Negative Sentences
French: KS3, topic 15.7.3
Making Negative Sentences
To make a sentence negative when there are two verbs, you put the negative forms around the first conjugated verb only.
Key vocab
- Je n’aime pas jouer au tennis. - I don’t like playing tennis.
- Je n’aime pas lire. - I don’t like reading.
- Je n’aime plus faire les devoirs. - I don’t like doing my homework anymore.
La négation
- Il n’aime jamais sortir.
- He never likes to go out.
- Elle n’aime plus regarder la télé.
- She doesn’t like to go out anymore.
- On n’adore pas faire du vélo.
- We don’t like riding our bikes.
Test yourself on Negative Sentences
Which is the negative version of the following positive sentence: 'J'aime chanter'?
Which is the positive version of the following sentence: 'Il ne déteste pas voyager en avion'?