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Q Not, nobody, never etc. Make negative sentences.
! I read newspapers, [not) ....................

! I read newspapers, (never) . . ! .................

! Somebody spoke, [nobody) ..................................

1 My father eats meat, [never) ..............................................................
2 Peter likes jazz, (nof) .........................................................................
3 There's something to do in this town, [nothing) ................................
4 I understood everything, [nothing) ...................................................
5 Sally plays the piano, (nof) ................................................................
6 I go to the cinema, [hardly) ...............................................................

7 Something happened, [nothing) ......................................................
8 Somebody wants to talk to you. [nobody) .........................................
9 I've got some money, [no) ................................................................
10 I've got enough money, (nof) ...........................................................

Q Grammar in a text. Read the poem, and then write one yourself.

Just you wait and see Your poem
I’m getting older. I’m getting older.

There isn’t time to do everything. There isn’t time to do everything.
I can’t speak German I can’t ..................................................
or climb mountains. o r ..................................................
I can see I can see
I’m not going to be a ballet dancer I’m not going t o ..................................................
or an opera singer. o r ..................................................
I’ll never discover a new planet I’ll never..................................................

or run a two-hour marathon o r ..................................................
or write the novel of the century. o r ..................................................
But I’ll do something good. But I’ll ..................................................
Just you wait and see. Just you wait and see.

0 GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY. Make sure you know the words in the box, Use a dictionary if

necessary. Then read statements 1 -6 and correct the five that are wrong.

cat dinosaur elephant grizzly
bear hunt insect penguin \
spider tiger

! Penguins can fly. . : ...................

1 Adult grizzly bears can climb trees...................................
2 Elephants live for 50-70 years..........................................
3 Tigers live in Africa...........................................................

4 The first people hunted dinosaurs...................................
5 Spiders are insects...........................................................
6 Cats can see when there is no light..................................

Internet exercise. Get information from the internet (in English) about some of the animals
in Exercise 6, or about some other animals. Then write some negative information about the
animals, using can't, don't, aren't etc.

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