{"id":633,"date":"2015-03-29T10:37:24","date_gmt":"2015-03-29T10:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=633"},"modified":"2015-03-29T10:37:24","modified_gmt":"2015-03-29T10:37:24","slug":"negatives-worksheet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/negatives-worksheet\/","title":{"rendered":"Negatives worksheet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Change the following affirmative sentences into negative sentences.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is easy to make the negative form if the affirmative sentence contains an auxiliary verb –\u00a0 you only have to put \u2018not<\/strong>\u2019 after the auxiliary verb.<\/p>\n

1. I am working on my computer.<\/p>\n

2. They are playing in the garden.<\/p>\n

3. Susie is knitting a sweater.<\/p>\n

4. Anu is playing with her cat.<\/p>\n

5. He is waiting for the bus.<\/p>\n

6. It is hot today.<\/p>\n

7. Maria is a singer.<\/p>\n

8. I am sure about it.<\/p>\n

9. The children have gone to bed.<\/p>\n

10. She will help you.<\/p>\n

11. He is learning his lessons.<\/p>\n

12. I have finished the job.<\/p>\n

13. It is raining.<\/p>\n

14. She has suffered a lot.<\/p>\n

15. You must obey him.<\/p>\n

Answers<\/h3>\n

1. I am not working<\/strong> on my computer.<\/p>\n

2. They are not playing<\/strong> in the garden.<\/p>\n

3. Susie is not knitting<\/strong> a sweater.<\/p>\n

4. Anu is not playing<\/strong> with her cat.<\/p>\n

5. He is not waiting<\/strong> for the bus.<\/p>\n

6. It is not hot<\/strong> today.<\/p>\n

7. Maria is not a<\/strong> singer.<\/p>\n

8. I am not sure<\/strong> about it.<\/p>\n

9. The children have not gone<\/strong> to bed.<\/p>\n

10. She will not help<\/strong> you.<\/p>\n

11. He is not learning<\/strong> his lessons.<\/p>\n

12. I have not finished<\/strong> the job.<\/p>\n

13. It is not raining<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

14. She has not suffered<\/strong> much. (A lot<\/strong> is not common in negative sentences; instead we use much or many.<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

15. You must not obey<\/strong> him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Change the following affirmative sentences into negative sentences. It is easy to make the negative form if the affirmative sentence contains an auxiliary verb –\u00a0 you only have to put \u2018not\u2019 after the auxiliary...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[127],"class_list":["post-633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar-exercises","tag-negative-sentences-worksheet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":634,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633\/revisions\/634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}