Present Continuous Tense – Negative Statements
Let us now go to negative statements. What are negative statements? Negative is negation.
Now how do negative statements come? Look at the following for Present Continuous Tense.
I am going to the market.
I am not going to the market.
He is going to the market.
He is not going to the market.
They are going to the market.
They are not going to the market.
Exercise – 1
Read the following sentences thoroughly. All the sentences are in the above structure.
You are not dancing well.
I am not studying Maths.
They are not playing cricket.
We are not enjoying the party.
He is not listening to the lesson.
He is not teaching well.
He is not going to cinema.
They are not coming to the marriage.
He is not coming with me.
You are not watching the movie.
I am not shouting.
He is not giving money.
They are not helping the poor.
He is not bringing the flower.
She is not doing any work.
I am not hunting the animals.
It is not irritating me.
You are not observing.
They are not asking anything.
I am not joking.
The water is not overflowing.
They are not painting the walls.
Ravi is not kicking the ball.
He is not suffering from fever.
We are not visiting the temple.
Exercise – 2
Use the following clues and make sentences in the above structure.
She, not wash, clothes.
Our leaders, not develop, the country.
These plants, not flower.
You, not love, me.
I, not, divide, the children.
She, not clean, the room.
I, not chew, anything.
He, not follow, me.
The ice, not melt.
We, not punish, anybody.
He, not laugh.
I, not slap, him.
We, not construct, new house.
They, not pour, water.
He, not pay, money.
She, not accept, my proposal.
I, not pinch, you.
He, not touch, the flower.
They, not tease, you.
She, not speak, truth.
He, not draw, the pictures.
I, not warn, you.
You, not follow, me.
They, not murmer.
He, not ask, the question.
Exercise – 3
Use 10 verbs from the verbs list and make sentences in the above structure.