Topic 10

Topic 10       Simple Present Tense    (Ordinary verb) (Negative -)    

I        don’t     F1                               We

You    don’t   F1                                  You                    don’t F1

He

She    doesn’t  F1                                They

It

[He]                                                [I       /       We]

[She]     doesn’t F1                        [You  /        You]       don’t F1

[It]                                                                    [They]

In the negative expression of the ordinary verb in the simple present tense, you have to use auxiliary verbs ‘don’t / doesn’t’.  You use ‘doesn’t’ for the subjects that can be replaced by ‘He / She / It’.  For the subjects that can be replaced by ‘I / We / You / You/ They/’ , ‘don’t’ is used.  The auxiliary verbs ‘don’t / doesn’t’ are always followed by a root verb / F1.

[I] go swimming on Monday.

[I] don’t go swimming on Monday.

[You] sing every day.

[You] don’t sing every day.

[He] reads every day.

[He] doesn’t read every day.

[Mary] writes me a letter every week.

[She] doesn’t write me a letter every week.

[The dog] barks loudly every day.

[It] doesn’t bark loudly every day.

[We] talk a lot every day.

[We] don’t talk a lot every day.

[You and Hassan] play chess every day.

[You] don’t play chess every day.

[The children] shout loudly every day.

[They] don’t shout loudly every day.                                                                                          

                                                                                     

Topic 10

Exercise 36

Circle the correct answer.

1.  [John] (do      does) not eat a lot of vegetables.

2.  [I] (do     does) not like to eat sweets.

3.  [My grandmother] (do     does) not go to market every day.

4.  [Hassan and I]  (do        does) not play games every day.

5.  [My sister] (do       does) not eat fish every day.

6.  [You and Mark] (do       does) not listen to the radio every day.

7.  [The cat] (do      does) not drink a lot of water every day.

8.  [Sheila and her friends]  (do     does) not speak Chinese well.

9.  [Maria] (do   does) not help her parents every day.

10.  [Leelia and her parents] (do     does) not exercise every day.

Exercise 37

Fill in the blanks with ‘does’ or ‘do’

1.  [Tom] ____________ not blink his eyes all the time.

2.  [I] ___________ not wink my eyes.

3.  [Aminah] __________ not eat a lot of titbits.

4.  [John and his brother] _____________ not draw every day.

5.  [Hassan and I] ___________  not meet each other every day.

6.  [My dog] ___________ not look after the house every day.

7.  [The men] ___________ not work here every day.

8.  [You and Chia Chia]  ___________ not play chess every day.

9.  [My uncle] ____________ not keep a pet.

10. [Tien Peng] ___________ not read the newspapers every day.

11.  [The children] ___________not brush their teeth every morning.

12.  [Joe] ______________ not cut paper every day.