Practice Makes Perfect

do not
 or 
does not
 and once using the contraction 
don’t
 or 
doesn’t
.
1. My husband snores every night. 
2. I believe your story about the giant monkeys. 
3. Nancy and Yvan collect coins. 
4. She speaks several foreign languages. 
5. It dislikes fish. 
6. Ron swears and yells in class. 
7. Sara sells sewing machines. 
8. I trust you. 
9. We eat meat. 
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The Simple Present Tense: Negative Form 
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EXERCISE
Use your dictionary to find the meaning of the following verbs and vocabulary words needed 
for this exercise before you begin. Write the words in your language in the space provided.
to bother 
to study 
to gossip 
to travel 
to live 
to listen 
to smell 
to cook 
to learn 
to cough 
to know 
to laugh 
to hurt 
to belong 
to iron 
to forgive 
to deserve
to feed 
to sneeze 
to write 
stray 
office 
coffee 
ponytail 
hard 
clothes 
towel 
alone 
well 
cotton candy
pancake 
cockroach
Complete the following sentences using the contraction 
don’t
 or 
doesn’t
 to create the negative form of the 
simple present tense.
1. It work well.
2. We feed the stray cats.
3. I dream a lot.
4. Mark want pancakes for breakfast.
5. I iron my clothes.
6. It bother me.
7. She write to Bob.
8. I cook every night.
9. He listen to me.
10. I travel alone.
11. She know you.
12. It hurt.
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English
13. You deserve that.
14. They like cockroaches.
15. Roger want cotton candy.
16. I owe you money.
17. She sneeze all the time.
18. You drink coffee.
19. It smell good.
20. He cough at night.
21. My dog snore.
22. You laugh a lot.
23. He study very hard.
24. Betty gossip in the office.
25. I forgive you.
26. They learn a lot in class.
27. Glenn live here.
28. It belong to you.
29. I need a towel.
30. Latonya want a ponytail in her hair.
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