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2
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- He doesn't even know no one.
- My sister used to play.. um basketball.. but she doesn't no more.
- They don’t have nothin.
- But no-one didn’t answered.
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3
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- For example, "We're going to the park so since we're going to the
park I'll bring my bike," is a sentence that contains repeated
information.
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4
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- In speaking, many people use the word "ain't." In formal writing, however, this is
considered an inappropriate verb form.
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5
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- For example, in the sentence, "I ain't going to clean my
room," we can replace "ain't" with "am not."
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6
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- When the subject is singular the
verb must be plural
- When the subject is plural and the verb is singular.
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7
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- For example, in the sentence, "John eat vegetables," John, the
subject, is singular. Eat, the
verb, is plural. We can replace
"eat" with "eats."
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8
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- Irregular verbs can be tricky.
These verbs change form when in the past, or future tense. Many have to be joined with helping verbs. For a complete list of irregular
verbs, click
- HERE.
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9
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- We been having hamburgers for dinner.
- We be having hamburgers for dinner.
- We are having hamburgers for dinner.
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10
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- We been having hamburgers for dinner.
- We be having hamburgers for dinner.
- We are having hamburgers for dinner.
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11
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- I ain't got any money.
- I haven't got any money.
- I doesn't have any money.
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12
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- I ain't got any money.
- I haven't got no money.
- I don't have any money.
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13
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- We don't have any homework tonight.
- We don't got any homework tonight.
- We ain't got any homework tonight.
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14
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- We don't have any homework tonight.
- We don't got any homework tonight.
- We ain't got any homework tonight.
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15
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- I don't got practice today
- I do not has practice today.
- I do not have practice today.
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16
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- I don't got practice today
- I do not has practice today.
- I do not have practice today.
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- http://www.ecu.edu.au/ses/research/CALLR/AENG/what/rules/negative.htm
- Irregular Verbs
- English Grammar Quizzes
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