Negative Sentences: Present Simple and Present Continuous - Part 5

Put the words in the right order to make a sentence negative in the Present Simple or Present Continuous tense

They are playing the drums

play

doesn't

aren't

are

the

playing

drums

isn't

don't

playing

They

Rule: Present Simple or Present Continuous ShowHide

Present Simple

Things that happen again and again: habits, routines and facts.

I play football every Saturday.
She plays the piano.

he / she / it + -s: works, watches, goes
negative: don't / doesn't + verb: He doesn't eat meat.
question: Do / Does … ?: Do you like tea?

always · usually · often · sometimes · never · every day · on Mondays

Present Continuous

Things that are happening now, while you are speaking.

I am playing football now.
Look! She is dancing.

am / is / are + verb-ing: I am reading, they are running
negative: am not / isn't / aren't: He isn't sleeping.
question: Am / Is / Are … -ing?: Are you listening?

now · right now · at the moment · Look! · Listen!

Verbs like like, love, want and know usually stay in the Present Simple: I like pizza, not ~~I am liking pizza~~.

Forty-two sentences to make negative out of word tiles. A sentence can be in either tense: the Present Simple needs don't or doesn't, the Present Continuous am not, isn't or aren't. The tiles that do not fit are left over. Five come up in a random order every time you start.