Simple Present Tense Negative | Exercises with answers

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Exercise 4

Put the verb in bold in the negative form (you can use the contracted form – ex: isn’t, doesn’t…):

Ex: Sam writes letters. → Sam doesn’t write letters. OR: Sam does not write letters.

1. We watch TV in the evening. → We TV in the evening.
2. Sam does the dishes every day. → Sam the dishes every day.
3. She is very fat. → She very fat.
4. The train arrives in the afternoon. → The train in the afternoon.
5. We are ready to start work. → We ready to start work.
6. I like coffee. → I coffee.
7. I live in Paris. → I in Paris.
8. She comes from Spain. → She from Spain.
9. Kevin works in a bank. → Kevin  in a bank.
10. They get up at eight o’clock. → They at eight o’clock.

 

 

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ANSWERS

1. We don’t watch TV in the evening. (ou: do not…)
2. Sam doesn’t do the dishes every day. (ou: does not…)
3. She isn’t very fat. (ou: is not…)
4. The train doesn’t arrive in the afternoon. (ou: does not…)
5. We aren’t ready to start work. (ou: are not…)
6. I don’t like coffee. (ou: do not…)
7. I don’t live in Paris. (ou: do not…)
8. She doesn’t come from Spain. (ou: does not…)
9. Kevin doesn’t work in a bank. (ou: does not…)
10. They don’t get up at eight o’clock. (ou: do not…)

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