'I'm not hungry' - TO BE in the present






This lesson is about forms of verb 'to be' in negative sentences. We're still in the present.

Polish: Jest to lekcja poswięcona odmianie czasownika 'być' w czasie terazniejszym - przeczenia.


To make a negative sentence we have to add 'not' to the forms you've learnt about in the previous post. You can read that post HERE. 

The table shows all forms of 'to be' we're interested in today:





full forms





I am not a journalist.
You are not a very good teacher.
She is not  from Iceland.
He is not 30 (thirty) years old.
It is not a nice view.

We are not neighbours.
You are not fantastic parents.
They are not interested in foreign languages.



When we talk about somebody else we may use names
instead of personal pronouns (she, he, it, we, you, they):


Mowiąc o kimś lub o czymś, zamiast zaimków osobowych (ona, on, ono/to, my, wy, oni), możemy użyc imion lub nazw.


Tina is not a good driver. (Tina = she)
Marcus is not good at maths. (Marcus = he)
The dog is not hungry today. (the dog = it)
I and my parents are not well. (I and my parents = we)
Your new friends are not very polite! (your new friends = they)



In English informal language we can use short forms of verb 'to be' in negatives as well. We put an apostrophe instead of a letter we omit. 


W języku nieformalnym możemy używac skróconych form czasownika 'być' także w przeczeniach. W miejsce pominiętej litery wstawia sie apostrof.

shorter forms

I'm not 25 years old.
You're not patient at all.
She's not  from Mexico, she's from Brazil.
He's not a polite person.
It's not my bag!.

We're not suntanned.
You're not as old as you think.
They're not the best drivers in the world :).




proper short forms


I'm not your servant!

You aren't bad at drawing.

She isn't a vegetarian. She eats meat from time to time.
Susan isn't a painter.

He isn't my brother.
Rob isn't unemployed.

It isn't the best solution of our problem.
The baby isn't calm today.

We aren't interested in your life.
Gill and I aren't good friends.

You aren't my favourite students.
You, Mike and Mawgan aren't hard-working students.

They aren't hopeless at it!
Sam's granparents aren't keen on gardening.





For exercises click:  here

Kliknij w różowy link, aby przejść do ćwiczen.

And remember: practice makes perfect ;)

Ta-ra!

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