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English for Communication | Alvin Bersamin

C. Negative form
1. (I) am not + _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

(You / They / We) are not + _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
(He / She) is not + _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

EXAMPLE:

I am not a Manager.

You are not the students at Little Angels Learning School.

She is not the General Manager.

2. (I / We / They) do not + V1 + _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
(He / She) does not + V1 + _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

EXAMPLE:

We do not work for RMUTP.

He does not sell a mobile phone.

EXERCISE

A. Complete the story

Swatch Watch

Nicolas Hayes ____ (be) the founder and President of SMH. SMH ___
(be) a Swiss watch manufacturer. The head office ___ (be) in Zurich,

Switzerland, and a large, modern factory in Ganges, France. It ________
(employ) 14,000 people. These ____ (be) twelve companies in the group,
including Tissot, Omega, and Swatch.

The company’s most famous product is the Swatch watch. A new
collection _____ (come) out twice a year with forty new designs. SMH _____
(sell) ten million Swatch a year. Nicolas Hayes ___ (be) now sixty-five
years old. One day he _____ (hope) to produce the Swatch car. In his free
time, he _____ (play) a lot of tennis with his friend Jean–Paul Belmondo,
the French actor.

(Adapted from Business Basic by David Grant and Robert Mc Larty, P16)

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