Negative Questions in English - Learn How to Ask Negative Questions

negative questions negative questions  okay now some of you are going to say  

eric what does that mean what is a negative  question what is a negative question um you  

can say oh don't you have a question like a yes  or no question like um do you like do you like  

hot spicy food do you like spicy food yes i  do no i don't so what is a negative question  

a negative question is often used as a contraction  so it's when you use who's where and then it's  

very common in spoken english especially with  why you can form negative wh questions with  

isn't aren't wasn't and weren't so we said before  instead of saying is not you can say isn't it's  

it's a contraction you don't say are not you  can say aren't was not wasn't they were not they  

weren't now let's quickly look at some of these  negative these negative questions some examples  

that i can show you so the examples i can show  you negative q examples negative question examples  

why don't you speak japanese so you can say  um so if you want to ask a negative question  

why don't you speak japanese why why don't you eat  spicy food so this is you want more information  

you want the person to explain something for you  so we often use why why haven't you done your  

homework why hasn't your cousin called me yet  right so these are negative questions that you  

can ask for more information why won't you come  to my birthday party that won't is a contraction  

why will you not so it means why will you not  come to my birthday party why won't you come to my  

party why is she not on time why isn't she on time  is more natural to use why aren't they doing their  

homework why aren't they doing their homework  who wasn't at the party why weren't they saying  

what weren't they saying about last night okay so  what is that secret what does it mean you can ask  

a negative question to do that very important and  it will make you sound more like a native speaker  

does everybody understand is everybody okay i hope  to be clear and explain things so if you have any  

questions please put it in the comments below and  i will do my best to explain um so um it's it's  

a little bit difficult i know but just remember  that you can ask questions you can ask positive  

normal questions but you can also ask these  negative questions too why haven't you why didn't  

you why didn't you tell me about the homework  okay so negative questions are also important