3.3 Negative Sentences: There isn't and There aren't
To make a negative sentence
change there is to...
there is not or there isn't.
change there are to...
there are not or there aren't.
change there is to...
there is not or there isn't.
change there are to...
there are not or there aren't.
Examples:
There is a dog in the car. There is not a dog in the car. or or
There's a dog in the car. There isn't a dog in the car.
There are dogs in the car. There are not dogs in the car.
or
There aren't dogs in the car.
There is a dog in the car. There is not a dog in the car. or or
There's a dog in the car. There isn't a dog in the car.
There are dogs in the car. There are not dogs in the car.
or
There aren't dogs in the car.
Activities
Pictures and fill in the blank: There isn't and there aren't
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Practice isn't and aren't
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What's missing?
- provide two pictures, nearly identical, but where some objects are missing from one of the pictures.
- Students look at the pictures.
- students make a list of objects that are missing from the second picture.
- students try to write sentences using "isn't" and "aren't" to describe which objects are missing from the picture.
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