Let’s practise! In French, the most common way to put a verb in the negative form is by using ne…pas. Watch out for the word order in the present tense: ne + verb+ pas. The same word order applies for ne…plus, ne…pas encore, ne…jamais, ne…rien…
1) Put the words in the right order!
a) John / jamais. / ne / ment
John ne ment jamais.
2) Translate to English!
a) Je ne mange pas de viande.
I don’t eat meat.
3) Translate to French!
a) I never watch TV.
Je ne regarde jamais la télé.
4) Put the following sentences in the negative form using the negative form into brackets!
a) Sophie et Ella travaillent beaucoup. (ne…pas)
Sophie et Ella ne travaillent pas beaucoup.
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