Negative sentence

Lesson 14

He is not here.
He isn’t here.
I cannot help you.
I can’t help you.
She is not sleeping.
She isn’t sleeping.

 

When we say a negative sentence, we put the word not after the first verb in a sentence. We do it for the verbs to be and can and also for the present continuous. When we speak, we often use short forms.

 

I do not cook.
I don’t cook.
She does not cook.
She doesn’t cook.

 

In the present simple we use don’t or doesn’t, when we say a negative sentence.
Examples

It isn’t a good day. I don’t know what to do. He can’t help me.

You can see more examples in the book Robinson Crusoe.


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