I'm not ......ing. | He/she/it isn't .....ing. | You/we/they aren't .....ing.

	"I'm not sitting. I'm standing."
	"He's not (he isn't) standing. He's sitting."
	"She's not (she isn't) running. She's walking."
	"It's not (it isn't) walking. It's running. "
	"They're not (they aren't) working. They're playing. "
	"We're not (we aren't) watching television. We're surfing the Net."

Opposites
	stand		sit
	walk		run
	play		work

Spelling Tip:

Using a dictionary

Dictionaries come in many sizes and kinds. Small dictionaries are called pocket or compact, larger dictionaries are often called shorter and very large dictionaries are often called greater.

Small dictionaries are useful for finding everyday spellings and meanings. Some dictionaries have pictures to show the meanings of words. They are good for checking words that can be confused:-

In a dictionary after the word they tell you what kind of word it is in italics:-

Test It

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