Short forms: isn't · aren't · haven't · can't · won't · After don't / doesn't / didn't the verb is base form · Never two negatives: I don't know anything
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Be, can and will + not
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With be, can and other modal verbs, add not (or n't) after the verb. No do is needed.
subject+be / can + not+rest of the sentence
She isn't at home.
I can't swim.
She doesn't be at home.
She isn't at home.
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My parents at home now.
aren't Plural subject with be: aren't.
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We be late for the lesson.
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He doesn't at home now.
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Don't and doesn't
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In the present simple, use don't or doesn't before the base verb. After doesn't the verb has no -s.
subject+don't / doesn't+base verb
I don't like coffee.
She doesn't work on Sundays.
She doesn't works on Sundays.
She doesn't work on Sundays.
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We watch TV in the morning.
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Anna doesn't likes jazz.
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She eat meat.
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He doesn't a car.
have After doesn't the verb is in the base form: have.
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Didn't
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In the past simple, use didn't + base verb with every verb except be. The past is already in didn't.
subject+didn't+base verb
I didn't see him yesterday.
They didn't call me.
I didn't went to school.
I didn't go to school.
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He to the party.
didn't come Didn't + base form.
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She call me yesterday.
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We didn't saw the bus.
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Negatives with be and have
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In continuous and perfect tenses, put not after be or have: am not, isn't, haven't, wasn't, hadn't. Do not add do.
subject+be / have + not+-ing / past participle
I'm not working today.
She hasn't finished yet.
I don't working today.
I'm not working today.
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She doesn't reading now.
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I finished my homework.
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When we arrived, the film started.
hadn't Past perfect negative: had + not.
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No, any and never
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English uses one negative word per sentence: not … any / anything / anybody, or no / nobody / nothing / never on their own.
subject+don't + verb+any / anything / anybody
I don't have any money.
Nobody knows the answer.
I don't know nothing.
I don't know anything.
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I don't know nothing about it.
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I haven't got time.
any Haven't is already negative: any.
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She didn't say .
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I don't think …
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To say you think something is not true, put the negative in the first verb: I don't think … Not in the second clause.
I+don't think+clause
I don't think it's a good idea.
I don't believe he is at home.
I think it isn't a good idea.
I don't think it's a good idea.
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I not think he is right.
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I it will rain today.
don't think Negative in the first verb: don't think.