Simple Present – Negation of sentences in English – Exercise 1

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

1. They play volleyball every week. → They  volleyball every week.

2. John is nice. → John  nice.

3. This car makes a lot of noise. → This car  a lot of noise.

4. I like computer games. → I  computer games.

5. We are from Greece. → We  from Greece.

6. You wear pullovers. → You  pullovers.

7. They speak English. → They  English.

8. He watches TV. → He  TV.

9. I am from Spain. → I  from Spain.

10. Steve draws nice pictures. → Steve  nice pictures.

9. I am from Spain. → I  from Spain.