Our topic today is about negatives in English,we will help you to improve your common mistakes,so let's review negative words and negative forms,by the end of the post you have a very good understanding of how to formulate negatives sentences in English?
Negatives verbs
Let's start with negatives verbs,fist verb 'To Be' :
example :
( negative just add not to your verb )
- It is common. - It is not (isn't) common.
- He was here. - He was not (wasn't) here.
- We are ready - We are not (aren't) ready.
- They were many players - They were not (weren't) many players
let's look at modals now,again as you know modals take direct questions and negatives.
Modal Verbs
example :
- Murray can swim. - Murray cannot (can't) swim.
- She could play. - She could not (couldn't) play.
- We should talk - We should not (shouldn't) talk.
- I would do that - I would not (wouldn't) do that.
- I must work - I must not (mustn't) work.
Now we move on to other tenses.
Tenses where you can see the auxiliary :
example :
the auxiliary verb to be :
- She is looking for a paper. - She is not (isn't) looking for a paper.
- We are going to begin. - We are not (aren't) going to begin.
- They were leaving when he arrived - They were not (weren't) leaving when he arrived
let's looking some other auxiliaries now :
The verb have as an auxiliary :
in the present perfect.
- She has just left. - She has not (hasn't) just left.
In the past perfect.
- He had had dinner before going out. - He had not (hadn't) had dinner before going out
In the future tense.
- Prices will fall. - Prices will not (won't) fall
Right now,let's look at tenses where we cannot see the auxiliary :
as you know,they are the present simple and past simple tenses.
the auxiliaries are : Do/Does for the present simple,and Did for the past.
example :
- We have a deal. - We do not (don't) have a deal.
- Maher lives in Qatar. - Maher does not (doesn't) lives in Qatar.
- They went to the stadium - They did not (didn't) went to the stadium.
To be continued ... Here
Negatives verbs
Let's start with negatives verbs,fist verb 'To Be' :
example :
( negative just add not to your verb )
- It is common. - It is not (isn't) common.
- He was here. - He was not (wasn't) here.
- We are ready - We are not (aren't) ready.
- They were many players - They were not (weren't) many players
let's look at modals now,again as you know modals take direct questions and negatives.
Modal Verbs
example :
- Murray can swim. - Murray cannot (can't) swim.
- She could play. - She could not (couldn't) play.
- We should talk - We should not (shouldn't) talk.
- I would do that - I would not (wouldn't) do that.
- I must work - I must not (mustn't) work.
Now we move on to other tenses.
Tenses where you can see the auxiliary :
example :
the auxiliary verb to be :
- She is looking for a paper. - She is not (isn't) looking for a paper.
- We are going to begin. - We are not (aren't) going to begin.
- They were leaving when he arrived - They were not (weren't) leaving when he arrived
let's looking some other auxiliaries now :
The verb have as an auxiliary :
in the present perfect.
- She has just left. - She has not (hasn't) just left.
In the past perfect.
- He had had dinner before going out. - He had not (hadn't) had dinner before going out
In the future tense.
- Prices will fall. - Prices will not (won't) fall
Right now,let's look at tenses where we cannot see the auxiliary :
as you know,they are the present simple and past simple tenses.
the auxiliaries are : Do/Does for the present simple,and Did for the past.
example :
- We have a deal. - We do not (don't) have a deal.
- Maher lives in Qatar. - Maher does not (doesn't) lives in Qatar.
- They went to the stadium - They did not (didn't) went to the stadium.
To be continued ... Here
