I don't

I don't

   March 05, 2019       barkha verma

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I don't 

The present simple negative is don't/doesn't + verb

She doesn't drink coffee.
He doesn't like his job.

Positive -  Negative
I work    / I don't work
We like   / We Don't Like
You do    / You don't do
They have / They don't have
He Works  / He doesn't work
She likes / she doesn't like
It has    / It doesn't have

• 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 television very often.
• The weather is usually nice. It doesn't rain very often.
• Gerry and Linda don't know many people.

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.
• My car doesn't use much petrol.
• Sometimes he is late but it doesn't happen very often.

We use don't/doesn't + infinitive (doesn't speak/doesn't do etc.)

• I don't like washing the car. I don't do it very often.
• Sandra speaks Spanish but she doesn't speak Italian.
• Bill doesn't do his job very well.
• Paula doesn't usually have breakfast.