Simple Present – Negation of sentences in English – Exercise 2

Negate the first sentence in each task. Write the negation of the phrases in bold into the correct gaps. You can use long or short/contracted forms of the auxiliaries.

1. She feeds the animals. → She  the animals.

2. We take photos. → We  photos.

3. Sandy does the housework every Thursday. → Sandy  the housework every Thursday.

4. The boys have two rabbits. → The boys  two rabbits.

5. Simon can read English books. → Simon  English books.

6. He listens to the radio every evening. → He  the radio every evening.

7. Anne is the best singer of our school. → Anne  the best singer of our school.

8. The children are at home. → The children  at home.

9. The dog runs after the cat. → The dog  the cat.

10. Lessons always finish at 3 o'clock. → Lessons  at 3 o'clock.