Negative Interrogative Sentences of All Tenses

Negative interrogative sentences are used to ask questions that are negative in meaning. In this lesson, you will see 100+ negative interrogative sentences of all verb tenses.

Negative Interrogative Sentences of All Tenses

There 12 tenses in English Grammar, each with a specific meaning and usage. Examples for each tense are given separately.

1- Negative Interrogative Sentences of Simple Present Tense

1. Does she not sing?
2. Do your parents not go to the movies?
3. Do you not take medicine when you are sick?
4. Does she put her keys in the same place every time?
5. Does he kick off his shoes when he gets home?
6. Do we not believe in teamwork?
7. Does he not make his bed every day?
8. Do I not usually carry a lot of money on my person?
9. Do you not think of quitting your job?
10. Does he not want to go?
11. Who doesn’t like this?
12. Do you not think that the issue of public relations is important for businesses?

2- Negative Interrogative Sentences of Present Continuous Tense

1. Are you not doing your best?
2. What is not working?
3. Is the student not studying for the exam?
4. Are you not going to visit your grandparents?
5. Why is he not writing a letter?
6. Why are they not drinking tea?
7. Are you not going to class today?
8. Is she not buying any goods?
9. Am I not reading the right book?
10. How is he not understanding what I’m saying?
11. Are you not working outdoors this season?
12. Are they not taking any dangerous risks while driving?

3- Negative Interrogative Sentences of Present Perfect Tense

1. Have they not finished the essay you asked them to write?
2. Have you not found your lost keys?
3. Has she not married?
4. Have they not paid the shopkeeper?
5. Has he not visited the museum?
6. How long haven’t you been to this place?
7. Have you not looked at the map on the bus?
8. Have you not bought a ticket from the machine?
9. Have you not had a broken bone during the accident?
10. Where have you not been?
11. Have they not complained about the food or service?
12. Have you not done your homework yet?

4- Negative Interrogative Sentences of Present Perfect Continuous

1. Has he not been studying in the library the whole day?
2. Has John not been waiting for you all morning?
3. Have you not been working in Paris since 2007?
4. How long have we been waiting?
5. Have you not been listening to me?
6. Have you not been cheating on a test?
7. Have you not been living here for a long time?
8. Have you not been watching the World Cup the whole day?
9. Have I not been sleeping the whole day?

5- Negative Interrogative Sentences of Simple Past Tense

1. Did she not say anything about the game?
2. When didn’t you do this?
3. Did you not close the door?
4. Did the teacher not take the students on a field trip last year?
5. Where did I not take a rest?
6. Did you not feel better then?
7. Did you not wash your hands before you ate?
8. Did he not turn off the stove?
9. Did she not break the glass yesterday?
10. Did they not want to talk to us?
11. Did he not get tired after work?
12. Why didn’t you go to the exam yesterday?
13. Did she not understand the question?

6- Negative Interrogative Sentences of Past Continuous Tense

1. Why wasn’t she watching TV?
2. What were you not doing yesterday?
3. Were you staying in a hotel at that moment?
4. Were they not singing a song in the park?
5. Was she not dancing at the party yesterday?
6. Was Bob not cooking when you saw him?
7. Were the two of you not arguing before mom stopped it?
8. Was she not telling us that it was her birthday?
9. Was I not eating a candy bar?
10. Was he not feeling well yesterday?
11. Were the students not making a lot of noise?

7- Negative Interrogative Sentences of Past Perfect Tense

1. Had they not made a film like that?
2. Had you not gone to the party?
3. Had she not finished her dinner when I arrived?
4. Had you not studied French before coming to Montreal?
5. Had he not gone by the time we woke up?
6. Had the boys not given their bikes to charity?
7. Had my brother not finished all his homework when I returned from school?
8. Had you not done everything by yourself?
9. Had he not performed the experiment before the instructor arrived?

8- Negative Interrogative Sentences of Past Perfect Continuous

1. Had they not been searching for their passports before giving up?
2. Had I not been studying French for 15 days?
3. Had he not been working for five years in the same company?
4. Had you not been working there before you got fired?
5. Had they been enjoying a Sunday afternoon?
6. Had you not been driving for a day before reaching the destination?
7. Had you not been packing your briefcase when Simon arrived?
8. Had she not been writing a novel for many days?

9- Negative Interrogative Sentences of Simple Future Tense

1. Will people not feel comfortable living in a city or a peaceful countryside?
2. Will you not be free tomorrow evening?
3. Will you not be in town next week?
4. Will she not work hard for exams?
5. Will you not be at home tonight?
6. Will I not do something to achieve my goal?
7. Will it not be possible for us to get together during your stay?
8. Will you not have time to see my new showroom?
9. Will you not pay the rent next month?
10. Will you not fly with this balloon?

10- Negative Interrogative Sentences of Future Continuous Tense

1. Will you not be arriving tomorrow?
2. Will we not be meeting him tomorrow?
3. Will you not be watching TV tonight?
4. Will you not be retiring at the end of this year?
5. Will we not be receiving anything in the mail soon?
6. Will you not be watching football games on Sunday evening?

11- Negative Interrogative Sentences of Future Perfect Tense

1. Will they not have left by the time we get there?
2. Will you not have balloons to inflate them?
3. Will they not have gone at this time tomorrow?
4. Will they not have talked about the subject if you call them today?
5. Will Smith and Jones not have organized their first meeting?
6. Will you not have helped me before I leave?
7. Will they not have raised charity for the organization?
8. Will you not have done your assignment this week?
9. Will I not have finished the assignment by 5 pm tomorrow?
10. Will he not have saved money for his future?

12- Negative Interrogative Sentences of Future Perfect Continuous

1. Will I not have been playing tennis for two months by the time next summer comes?
2. Will she not have been sending letters to friends?
3. Will Jenny, Alan, and Billie not have been working for the company for over two years?
4. Will you not have been working there for three years when I see you next month?
5. Will I not have been learning Catalan for two months by the end of this year?

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Further Reading

• Simple Past Examples
• Past Continuous Examples
• Past Perfect Examples
• Past Perfect Continuous Examples
• Simple Present Examples
• Present Continuous Examples
• Present Perfect Examples
• Present Perfect Continuous Examples
• Simple Future Examples
• Future Continuous Examples
• Future Perfect Examples
• Future Perfect Continuous Examples