Demystifying English

Negation A, B, C (Optional)

You have already learned this lesson. Here you learned it in a different way, and you learn how to tame scary stuffs.
Learn how to be lazy and bold and cut your work-load.

What happen if we combine 5 tables you have already learned: DO, HAVE, BE, Tenses and Modal/Auxiliaries.
How do you cut? Click "Cut".

	Present	Past	Future
1S	I have a bicycle.	I had a bicycle.	I will have a bicycle.
1P	We have a bicycle.	We had a bicycle.	We will have a bicycle.
2S	You have a bicycle.	You had a bicycle.	You will have a bicycle.
2P	You have a bicycle.	You had a bicycle.	You will have a bicycle.
3S	She has a bicycle.	She had a bicycle.	She will have a bicycle.
3S	He has a bicycle.	He had a bicycle.	He will have a bicycle.
3S	It has a bicycle.	It had a bicycle.	It will have a bicycle.
3P	They have a bicycle.	They had a bicycle.	They will have a bicycle.
1S	I do homework.	I did homework.	I will do homework .
1P	We do homework.	We did homework.	We will do homework.
2S	You do homework.	You did homework.	You will do homework.
2P	You do homework.	You did homework.	You will do homework.
3S	She does homework.	She did homework.	She will do homework.
3S	He does homework.	He did homework.	He will do homework.
3S	It does homework.	It did homework.	It will do homework.
3P	They do homework.	They did homework.	They will do homework.
1S	I am a worker.	I was a worker.	I shall be a worker.
1P	We are workers.	We were workers.	We will be workers.
2S	You are a worker.	You were a worker.	You will be a worker.
2P	You are workers.	You were workers.	You will be workers.
3S	She is a worker. He is a worker.	She was a worker. He was a worker.	She will be a worker. He will be a worker
3S	It is a machine.	It was a machine.	It will be a machine.
3P	They are workers.	They were workers.	They will be workers.
Simple	He plays tennis.	He played tennis.	He will play tennis.
Continuous	He is playing tennis.	He was playing tennis.	He will be playing tennis.
Perfect	He has played tennis.	He had played tennis.	He will have played tennis.
Perfect Continuous	He has been playing tennis.	He had been playing tennis.	He will have been playing tennis.
...	I shall go.	..	..
...	I should go.	..	..
...	I will go.	..	..
...	I would go.	..	..
...	I can go.	..	..
...	I could go.	..	..
...	I may go.	..	..
...	I might go.	..	..
...	I must go.	..	..

Group A

Just add not after the first element of the verb group.
He will come. ==> He will not come.
She can come. ==> She can not come.

Group B

The same method.
I am a worker. ==> I am not a worker.
They were workers. ==> They were not workers.
He is coming. ==> He is not coming.

Group C

Just the same.
He has played tennis. ==> He has not played tennis.
He has been playing tennis. ==> He has not been playing tennis.

Group D

Click "Cut" to see. Group D.
Here, DO and HAVE act as main verbs.
We'll do it in next lesson.

Download This Lesson

PC/Web version

Phone/Mobile version