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What are Affirmative, Negative and Interrogative sentences?
Russia is the largest country in the world. (Affirmative)
China is not a small country.  (Negative sentence)
What is Alkali? ('wh' Interrogative sentence)
Are you Susan? ('yes/no' interrogative sentence)


Tenses Expansion
Knowledge of expanded Tenses is necessary to form Negative and Interrogative Sentences, if it doesn't have anomalous finite Verb.

They go to church every Sunday.  (Usual form)
They do go to church every Sunday.  (Expanded form)

NOTE: In Present tense do/does (Helping verbs) are used to expand the Present tense. Some people use expanded Tenses form, for asserting something.


Usage of do/does with different Subjects.
I/we/you/they + do
He/she/it + does

NOTE: 'it' includes all collective nouns, pronouns, things (Singular) etc. They includes all plural nouns/things etc.

Model sentences (Usual and expanded Tenses)

We meet her daily.
We do meet her daily.

John speaks French.
John does speak French.

Shane works in a bank.
Shane does work in a bank.

The river Flows swiftly.
The river does flow swiftly.

They work till midnight.
They do work till midnight.

Making negatives and interrogatives (With expanded Tenses)

She knows German (Usual Tense form)  
She does know German (Expanded Tense form)
She doesn't know German. (Negative sentence)
Does she know German? ('yes/no' question)
What language does she know?  ('wh' question)


They play Chess well (Usual tense form)
They do play chess well (Expanded Tense form)
They don't (do not) play chess well. (Negative sentence)
Do they play chess well. ('yes/no' Interrogative sentence)
What (Game) do they play well? ('wh' interrogative sentence)

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