Instructions
Snow Fever will send chills up and down your spine.Only your knowledge of
the negative forms of the PRESENT PROGRESSIVE and SIMPLE PRESENT
verb tenses will decide whether or not your nightmare will come true.
1.Read the sentence at the bottom of the page.
2.Click on the snowman which has the correct words that complete the
sentence.You will hit the snowman with a snowball.
3.If you are right,the temperature in the thermometer will start to rise.
4.If you are wrong,the snowman with the correct answer will chill your heart.
5.There are 10 sentences in each game.
6.To win the game and melt your bad dreams away,you must make fewer than 5 mistakes.
Hint
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE vs. SIMPLE PRESENT(NEGATIVE STATEMENTS)
Please note that in conversations these verb forms are often shortened,
for example,I AM=I'M,IS NOT=ISN'T,DO NOT=DON'T.
1.We use the negative form of the PRESENT PROGRESSIVE to talk about:
a.Something that is not happening now.-"Right now we are not speaking to each other."
b.Future plans that have been canceled.-"He is not going to New York next Tuesday."
2.We use the negative form of the SIMPLE PRESENT to talk about:
a.Things that are true-"I don't speak German."
b.Actions that are not done regularly(with such words as usually,often,
sometimes)-"Usually I do not go to the opera,but today I will go."
Sentences:
1.The kettle must be broken.The water _____ boiling.
isn't am not aren't
2.It is cold outside and you _____ wearing a coat.
not are not not are
3.Their house was not sold, so they _____ moving next month.
am not is not are not
4.I'm sorry, but I _____ telling you the secret.
not am not not am
5.It _____ raining very hard.
are not am not isn't
6.I've had the same hairstyle for 10 years, and _____ it.
I'm cutting not not I'm cutting I'm not cutting
7.That's a fantastic cup! It's been an hour, and my coffee _____ getting any colder.
isn't aren't not
8.They _____ staying here during the Christmas holidays.
aren't not not are
9.We ____ looking for the lost toy anymore.
isn't am not aren't
10.There's been a change in plans. _____ leaving at 3:00 anymore. He will leave at 5:00 instead.
Is John not John is not Not John is