Simple Present – Negation of sentences in English – Exercise 3

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

1. The girls are outside. → The girls  outside.

2. She knows the answer. → She the answer.

3. We live in a small house. → We in a small house.

4. I have coffee for breakfast. → I coffee for breakfast.

5. Water boils at 90°C. → Water at 90°C.

6. My brothers work in a café. → My brothers in a café.

7. Marie and Helen do judo. → Marie and Helen judo.

8. The dog always barks. → The dog .

9. I remember Bill quite well. → I Bill quite well.

10. Kate can sing alone. → Kate alone.