3 ** Study the table. Write affirmative and negative sentences about the past and the
present.
Past
Present
5
1
dance when I was
little x
write Japanese X
you
speak Germany
play tennis x
he
she
paint pictures when
she was four
we
cook when we were
children x
they
programa
computer
I couldn't dance when I was little
1
2
3
5
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1) Jake wasn't playing tennis, he was playing volleyball.
2) The friends weren't going to the theatre, they were reading magazines.
3) Uncle Jerry wasn't driving lorry, he was driving a van.
4) Lucy and Rose weren't feeding their dog, they were feeding their budgies.
5) Mrs Johnson wasn'n eating vegetables, she was cooking vegetables.
6) The pupils weren't learning English words, they were singing English song.
7) The tourists weren't looking at sights , they were doing the History Museum .
8) Swift wasn't buying fruits , he was buying some souvenirs.

1. My husband taught his son every­thing he knows.

2. Her patient has a bad memory. She can’t remember anything

3. I think there is something wrong with my watch.

4. We’ve got nothing  to eat. We’ve got only  something  to drink.

5. The student didn’t understand anything because she heard  nothing  .

6. Does he know anything  about computers? — Yes, he knows every­thing because he is the best specialist in computer science at Harvard University.

7. He felt terrible. He couldn’t do anything  else.

8.  every­thing  is all right, the patient is much better today.

9. Is there  anything  interesting in the theatre programme?

10. I could see nothing : it was quite dark.

11. Give me  something  to drink.

12. I didn’t take any money with me, so I couldn’t buy anything .

13. My new eyeglasses are very good, I can see every­thing now.

14. I saw  something  near the wood that looked like a tent.

15. My friends had  every­thing  they wanted, but they weren’t happy, because they didn’t have any children.