New language: Present simple negative. Vocabulary: daily activities New skill: saying what you don’t do Add do not or does not before most verbs in English to make them negative. This is often shortened to don’t or doesn’t. Key language: Present simple Negative: Examples: I work outside/ I do not work outside. He works inside/ He does not work inside You do not have a laptop He doesn’t live in Los Angeles We do not start work at 8 am The house doesn’t have a backyard How to form present simple negative: I/We/You/They/ do not work outside He/She/ it does not work outside Examples: She doesn’t go to the gym on Weekends The dog doesn’t eat fish Theo doesn’t go to the park with us Claire doesn’t watch TV in the morning Pierina doesn’t play football anymore Contractions: You don’t play soccer We don’t want that cake She doesn’t speak English He doesn’t live near here You don’t work in the ci...
New language: Negative with to be Vocabulary: not New skill: saying what things are not You make a sentence negative by using not or its short form n’t. Negative sentences with the verb to be have different rules than negative with other verbs. Key language: add not to the verb to be to make the sentence negative. Examples: I am a farmer I am not a farmer I am a doctor I am not a doctor He is not an adult It is not five o clock They are not engineers We are not actors This is not a pig That is not my bag How to form negative with the verb to be Subject + verb + not + rest of the sentence: I am not a doctor You are not a scientist She is not a nurse He is not a physician It is not a cat We are not students You are not a secretaries They are not a teachers Examples: Jack is not a gardener She is not my sister He is not my friend That is not her car I’m not 25 years old ...