negative form
Present of "be"
full form
contracted form
am
not
not
I'm
you
are
not
you
aren't
he she it
he she it
is
not
isn't
we you they
we you they
aren't
are
not
Esercizio n. 1 : riordina le parole per scrivere frasi allaforma negativa. Riscrivi poi la frase sostituendo il nome con il pronome corrispettivo e utilizzando la contrazione del verbo.
is / from / James / London / not
Esempio:
James is not from London.
He isn't from London.
is / not / Dylan / shy friends / and / not / are / Amy / I Tina / 13 / not / is / old / years not / are / his / they / keys sad / am / I / not good / a / not / Alice / is / student not / we / today / school / at / are
Dylan is not shy. He isn't shy. Amy and I are not friends. We aren't friends. Tina is not 13 years old. She isn't 13 years old. They are not his keys. They aren't his keys. I am not sad. I'm not sad. Alice is not a good student. She isn't a good student. We are not at school today. We aren't at school today.
Nella traduzione usa forme contratte.
Dylan is not shy. E' amichevole. Amy and I are not friends. Siamo nemiche. Tina is not 13 years old. Ha 12 anni. They are not his keys. Sono le sue (di lei) chiavi. I am not sad. Sono felice. Alice is not a good student. E' una pessima studentessa. We are not at school today. Oggi siamo al parco.
Dylan is not shy. He's friendly. Amy and I are not friends. We're enemies. Tina is not 13 years old. She's 12. They are not his keys. They're her keys. I am not sad. I'm not sad. Alice is not a good student. She's a bad student. We are not at school today. We're at the park today.
Esercizio n. 2 : usa il verbo "be" e le parole date per scrivere frasi affermative e frasi negative.
Esempio:
Lisa / a teacher
forma contratta
forma intera
She's a teacher.
Lisa is a teacher.
She isn't a teacher.
She is not a teacher.
We / Spanish Emily / friendly The students / rude Maths / difficult I / in your class You and Karl / from Paris Action films / boring! George / at the bus stop
We are Spanish; we aren't Spanish Emily is friendly; she isn't friendly. The students are rude; they aren't rude. Maths is difficult; it isn't difficult. I am in your class; I'm not in your class. You and Karl are from Paris; You aren't from Paris. Action films are boring! They aren't boring! George is at the bus stop; George isn't at the bus stop.