CONVERTA AS FRASES A SEGUIR PARA A FORMA NEGATIVA:
A. I AM TALKING ABOUT MOVIES
B. HE IS RUNNING BECAUSE HE IS IN A HURRY
C. THEY ARE READING A MAGAZINE
D. WE ARE WAITING FOR YOU
E. MY MOTHER IS PREPARING THE DINNER
PRECISO ENTREGAR AMANHÃ ME AJUDEM POR FAVOR
Respostas
Resposta:
A. I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT MOVIES
B. HE IS NOT RUNNING BECAUSE HE IS IN A HURRY
C. THEY ARE NOT READING A MAGAZINE
D. WE ARE NOT WAITING FOR YOU
E. MY MOTHER IS NOT PREPARING THE DINNER
Resposta:
A. I AM TALKING ABOUT MOVIES
I am not talking about movies.
B. HE IS RUNNING BECAUSE HE IS IN A HURRY
He is not running because he is in a hurry.
C. THEY ARE READING A MAGAZINE
They are not reading a magazine.
D. WE ARE WAITING FOR YOU
We aren't waiting for you.
E. MY MOTHER IS PREPARING THE DINNER
My mother isn't preparing the dinner.
Explicação:
A negativa de be no presente é feita apenas adicionando-se a palavrinha not. O not pode ser contraído com o verbo – nos casos de is e are– tanto na fala quanto na escrita. Quando IS e NOT se contraem, temos ISN’T; quando ARE e NOT se contraem, temos AREN’T. Já o AM não se contrai com o NOT.
E a forma contraída entre os pronomes-sujeito e as formas correspondentes do verbo to be, como I’m, you’re e he’s, continuam valendo para a negativa, que fica I’m not, You’re not, He’s not e assim por diante.