Learn English Online - free beginner's course - Unit 2

Lesson 8 - Present Continuous - Negative

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Remember It

The verb to be - Read this

Present Continuous

Present continuous form=am/is/are + verb + ing (something is happening NOW)

You can use the short forms.

Learn It

In the negative=add not after am/is/are (something is not happening NOW).

I'm not ......ing. | He/she/it isn't .....ing. | You/we/they aren't .....ing.

	"I'm not sitting. I'm standing."
	"He's not (he isn't) standing. He's sitting."
	"She's not (she isn't) running. She's walking."
	"It's not (it isn't) walking. It's running. "
	"They're not (they aren't) working. They're playing. "
	"We're not (we aren't) watching television. We're surfing the Net."

Opposites
	stand		sit
	walk		run
	play		work

Spelling Tip:

Using a dictionary

Dictionaries come in many sizes and kinds. Small dictionaries are called pocket or compact, larger dictionaries are often called shorter and very large dictionaries are often called greater.

Small dictionaries are useful for finding everyday spellings and meanings. Some dictionaries have pictures to show the meanings of words. They are good for checking words that can be confused:-

In a dictionary after the word they tell you what kind of word it is in italics:-

Test It

Try testing your use of positive and negative in the continuous form. Test It

Practise It

On the Forum - tell me something you aren't doing.

For homework read and do the exercises in Essential Grammar in Use (Unit 4 - Pages 16 and 17 Part C - Exercise 4.4 - answers on page 266.)

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