Luyện ngữ pháp - English Grammar for Academic Purposes (Chapter 1: Time and Action - Using Verbs))

- 4.3 Writing the Negative Form of Continuous Tense Verbs

IV. CONTINUOUS TENSE: EXPANSION AND EXERCISES

4. How to Write Continuous Verb Forms

4.3 Writing the Negative Form of Continuous Tense Verbs

To write the negative form of continuous tense verbs, simply insert 'not' between the helping verb 'BE' and the main verb ('ing' form). Nhập câu trả lời vào ô trống.

Examples
She is washing her car.
She is not washing her car.

Adverbs go between the verb ‘BE’ and ‘not + the main verb’.

Example
She is clearly not studying very hard.

Exercise: Write the negative form of the verb in parenthesis in the blank below.

1. Misaki _____ (buy, not) a new car.
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2. Jorge _____ (study, not) in the library.
Trả lời:

3. Tatiana and Zhara _____ (work, not) on the weekend.
Trả lời:

4. In court, the witness said that Amandeep _____ (driving, absolutely, not) too fast on the highway.
Trả lời:

5. Fumio _____ (BE, not) careful when he broke his arm while skiing.
Trả lời:

6. They _____ (get, not) married until next year.
Trả lời:

7. Malia _____ (pay, not) attention when she made the mistake on her test.
Trả lời:

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- I. VERBS: INTRODUCTION AND REVIEW

- 1. What do Verbs Do? Review of Verbs

- 2. Verb Forms: Participles, Gerunds and Infinitives

- II. INTRODUCTION: SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS VERB TENSES

- III. THE SIMPLE TENSE

- 1. Introduction

- 1.1 Writing the Simple Present Verb Tense

- 1.2 How do We Use the Simple Tense?

- 1.3 When do We Use the Simple and Continuous Tenses?

- 2. The Simple Tense and Time

- 3. The Simple Present Tense

- 3.1 Using the Verb BE for Descriptive Sentences in the Simple Present

- 3.2 Using the Verb BE in Making Yes/No Questions

- 3.3 Making Information Questions in the Simple Present Using the Verb BE

- 3.4 Making Information Questions in the Simple Present Using the Verbs Do/Does

- 3.4.1 Wh Questions

- 3.4.2 Making Information Questions with How

- 3.5 Writing the Negative of the Verb and Emphasizing the Positive with the Helping Verb Do/Does and Don’t/Doesn’t

- 3.6 Use of Adverbs of Frequency and Time Expressions

- 4. The Simple Past Tense

- 4.1 How do We Use the Simple Past Tense?

- 4.2 When do we use the Simple Past Tense?

- 4.3 How to Write Simple Past Tense

- 4.3.1 Spelling of Verbs When ‘-ed’ Is Added

- 4.3.2 Spelling of Irregular Verbs

- 4.3.3 Negative Form of Past Tense Verbs

- 5. The Simple Future Tense

- 5.1 How to Write the Simple Future Tense: Two Forms

- 5.2 Future in the Past

- 5.2.1 Differences between the Future Tense and the Future in the Past

- 5.2.2 How to Write the ‘Future in the Past’

- 5.2.3 Negative of ‘Future in the Past’

- 5.2.4 Questions with ‘Future in the Past’

- 5.2.5 Time Clauses with ‘Future in the Past’

- IV. CONTINUOUS TENSE: EXPANSION AND EXERCISES

- 1. Introduction

- 2. Compare: Simple and Continuous Verb Tenses

- 3. Using the Present Continuous Tense to Talk about the Future

- 4. How to Write Continuous Verb Forms

- 4.1 Adding Adverbs

- 4.2 Spelling of Verbs When ‘-ed’ and ‘-ing’ are Added

- 4.3 Writing the Negative Form of Continuous Tense Verbs

- 4.4 Making Questions with Continuous Tense Verbs

- 5. Past Continuous and Future Continuous

- 6. Writing Past, Present and Future Forms of the Continuous Tense

- 6.1 Making Questions Using the Continuous Verb Tense

- 7. Comparing Continuous and Simple Tense Verbs