making negatives!

Group A

Sentences with AUXILIARIES

(that means helping verbs,

of course)

To make a negative…

Add NOT or N’T after the auxiliary/ helping verb

Examples • She’s lived here for two years.

She hasn’t lived here for two years.

• That child will be a movie star when she grows up.

That child won’t )will not( be a movie star when she grows up.

• We’re going to class.

We aren’t going to class.

• You may leave the room.

You may not leave the room.

More practice.

You should try to please your parents. You shouldn’t try ….

They have taken the wrong bus. They haven’t taken ….

We will go to the party. We won’t go ….

You were playing baseball. You weren’t playing …

I would be really careful.

I wouldn’t be really careful ….

To make a negative

Add Doesn’t, Don’t, or Didn’t, and then use

the main verb in its base form .

Examples

• He loves playing cards.

He doesn’t love playing cards.

• You gave her a diamond.

You didn’t give her a diamond.

• They wanted to go to the USA last year.

They didn’t want to go to the USA last year.

• I meet her in the park.

I don’t meet her in the park.

PRACTICE• He loved to play the guitar.

He didn’t love to play the guitar.

• She enjoys playing computer games.

She doesn’t enjoy playing computer games.

• He ate a lot of fruit.

He didn’t eat a lot of fruit.

• They attend classes often.

They don’t attend classes often.

• You sleep during tests .

You don’t sleep during tests.

One special reminder

• HAVE/HAS/HAD

is an auxiliary and

a main verb

When HAVE/HAS/HAD is an auxiliary

• I have seen the teacher .

I haven’t seen the teacher.

• The snow has stopped .

The snow hasn’t stopped.

But if HAVE/HAS/HAD is a main verb• I have three sisters .

I don’t have three sisters .

• She has a book and a note book . • She does not have …

• They had a nice time yesterday . • They did not have ….

Short Answers

• Saying ‘Yes, I do. / No, I don’t’ in English is more polite than just saying ‘Yes. / No.’ That’s why short answers are very commonly used.

• To form the short answer, you use the first word from the question. )This is either an auxiliary verb or a form of ‘be’.(

Examples :

Question Short answer Short answer

Do  we know him?

Yes, we do. No, we don’t.

Can she see me?

Yes, she can. No, she can’t.

Have they read the book?

Yes, they have. No, they haven’t.

Is he hungry? Yes, he is. No, he isn’t.

Homework • Exercise ) 1 ( P. 9

• Read the passage on page 9- 10 carefully and then write 20 new words with their meaning .