Change Affirmative Sentences To Negative Sentences | Class 5 Grammar Worksheet

Change the following statements into negatives.

In the simple present tense, we make questions and negatives with do and does. Note that do is used with plural subjects and does is used with singular subjects. The pronouns I and you also take do.

In the simple past tense, we make questions and negatives with did. Both singular and plural subjects take did.

1. We failed to reach on time.

2. He gave me a glass of milk.

3. The workers finished the job by evening.

4. He wakes up early in the morning.

5. She can speak German.

6. They arrived in the morning.

7. He calls his parents every day.

8. The milkman comes at 8 o’clock.

9. My mother reads a lot.

10. She knows the answer.

11. He lives abroad.

12. I sent the parcel in the morning.

13. He dared to answer me back.

14. He admired the paintings on the wall.

15. He wants to be an architect.

16. My parents expected too much from me.

17. She left in a hurry.

18. They turned up on time.

Answers

1. We did not fail to reach on time.

2. He did not give me a glass of milk.

3. The workers did not finish the job by evening.

4. He does not wake up early in the morning.

5. She cannot speak German.

6. They did not arrive in the morning.

7. He does not call his parents every day.

8. The milkman does not come at 8 o’clock.

9. My mother does not read a lot.

10. She does not know the answer.

11. He does not live abroad.

12. I did not send the parcel in the morning.

13. He did not dare to answer me back.

14. He did not admire the paintings on the wall.

15. He does not want to be an architect.

16. My parents did not expect too much from me.

17. She did not leave in a hurry.

18. They did not turn up on time.