Present continuous negative

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Present continuous negative - exercise 3

Make negative answers in the present continuous.

Are your friends cooking now?
No, they are not cooking now.

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Is your dad eating a pizza? No, he a pizza. He is over there. Can you see the man with the beard?

Are you drinking milk now? No, I milk now. It's a banana milkshake.

Is it snowing in your country? It's quite warm today, so it at the moment.

Am I writing this exercise with you? No, you this exercise with me. And who are you, by the way?

Are your parents travelling these days? No, they these days. My mum and dad prefer staying at home.

Are you wearing a hat today? No, I a hat today. I have a new scarf. I'll show you.

Are your friends playing golf? Well, they are on the golf course, but they golf just now.

Is your sister building a house? And your brother? They a house, but they are trying to buy an apartment.

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Present continuous exercises for beginners and elementary learners of English as a second language.

Present continuous negative

We make negative forms of the present continuous tense by adding 'not' after the present simple forms of the verb 'to be'. We use full forms in formal English and short forms in informal English.

• Examples of full forms:

I am not doing my English homework now.
You are not playing very well today.
Derek is not sleeping anymore.
We are not staying at the same hotel this year.
Simon and Judith are not sitting on the bus.

• Examples of full forms:

I'm not doing my English homework now.
You aren't playing (You're not playing) very well today.
Derek isn't sleeping (He's not sleeping) anymore.
We aren't staying (We're not staying) at the same hotel this year.
Simon and Judith aren't sitting (They're not sitting) on the bus.

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