The ESL Teacher Kenn Podcast

hello students this is teacher Kenn

on today's episode of Intermediate English

for work and travel

we'll go over the correct negative forms

when we have two actions within the same sentence

Lesson 13 Box A3

and Exercise 7 are on pages

133 and 134 of our English sentence structure book

PDF pages 146 and 147

let's jump right into it

so we are familiar with using didn't to give a negative

idea for the first action

George promised to go

would become George didn't promise to go

the problem however

comes when the negation is aimed towards the second

action

if what I am trying to negate is

not the action of promising

but the one of going

we would say George promised not to go

negations on second actions are much simpler

than on first ones

we just have to add not before the to

the usual mistake is we say "George promised didn't go"

or "George promised didn't going"

so let's read the sentences within box A3

repeat after me

George promised to go

John didn't promise to go

Mary promised not to go

very well

let's go to the next page and focus on exercise 7

we're going to do a small variation so we can

practice both negative structures

after I say the affirmative sentence

I'll give you a moment to say both negative forms

starting with didn't for the first action

and then using not to in the second sentence

for the second action

after you say them

I'll say them myself so you can check your answers

make sure you repeat the negative statements after me

to correct any mistakes and reaffirm the correct form

let's start with the examples

John promised to go

Mary didn't promise to go

Mary promised not to go

John prefers to go

Mary doesn't prefer to go

Mary prefers not to go

John promised to talk

Mary didn't promise to talk

Mary promised not to talk

No.2

John tried to speak loudly

Mary didn't try to speak loudly

Mary tried not to speak loudly

John is planning to go

Mary isn't planning to go

Mary is planning not to go

John tried to laugh

Mary didn't try to laugh

Mary tried not to laugh

John must promise to do it again

Mary must not promise to do it again

Mary must promise not to do it again

John prefers to answer

Mary doesn't prefer to answer

Mary prefers not to answer

John is planning to go

Mary isn't planning to go

Mary is planning not to go

No.8

John expected to go

Mary didn't expect to go

Mary expected not to go

John hopes to take a vacation

Mary doesn't hope to take a vacation

Mary hopes not to take a vacation

John should try to take a nap every afternoon

Mary shouldn't try to take a nap every afternoon

Mary should try not to take a nap every afternoon

John tried to be early

Mary didn't try to be early

Mary tried not to be early

No.12

John hopes to work hard

Mary doesn't hope to work hard

Mary hopes not to work hard

John is trying to sleep

Mary isn't trying to sleep

Mary is trying not to sleep

John decided to study

Mary didn't decide to study

Mary decided not to study

John promised to sing

Mary didn't promise to sing

Mary promised not to sing

very good

from now on

you should be able to use negative statements

more accurately

for extra practice

you can check our English Structure Practices book

on Lesson 13

Exercises 3 and four

pages 186 and 187

that's PDF pages 512 and 513

remember that repetition is imperative to memorization

and internalization

go over this lesson at least 3 times this week

to improve your structure

until next time remember that English is easy

you just need to practice

see you next class