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Present Simple: negative

Form the negative of the Present Simple with the verb do + not + infinitive.

1 You We They	don't (do not)
He
She	doesn’t
It	(does not)

I don’t tive in the city.

She doesn’t work in the Office.

Notę that we do not add -s to the infinitive in the Present Simple negative.

can/can ’t

Con is a modal verb. We use modal verbs before other verbs.

The negative of can is cannot, but we usually use the short form can’t.

I

You He She It We You They

Modal verbs do not change their form after he, she ot it.

He can play the piano.

Use can and can’t to talk about ability. Use can to talk about things we are able to do, and can’t to talk about things that we are not able to do.

I can sing but I can’t dance.

Use can + you + infinitive to make requests - when we want someone else to do something.

Can you take a message?

Making suggestions

When we want to do something with another person we make suggestions.

Let’s + infinitive

Let’s meet outside the cinema ot ten to eight.

Why don^ft we + infinitive + ?

Why don^ft we have dinner this evening?

How about + noun + ?

How about lunch on Friday?

play, do, go + activities

Use play + noun for games, and for sports we usually do in teams, e.g. play football, Computer games.

Use do + noun for activities we can do alone (not in a team), e.g. do aerobics, yoga.

Use go with activity verbs that end in -ing, e.g. go swimming, running.

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Key vocabulary

Days of the week

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Activities

cook

dance

do aerobics/judo/yoga drive a car get a takeaway meal go for a walk

go running/sailing/shopping/skiing/swimming go to the cinema/a concert/the gym/a nightclub/ a football match/a bar have lunch/dinner (at a restaurant) listen to music/the news/the radio meet friends

play Computer games/football/tennis

play the guitar/piano

read a book/a magazine/a newspaper

ride a bike

see a film

sing

skateboard

sunbathe

swim

watch a DVD/a video/the TV

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