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Q Choose one verb to make each sentence negative.
► It very 0ften jn san Francisco, {snow, sing, play)

1 I like football, but I ..................................cricket at all. {think, like, remember)

2 She lives in Japan, but she................................... a word of Japanese, {sing, work, speak)
3 I'm sorry - I ..................................your name, {eat, remember, work)
4 He works in New York, but I ................................... what he does, {know, use, come)
5 Mary's really tired, but she................................... to go to bed. {help, want, walk)
6 We................................... a big flat - just one bedroom, {work, play, want)
7 Phil..................................very hard, but he makes a lot of money, {work, stand, stop)
8 Gemma's parents..................................I'm the right man for their daughter, {write, read, think)

Q GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY: games
Look at the table, and write five or more sentences like this:

Aia^ia, p lo y s tevcvdis., butt she doesn't plfluj c-ards.

# X !■£B

J
tennis football rugby basketball baseball chess cards hockey badminton

Ann / X X / X X X X /

Pete X / X X X / / X X

Joe / X / / X X / / /

Sarah X / X X / / X X X

^ What games do you play? And what games do you not play?

NOTE: one negative word is enough (see page 115).
Nobody understands me. (NOT Nobody doesn't understand-me-)
She never phones me. (NOT She doesn't never phone me:)

In some answers, both contracted forms (for example I'm, don't) and full PRESENT TENSES 19
forms (for example lam, do not) are possible. Normally both are correct.