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subject        auxiliary              main
                                                                 verb                   verb



                                              +  I, you,                                like       coffee.
                                                  we, they


                                                  He, she, it                           likes      coffee.



                                              -   I, you,        Do              not  like         coffee.
                                                  we, they




                                                  He, she, it  Does              not  like         coffee.



                                              ?  Do              I, you, we,            like       coffee?
                                                                 they



                                                  Does           he, she, it            like       coffee?





                                            From the above table, notice the following points...

                                            For positive sentences:

                                                •  There is no auxiliary verb.

                                                •  We conjugate the main verb by adding s to the
                                                   third person singular.











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