Negative Sentenses

A negative sentence says that something

A negative sentence says that something is not true or not happening. It includes words like 'not', 'no', 'never', or 'nothing'. For example: 'She is

We add 'not' after forms

We add 'not' after forms of 'be' like 'is', 'am', 'was', 'are', 'were'. For example: 'I am not tired.' Short forms: isn't, aren't, wasn't, etc.

We can say 'I have no

We can say 'I have no book' or 'I do not have a book'. In spoken English, we often say 'I don’t have a pen'. For past: 'did not have'.

For simple present tense

For simple present tense, we use 'do not' (don’t) or 'does not' (doesn’t) + base verb. For example: 'He doesn’t play football.' For past tense, we use

To make a command negative

To make a command negative, we start with 'Do not' or 'Don’t'. For example: 'Close the door.' becomes 'Don’t close the door.'