Present Progressive – Negations – Short/contracted forms – Exercise 1

Task No. 4067

Put in the verb in brackets into the gap and form negative sentences in Present Progressive.

Use short/contracted forms of the auxiliaries only.

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Example:

She   magazines. (not/to read)

Answer:

She isn't reading magazines. or
She's not reading magazines.

  1. They questions. (not/to ask)
  2. Nick to the gym. (not/to go)
  3. I the door. (not/to open)
  4. He jokes. (not/to tell)
  5. The baby now. (not/to cry)
  6. We a farm. (not/to visit)
  7. They the phone. (not/to answer)
  8. She hamburgers. (not/to eat)
  9. He at the bus stop. (not/to wait)
  10. Look at the rabbit. It over the fence. (not/to climb)