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Negative |
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Making negative sentences.
To make a negative sentence use Don't or Doesn't with all verbs EXCEPT To Be and Modal verbs (Can, might, should etc.)
The most common way to form a negative sentence in English is to put the word not between the auxiliary verb
and the main verb.
to be
| Affirmative | Negative | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Long | Long | Contracted | |
| I am | --- | I am not | I'm not |
| you are | --- | you are not | you're not |
| you aren't | |||
| he is | --- | he is not | he's not |
| he isn't | |||
| she is | --- | she is not | she's not |
| she isn't | |||
| it is | --- | it is not | it's not |
| it isn't | |||
| we are | --- | we are not | we're not |
| we aren't | |||
| you are | --- | you are not | you're not |
| you aren't | |||
| they are | --- | they are not | they're not |
| they aren't | |||
have (got)
| Affirmative | Negative | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pronoun | Long form | Contracted form | Long form | Contracted form |
| I, we, you, they | I have got | I've got | we have not got | we've not got |
| we haven't got | ||||
| he, she, it | she has got | she's got | she has not got | she's not got |
| she hasn't got | ||||
do
| Affirmative | Negative | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pronoun | Long form | Contracted form | Long form | Contracted form |
| I, we, you, they | I do | --- | we do not | we don't |
| he, she, it | she does | --- | she does not | she doesn't |
(can, could, must, might, will, would, shall)
| Affirmative | Negative | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Long form | Contracted form | Long form | Contracted form |
| can | - | cannot | can't |
| could | - | could not | couldn't |
| must | - | must not | mustn't |
| might | - | might not | -- |
| need | - | need not | needn't |
| will | 'll | will not | won't |
| would | 'd | would not | wouldn't |
| shall | - | shall not | shan't |