Saying what you don’t do: �Using the negative ‘no’
Nick Avery / Emma Marsden / Rachel Hawkes
In Spanish, to say what you don’t do or what there isn’t, put ‘no’ before the verb. This makes a negative.
Compare:
Hablo alemán
No hablo alemán
This works for any verb, any person and any tense (present, past, and future!)
🡪 I speak German
🡪 I don’t speak German
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Rachel Hawkes
Read 10 sentences that Elena wrote about her usual holidays.
In some, she says what she does. In others, she says what she doesn’t do.
Decide if the statements on the right are true or false.
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Elena reads books.
She visits her family.
She doesn’t look after her dog.
She doesn’t go to the beach.
She doesn’t spend time at home.
She learns a language.
She doesn’t sunbathe.
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She listens to jazz music.
She sleeps a lot.
She goes out with friends.
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1. Leo libros.
2. No visito a mi familia.
3. No cuido al perro.
4. Voy a la playa.
5. Paso tiempo en casa.
6. Aprendo un idioma.
7. No tomo el sol.
8. No escucho música jazz
9. Duermo mucho.
10. No salgo con amigos.
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| True | False | Surprising? |
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Listen and decide what Ana does and doesn’t do during the holidays.
Tick true or false.
Ana doesn’t read books.
She listens to heavy metal.
She goes to the beach.
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She learns Chinese.
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She doesn’t look after her dog.
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She goes out with friends.
She plays the electric guitar.
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She doesn’t visit her boyfriend.
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She doesn’t sleep a lot.
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She spends a lot of time at home.
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Las vacaciones
Pedro and Manuel are close friends, but they don’t always do the same things in their school holidays.
Student A: you are Pedro
Student B: you are Manuel
Use the cards to talk about your holidays.
Complete the grid as you listen to your partner and then compare answers.
How are your holidays different from your partner’s?
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hablar / escuchar
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read books
go to the beach
look after the dog
learn a language
spend time at home
visit the family
Student A
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read books
go to the beach
look after the dog
learn a language
spend time at home
visit the family
Student B
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read books
🡪 leer libros
spend time at home
🡪 pasar tiempo en casa
go the beach
🡪 ir a la playa
look after the dog
learn a language
visit family
🡪 cuidar el perro
🡪 aprender un idioma
🡪 visitar a (mi) familia
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| does it | doesn’t do it |
read books | | |
spend time at home | | |
go to the beach | | |
look after the dog | | |
learn a language | | |
visit the family | | |
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| Pedro does it | Pedro doesn’t do it |
read books | | |
spend time at home | | |
go to the beach | | |
look after the dog | | |
learn a language | | |
visit the family | | |
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Student B answers
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| Manuel does it | Manuel doesn’t do it |
read books | | |
spend time at home | | |
go to the beach | | |
look after the dog | | |
learn a language | | |
visit the family | | |
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Student A answers
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Rachel Hawkes
How are Pedro and Manuel’s holidays different?
Complete the sentences with a verb.
Use the negative if necessary.
1) Pedro __________ libros.
2) Manuel ______________ un idioma.
3) Manuel ______________ a la playa.
4) Pedro ______________ a su familia.
5) Pedro _____________ tiempo en casa.
escribir
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Rachel Hawkes
How are Pedro and Manuel’s holidays different?
Complete the sentences with a verb.
Use the negative if necessary.
1) Pedro __________ libros.
2) Manuel ______________ un idioma.
3) Manuel ______________ a la playa.
4) Pedro ______________ a su familia.
5) Pedro _____________ tiempo en casa.
no lee
no aprende
va
no visita
pasa
escribir
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