📝 Daily Practice
🎯 Lesson Goal
Learn how to use the present continuous tense in negative sentences. Practice saying what people are not doing now.
Apprenez à utiliser le présent continu pour faire des phrases négatives. Entraînez-vous à dire ce que les gens ne font pas maintenant.
🧠 Grammar Focus
We use not with the verb be + verb + ing to make negatives.
On utilise not avec le verbe be + verbe + ing pour former la négation.
Examples:
I am not eating.
You are not running.
He is not sleeping.
She is not watching TV.
They are not playing.
Ces exemples montrent comment construire des phrases négatives au présent continu en anglais.
📖 Short Reading
Anna is at home. She is not cooking now. Her brother is not playing outside. They are not watching a movie. Anna is reading a book. She is not listening to music. The house is quiet because no one is singing or dancing.
✏️ Exercise 1 – Fill in the Blanks
1. I ____ eating now. (am not / is not / are not)
2. She is ____ (not / no / don’t) watching TV.
3. They are ____ (not / no / doesn’t) playing football.
4. He ____ sleeping. (is not / are not / am not)
5. You are ____ (not / no / don’t) listening to music.
6. We ____ cooking now. (am not / is not / are not)
7. She is ____ (not / no / doesn’t) dancing.
8. I ____ playing outside. (am not / is not / are not)
🔗 Exercise 2 – Matching
1. I am not
2. She is not
3. They are not
4. He is not
5. We are not
6. You are not
✅ Exercise 3 – Multiple Choice
1. He ____ sleeping now.
2. They ____ playing football.
3. She ____ cooking dinner.
4. I ____ reading a book.
5. You ____ listening to music.
6. We ____ dancing now.
📝 Writing Practice
1. Write 3 sentences about what you are not doing now.
Écrivez 3 phrases sur ce que vous ne faites pas maintenant.
2. Write 3 sentences about what your friend is not doing now.
Écrivez 3 phrases sur ce que votre ami ne fait pas maintenant.
📚 Key Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| not |
no, negative non, négatif |
| cooking |
making food préparer de la nourriture |
| playing |
doing a game or sport jouer à un jeu ou sport |
| watching |
looking at something regarder quelque chose |
| reading |
looking at and understanding words regarder et comprendre des mots |
| listening |
hearing sounds carefully écouter attentivement des sons |
| dancing |
moving the body to music bouger le corps en musique |
| sleeping |
resting with eyes closed reposer les yeux fermés |
🔎 Answer Key
- exercise_1_fill_blanks: 1.am not 2.not 3.not 4.is not 5.not 6.are not 7.not 8.am not
- exercise_2_matching: 1.I am not – running 2.She is not – cooking 3.They are not – playing 4.He is not – sleeping 5.We are not – dancing 6.You are not – listening
- exercise_3_multiple_choice: 1.is not 2.are not 3.is not 4.am not 5.are not 6.are not
🤖 Besoin d’aide ?
If something is still unclear, you can ask the SFC Learning Assistant for simpler explanations, extra examples, or more practice.
Si quelque chose n’est pas encore clair, vous pouvez demander à l’assistant d’apprentissage SFC des explications plus simples, des exemples supplémentaires ou davantage d’exercices.