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 little girl ________ her mother's hand.
not holding is not holding not holding is
2.Because the garage hasn't fixed our car, __________ on vacation next week.
we isn't going we aren't going we's not going
3.I washed the dishes last night! _________ them tonight!
I'm not washing I not washing Washing I'm not
4.Sue _________ this book anymore, so you can borrow it.
not reading aren't reading isn't reading
5._____________ to the restaurant-they're driving.
Aren't they walking They aren't walking Walking they aren't
6.I've changed my mind. I __________ with you to the dance.
am not coming is not coming are not coming
7.Because of the big celebration.The English Club __________ until next week.
not is meeting meeting is not is not meeting
8.You __________ your carrots, and you should - they're very healthy.
not eating isn't eating aren't eating
9.Sorry, but _________ for you any longer.
he's not waiting he aren't waiting he're not waiting
10.It may be cold today, but it __________.
not snowing is not snowing is snowing not