Negative imperatives: Change the Picture to a Command Board Race

(TESOL Worksheets--Negatives, Imperatives)
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Negative Imperatives Scrambled Sentences Board Race

(TESOL Worksheets--Negatives, Imperatives)
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[Note: Some of the sentences come from English World 2]

Ain't Slideshow

(Movie slideshow Grammar Sections--Negative Verbs, Present Simple)

Taken from Robin Hood -- Part 8

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Don't Doesn't Slideshow

(Movie slideshow Grammar Sections--Negative Verbs, Present Simple, 3rd Person Singular S)

Taken from The Emperor's New Groove -- Part 23

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You Don't Own Me by Lesley Gore--Song for Negative Verb Formation

(TESOL Worksheets--Negative Verbs)

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 [Use to review negative verb formation.  First hand out sheet where students practice forming negative verbs.  Go over as a class and write the correct negative forms on the board.  Hand out song sheet for "You Don't Own Me" by Lesley Gore.  Students have to listen to the song and write in the correct words in the blank (all examples of negative verbs.)  For lower level students, I usually play the song twice, and the second time I inform them that all the words they'll need are already on the board.]

Look at the sentences, and in each blank write in the negative form of the verb.

Say	you love me.

Tell	me how you feel.

Put	the baby down.

Try	to eat this food.

I	own	a dog.

I	can go	to the movies.

I'm	a teacher.

Tie	your shoe.

Next, listen to the song and write in the missing verbs. 

You ___________ me

___________ just one of your many toys

You ___________ me

___________ I ___________with other boys

And ___________ me what to do

___________ me what to say

And please, when I go out with you

___________me on display 'cause

You ___________me

___________to change me in any way

You ___________ me

___________ me down 'cause I'd never stay

I ___________you what to say

I ___________ you what to do

So just let me be myself

That's all I ask of you

I'm young and I love to be young

I'm free and I love to be free

To live my life the way I want

To say and do whatever I please

And ___________me what to do

Oh, ___________me what to say

And please, when I go out with you

___________me on display

I ___________you what to say

Oh, ___________you what to do

So just let me be myself

That's all I ask of you

I'm young and I love to be young

I'm free and I love to be free

To live

Answers

You don't own me

I'm not just one of your many toys

You don't own me

Don't say I can't go with other boys

And don't tell me what to do

Don't tell me what to say

And please, when I go out with you

Don't put me on display 'cause

You don't own me

Don't try to change me in any way

You don't own me

Don't tie me down 'cause I'd never stay

I don't tell you what to say

I don't tell you what to do

So just let me be myself

That's all I ask of you

I'm young and I love to be young

I'm free and I love to be free

To live my life the way I want

To say and do whatever I please

And don't tell me what to do

Oh, don't tell me what to say

And please, when I go out with you

Don't put me on display

I don't tell you what to say

Oh, don't tell you what to do

So just let me be myself

That's all I ask of you

I'm young and I love to be young

I'm free and I love to be free

To live

Forming Negative Verbs

(TESOL Worksheets--Negative Verbs)
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[A standard focus on form sheet.  Perhaps a little bit pedantic, but the assumption is that if I was going to do a boring  focus on form lesson, than the least I could do was make it more interactive instead of just giving the students the structure.]

Forming Negative Verbs

Directions: Put the words below into the appropriate box.  Some words you will use more than once.

am, are, auxiliary verb, base form of the verb (V1), be verb (past tense), be verb (present tense), did, do, does, have, has is, not, main verb, past participle (V3), verb-ing, was, were

In English, affirmative sentence statements are formed in the following way:

subject

Verb

However negative sentences are formed like this:

subject

There are many different auxiliary verbs:  From the box above, fill in 10 of them.

Auxiliary Verbs (10)

Present Tense

Examples: eat

do not eat, does not eat

Past Simple:

Examples: ate

did not eat

Present Perfect Simple:

have eaten, has eaten

have not eaten, has not eaten

Present continuous

am eating, are eating, is eating

am not eating, are not eating, is not eating

Past Continuous

was eating, were eating

was not eating, were not eating

  

Present Perfect Continuous

have been eating, has been eating

have not been eating, has not been eating

Present Simple Passive

am eaten, are eaten, is eaten

am not eaten, are not eaten, is not eaten

Past Simple Passive

was eaten, were eaten

was not eaten, were not eaten

Answers: Forming Negative Verbs

Directions: Put the words below into the appropriate box.  Some words you will use more than once.

am, are, auxiliary verb, base form of the verb (V1), be verb (past tense), be verb (present tense), did, do, does, have, has is, not, main verb, past participle (V3), verb-ing, was, were

In English, affirmative sentence statements are formed in the following way:

subject

Verb

However negative sentences are formed like this:

subject

auxiliary verb

not

verb

There are many different auxiliary verbs:  From the box above, fill in 10 of them.

Auxiliary Verbs (10)
do	does	did
am	is	are
was	were	have	has

Present Tense

Examples: eat

do not eat, does not eat

do	not	V1
does

Past Simple:

Examples: ate

did not eat

did

not

V1

Present Perfect Simple:

have eaten, has eaten

have not eaten, has not eaten

have	not	V3
has

Present continuous

am eating, are eating, is eating

am not eating, are not eating, is not eating

be verb (present tense)			not	V+ing
am	is	are

Past Continuous

was eating, were eating

was not eating, were not eating

  

be verb (past tense)		not	V+ing
was	were

Present Perfect Continuous

have been eating, has been eating

have not been eating, has not been eating

have	not	been	V+ing
has

Present Simple Passive

am eaten, are eaten, is eaten

am not eaten, are not eaten, is not eaten

be verb (present tense)			not	V3
am	is	are

Past Simple Passive

was eaten, were eaten

was not eaten, were not eaten

be verb (past tense)		not	V3
was	were