Learn English Online - free beginner's course - Unit 3

Lesson 12 - The Present Simple Negative - "I don't."

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Remember It

The verb to do- Read this

We use the Present Simple tense to talk about regular or permanent actions.

Learn It

The Present Simple - "don't" = do not | "doesn't" = does not

In the third person (he, she, it) form, the negative form of the verb to do takes an s. For example:-

I/we/you/they	do not	do not have	do not read	do not like	do not eat	do not drink
I/we/you/they	don't	don't have	don't read	don't like	don't eat	don't drink
He/she/it	does not	does not have	does not read	does not like	does not eat	does not drink
He/she/it	doesn't	doesn't have	doesn't read	doesn't like	doesn't eat	doesn't drink

Things Mr Bean does and doesn't do on Saturday mornings.

		On Saturday Mr Bean doesn't wake up at 6.00 am. He wakes up at 8.00 am.
		He doesn't get up at 6.15 am. He gets up at 9.00 am.
		He doesn't go to the office. He goes to the bathroom.
		He doesn't have a shower. He has a bath.
		After his bath, he doesn't have a cup of coffee. He has a shave and brushes his teeth.
		He doesn't eat breakfast at about 7.00 am. He eats breakfast at about 10.00 am.
		After breakfast he doesn't read the newspaper. He goes for a run.
		After his run he doesn't go to work. He usually visits his friends.

Thanks to Sam for the correction.

Test It

Test the present simple negative - fill in the gaps using the verbs given - Write It!

Practise It

On the Forum - Tell me something you don't do.

For homework read and do the exercises in Essential Grammar in Use (Unit 6 - Pages 20 and 21 - All the exercises - answers on page 266)

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