The present simple negative is don't / doesn't + verb:
* I drink coffee, but I don't drink tea.
* Sue drinks tea, but she doesn't drink coffee.
* You don't work very hard.
* We don't watch TV very often.
* The weather is usually nice. It doesn't rain very often.
* Sam and Chris don't know many people.
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Remember:
I / We / You / They don't:
I don't like football.
He / She / It doesn't:
He doesn't like football.
I don't like Fred and Fred doesn't like me. (not Fred don't like).
My car doesn't use much petrol. (not My car don't use).
Sometimes he is late, but it doesn't happen very often.
We use don't / doesn't + infinitive (don't like / doesn't speak / doesn't do etc).
* I don't like washing the car. I don't do it very often.
* Sarah speaks Spanish, but she doesn't speak Italian. (not doesn't speak).
* David doesn't do his job very well. (not David doesn't his job).
* Paula doesn't usually have breakfast. (not doesn't ... has).
Examples negative:
1. I play the piano very well = I don't play the piano very well.
2. Anna plays the piano very well = Anna doesn't play the piano very well.
3. They know my phone number = They don't know my phone number.
4. We work very hard = We don't work very hard.
5. He has a bath every day = He doesn't have a bath every day.
6. You do the same thing every day = You don't do the same thing every day.
Study the information and make sentences with Like:
1. Ben and Sophie like classical music.
* Kate doesn't like classical music.
* I like classical music.
2. Ben and Sophie don't like boxing.
* Kate likes boxing.
* I don't like boxing.
3. Ben and Sophie like horror movies.
* Kate doesn't like horror movies.
* I don't like horror movies.
About myself. Use I never... or I often... or I don't... Very often:
* I don't watch TV very often or I never watch TV or I often watch TV.
* I never go to the theatre.
* I don't ride a bike very often.
* I never eat in restaurants.
* I often travel by train.
Make sentences. All of them are negative. Use (don't / doesn't / these verbs).
1. The weather here is usually nice. It doesn't rain mush.
2. Paul has a car, but he doesn't use it very often.
3. Paul and his friends like films, but they don't go to the cinema very often.
4. Amanda is married, but she doesn't wear a ring.
5. I don't know mush about politics. I'm not interested in it.
6. The Regent Hotel isn't expensive. It doesn't cost mush to stay there.
7. Ed lives very near us, but we don't see him very often.
Put the verb into the correct form, positive or negative:
1. Margaret speaks four languages - English, French, German and Spanish.
2. I don't like my job. it's very boring.
3. Where's Steve? I'm sorry. I don't know.
4. Sue is a very quiet person. She doesn't talk very much.
5. Andy drinks a lot of tea. It's his favorite drink.
6. It's not true! I don't believe it!.
7. That's a very beautiful picture. I like it very much.
8. Mark is a vegetarian. He doesn't eat meat.
