Exercise: negatives in present continuous.

Write the negative form of present continuous using the infinitive in brackets. You can use full or contracted forms of the verb.

Example:
You            to the shops today. (not go)

Answers:
You are not going     to the shops today.
or,
You 're not going     to the shops today.
or,
You aren 't going     to the shops today.

1) You my pen. (not use)

2) I the washing up right now. (not do)

3) Listen, he the guitar. (not play)

4) She a coffee at this very moment. (not have)

5) It this afternoon. (not snow)

6) They married. (not get)

7) They train now. (not leave)

8) He the windows. (not shut)

9) I the car to the garage. (not take)

10) Oh dear, he the race now. (not win)

 

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