Grammar Level 1- Lesson Two- Negative Be Grammar
In this second grammar lesson, you learn about Negative Be grammar in English and how to use it in your English conversation and writing. Just follow the negative be examples and write them down a few times to learn them very well. After finishing this lesson, you should work on its quiz.
Grammar Recap
In our previous lesson, we covered the Be Present Tense If you just landed on this page, we suggest that you complete our previous lesson including its quizzes before continuing on this lesson.
Requirement Lessons
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Be Negative Present Tense
Subject + (be) + not
Singular
I am not
He is not
She is not
It is not
Plural
We are not
You are not
They are not
To see all forms of verb be, you can go to the Be Verb Forms in English page.
Be Negative Present Tense Examples
I am not a student.
I’m a teacher.
You are not a teacher.
You are a student.
He is not here.
He’s outside.
She is not happy.
She’s sad.
It is not a chair.
It’s a table.
We are not students.
We are a family.
You are not teachers.
You are students.
They are not students.
They are workers.
Practice and write. write
Be Negative Present Tense Contractions
I am not
I’m not
You are not
You aren’t
You’re not
He is not
He isn’t
He’s not
She is not
She isn’t
She’s not
It is not
It isn’t
It’s not
We are not
We aren’t
We’re not
You are not
You aren’t
You’re not
They are not
They aren’t
They’re not
The nonstandard form of the verb “be” in English is ain’t. We don’t recommend the use of “ain’t,” but it is used among native speakers.
I ain’t
You ain’t
He ain’t
She ain’t
It ain’t
We ain’t
You ain’t
They ain’t
He ain’t here. (He isn’t here.)
You ain’t gettin’ nothing. (You aren’t getting anything.)
This ain’t gonna work. (This isn’t going to work.)
The use of “ain’t” is not good English; however, many Americans use it, especially young people.
Quiz for Be Negative Present Tense
Now that you learned your new lesson, it is time to go to the Be Negative Grammar Quiz page and finish your quiz. While working on your quiz, you can always go back to its lesson to refresh your memory.
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Next Grammar Lesson
In our next lesson, we will cover the Be Questions Before moving to the next lesson, we suggest that you complete this lesson including its quizzes.
Related Grammar Lessons
More practice with the important verb Be comes in below lessons:
- English Grammar Be with Examples
- English Grammar Be Questions with examples
- English Grammar Be Past Tense with examples
- Be Past Tense Part 2 – There Was with examples
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