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Learning Objectives
- Identify a negative statement.
- Write negative statements.
Negative statements are the opposite of positive statements and are necessary to express an opposing idea. The following charts list negative words and helping verbs that can be combined to form a negative statement.
never | no | hardly |
nobody | none | scarcely |
no one | not | barely |
nowhere | rarely |
am | is | are |
was | were | be |
being | been | have |
has | had | do |
does | did | can |
could | may | might |
must | will | should |
would | ought to | used to |
The following examples show several ways to make a sentence negative in the present tense.
- A helping verb used with the negative word not.
Negative: My guests are not arriving now.
- The negative word no.
Negative: Jennie has no money.
- The contraction n’t.
Negative: Janetta doesn’t miss her mom.
- The negative adverb rarely.
Negative: I rarely go to the gym after work.
- The negative subject nobody.
Negative: Nobody gets the day off.
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