VWO 4 Of Course unit 1 lesson 3 (2) (2324)

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VWO 4 Of Course unit 1 lesson 3

Today

Class work

• Grammar explanation
• Expressions 
  
  

Independent work

• Continue 'lesson 3'
  

Lesson objectives

• I know how to make negations in English. 
• I know what the 'expressions' section entails and how to study this for the test. 
• I have continued working on my week task

Making negations

When making negations in English you have three options: 

1. there is one verb in the sentence and this is not a form of 'to be' 
2. there is one verb in the sentence and this is a form of 'to be' 
3. there is more than one verb in the sentence 

Making negations

1. there is one verb in the sentence and this is not a form of 'to be'

• sentences in simple present 
• I walk to school.                - I don't walk to school.
• She walks to school.         - She doesn't walk to school.
• sentences in simple past  
• You walked to school.     - You didn't walk to school.
• He walked to school.       - He didn't walk to school.

don't/doesn't

Since there is only one verb in the sentence, and you need two, you need to add 'don't' or 'doesn't' before your verb to make it into a negation.

'don't' is used with all subjects except third person singular

'doesn't' is used with third person singular (he/she/it) 

after 'don't/doesn't' comes the complete verb 

didn't

Since there is only one verb in the sentence, and you need two, you need to add 'didn't' in front of your verb to turn it into a negation. 

after 'didn't' comes the complete verb 

Making negations

2. there is one verb in the sentence and this is a form of 'to be' 

• make a negation by using 'am not', 'is not' and 'are not' in the present tense and 'was not' and 'were not' in the past tense. 
• I am a teacher.      - I am not a teacher.
• She was late.         - She was not late.
• You were nice.      - You were not nice. 

Making negations

3, there is more than one verb in the sentence  

• make a negation by adding 'not' to the first verb. The rest of the sentence stays the same. 
• You have been complainig all day.     - You haven't been complaining...
• They are talking to each other.            - They aren't talking ... 
• She will be late!                                      - She won't be late. 

Making negations

Let's practise.

Turn the following sentences into negations. 

Karin played volleyball yesterday.

There will be rain in the South tomorrow.

Mel speaks German.

We are writing a test.

I had seen him.

Making negations

Any questions about how to make negations? 

Expressions

• Phrases you need to study for the test
• You will get sentences such as in exercise 4 (p 26) and you will have to write complete, correct English sentences. 
• On Quizlet you can find a list of expressions including their translations.  

What to do? 

• Follow week task
  (see Magister.learn) 

Today...

... we talked about the three ways to make negations in English. 

... you had time to continue with your week task. 

Next class...

... final class to work on week task.

... time to study and do the Test Yourself.

Have a nice weekend!