BASIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR STRUCTURES AND VOCABULARY

2. La forma negativa se expresa usando la palabra not. Normalmente formando las contracciones - ISN T o AREN T. Contraction on Pronoun and verb TOBE Im not Youre not Hes not Shes not Its not You arent He isnt She isnt It isnt

Forma Normal
I am not You are not He is not She is not It is not

Contraction on the verb + not

You are not

We are not They are not Hes not at school -

Youre not
Were not Theyre not John isnt

You arent
We arent They arent

EXERCISES Ex. 1. change to the Negative form of the verb TO BE .

1. The teacher ______ in the classroom now.

2. John and Mary _____ good friends. 3. The men ______ tired 4. Those vehicles______ slow-moving 5. Those weapons ______ powerful 6. Doctor Smith _____ busy right now.

7. 8. 9.

The train _____ ten minutes late. ______ John an undergraduate student. The instructors name _____ John Doe.

10. The instructors _____ in the staff-room.

Escuche, repita y aprenda:

Forma Normal Contraction on Pronoun and verb TOBE Contraction on the verb + not

Here -- aqu Here it is. Over here por aqu

There all There it is. Over there por all

Come over here.

I am not a pilot.

Go over there.
I m not a pilot.
John and Mary arent students

They are not students. Theyre not students. He is not here. They are not there. It is not a train. Hes not here. Theyre not there. Its not a train.

Bob isnt here. Jim and Ann arent there. It isnt a train.

Bob is not very well.

The students are not in the lab

Hes not very well.

Jos isnt very well

Theyre not in the lab. They arent in the lab.

Escuche, repita y aprenda estas preguntas y respuestas: Contraction on Contraction on Pregunta Pronoun and verb Affirmation the verb + not TOBE Its a pencil. Is this a pen? No, it isnt. Its not a pen.
Is that a tank? Are these books? No, it isnt. No, they arent. Its not a tank. Its a truck. Theyre not books. Theyre magazines.

Are those chairs?

No, they arent.

Theyre not chairs

Theyre tables