Level 01 – Step 07 : Regular Verbs Negative (I don’t cry. She doesn’t shout.)
/Level 01 – Step 07 : Regular Verbs Negative (I don’t cry. She doesn’t shout.)
🚪 Let’s Begin
/🚪 Let’s Begin
🦉Professor Owl: Today we learn how to make negative sentences with regular verbs in the present tense.
/🦉Professor Owl: Today we learn how to make negative sentences with regular verbs in the present tense.
🐧Igupen: Negative verbs? Like saying someone does not do something?
/🐧Igupen: Negative verbs? Like saying someone does not do something?
🦉Professor Owl: Yes.
/🦉Professor Owl: Yes.
We often use “do not” or “does not” to say the action does not happen.
/We often use “do not” or “does not” to say the action does not happen.
📚 Lesson
/📚 Lesson
What is the negative form of regular verbs in present simple?
/What is the negative form of regular verbs in present simple?
• For I / you / we / they use: do not + base verb → I do not cry.
/• For I / you / we / they use: do not + base verb → I do not cry.
• For he / she / it use: does not + base verb → She does not shout.
/• For he / she / it use: does not + base verb → She does not shout.
• In speaking and friendly writing use contractions: don’t for do not, doesn’t for does not.
/• In speaking and friendly writing use contractions: don’t for do not, doesn’t for does not.
Simple rules and how to make negatives
/Simple rules and how to make negatives
• Use do or does as a helper (auxiliary) for the negative, then the base verb: They don’t play. He doesn’t play.
/• Use do or does as a helper (auxiliary) for the negative, then the base verb: They don’t play. He doesn’t play.
• Use doesn’t with he / she / it even when the main verb normally adds -s: She sings → She doesn’t sing.
/• Use doesn’t with he / she / it even when the main verb normally adds -s: She sings → She doesn’t sing.
• For questions in the negative, put do/does before the subject: Don’t you like it? / Doesn’t he come?
/• For questions in the negative, put do/does before the subject: Don’t you like it? / Doesn’t he come?
🦉Professor Owl’s one-point tip
/🦉Professor Owl’s one-point tip
• First decide the subject (Who?), then choose do or does, and then add not + base verb.
/• First decide the subject (Who?), then choose do or does, and then add not + base verb.
Saying “She → does → not → verb” out loud helps.
/Saying “She → does → not → verb” out loud helps.
✍ Quick practice inside the lesson
/✍ Quick practice inside the lesson
1. Make negative: I cry. → I do not cry. / I don’t cry.
/1. Make negative: I cry. → I do not cry. / I don’t cry.
2. Make negative: He shouts. → He does not shout. / He doesn’t shout.
/2. Make negative: He shouts. → He does not shout. / He doesn’t shout.
🌼 Sample Sentences
/🌼 Sample Sentences
1. I don’t cry.
/1. I don’t cry.
2. You don’t eat candy now.
/2. You don’t eat candy now.
3. He doesn’t shout.
/3. He doesn’t shout.
4. She doesn’t like spiders.
/4. She doesn’t like spiders.
5. It doesn’t rain today.
/5. It doesn’t rain today.
6. We don’t watch that show.
/6. We don’t watch that show.
7. They don’t play in the rain.
/7. They don’t play in the rain.
8. My brother doesn’t finish his homework early.
/8. My brother doesn’t finish his homework early.
9. The cat doesn’t catch mice.
/9. The cat doesn’t catch mice.
10. Anna doesn’t speak loudly.
/10. Anna doesn’t speak loudly.
🎓 Practice exercises
/🎓 Practice exercises
Note: Think first, then check the answers.
/Note: Think first, then check the answers.
Q1: Change to negative: I play soccer.
/Q1: Change to negative: I play soccer.
Q2: Choose the correct sentence: He don’t run. / He doesn’t run.
/Q2: Choose the correct sentence: He don’t run. / He doesn’t run.
Q3: Write the contraction: They do not come here.
/Q3: Write the contraction: They do not come here.
Q4: Change to negative: She sings a song.
/Q4: Change to negative: She sings a song.
Q5: Make a negative question: You like ice cream. → ___ you like ice cream?
/Q5: Make a negative question: You like ice cream. → ___ you like ice cream?
Q6: Fill the blank: He ___ (not / eat) pizza.
/Q6: Fill the blank: He ___ (not / eat) pizza.
Q7: Change to negative: We read books.
/Q7: Change to negative: We read books.
Q8: Correct the sentence if needed: She doesn’t sings. (Is this correct?)
/Q8: Correct the sentence if needed: She doesn’t sings. (Is this correct?)
Q9: Make a sentence: Tom / (not / play) / now.
/Q9: Make a sentence: Tom / (not / play) / now.
Q10: Identify subject and negative helper: The dog doesn’t bark.
/Q10: Identify subject and negative helper: The dog doesn’t bark.
Answers A1: I do not play soccer. / I don’t play soccer.
/Answers A1: I do not play soccer. / I don’t play soccer.
A2: He doesn’t run.
/A2: He doesn’t run.
A3: They don’t come here.
/A3: They don’t come here.
A4: She does not sing a song. / She doesn’t sing a song.
/A4: She does not sing a song. / She doesn’t sing a song.
A5: Do you like ice cream? (Negative question: Don’t you like ice cream?)
/A5: Do you like ice cream? (Negative question: Don’t you like ice cream?)
A6: does not eat or doesn’t eat.
/A6: does not eat or doesn’t eat.
A7: We do not read books. / We don’t read books.
/A7: We do not read books. / We don’t read books.
A8: Incorrect. Correct: She doesn’t sing. (Use base verb after doesn’t.)
/A8: Incorrect. Correct: She doesn’t sing. (Use base verb after doesn’t.)
A9: Tom does not play now. / Tom doesn’t play now.
/A9: Tom does not play now. / Tom doesn’t play now.
A10: Subject: The dog; Negative helper: doesn’t.
/A10: Subject: The dog; Negative helper: doesn’t.
🦉 Closing
/🦉 Closing
🦉Professor Owl: Nice work.
/🦉Professor Owl: Nice work.
Using do/does + not with the base verb makes clear negative sentences.
/Using do/does + not with the base verb makes clear negative sentences.
🐧Igupen: I will practice changing positive sentences to negative ones every day.
/🐧Igupen: I will practice changing positive sentences to negative ones every day.
Try turning five sentences you say today into negative forms to get faster.
/Try turning five sentences you say today into negative forms to get faster.
