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Understanding the negative form
Why is this important?
Children begin to understand negatives with ‘no’ and ‘not’ and then
progress to understanding the reduced form (e.g. ‘isn’t’, ‘can’t’ and ‘don’t’).
What to do
‘Who isn’t eating?’
‘Well done. He isn’t eating. He’s climbing.’