NAME: ________________________ DATE: ________________________

GRAMMAR DICTATION
PRESENT SIMPLE (negative
statements)
 Listen to your teacher read aloud the words and change them to
negative statements in the spaces below. Use contractions
where possible (eg. aren’t, don’t, etc.)
“tall”
1. My best friend ________________ ________________.

2. Steven ________________ ________________ to work at eight o’clock.

3. It ________________ ________________ today.

4. Mrs. Smith ________________ ________________ in this city.

5. They went to school, so they ________________ ________________ now.

6. The cat ________________ ________________.

7. I ________________ ________________ the answer to the question.

8. Don’t ask them. They ________________ ________________ the answer.

9. She ________________ ________ ________________.

10. You should study hard. The test ________________ ________________.

11. It ________________ ________________ today.

12. It’s Monday. It ________________ ________________.

13. Where is Mr. Richards? He ________________ ________ ________________.

14. My friends ________________ ________________ that restaurant.

15. The TV is broken. It ________________ ________________.

16. I ________________ ________________ grammar is difficult.