future Continuous
S
+ HV+not +
V4 + O
They will not be
eating rice
Future Perfect
S
+ HV+not +
V3 + O
They
will not have eaten rice
Future Perfect Continuous
S +
HV+not +
V4 + O
They
will not have been eating
rice