Negatives

What is the negative in the following sentence:

There was nowhere to go after the rain stopped.

• was

• there

• nowhere

• stopped

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.4.1C

What is the negative in the following sentence:

I couldn’t see through the dense fog.

• dense

• fog

• see

• couldn't

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.4.1C

What is the negative in the following sentence:

My teacher told us that nobody failed the test.

• teacher

• nobody

• failed

• test

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.4.1C

What is the negative in the following sentence:

Nothing could be done to fix the old truck.

• nothing

• done

• old

• fix

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.4.1C

What is the negative in the following sentence:

Won’t you please join us at the celebration?

• please

• join

• won't

• celebration

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.4.1C

What is the negative in the following sentence:

You should never talk to strangers.

• You

• never

• should

• strangers

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.4.1C

Which of the following sentences is written correctly WITHOUT a double negative?

• Please don’t never do that again!

• She doesn't never study for tests.

• He will never follow directions!

• My sister and I couldn’t find my lost homework nowhere.

Which of the following sentences is written correctly WITHOUT a double negative?

• She won't never do her homework.

• The man's wife couldn’t find nobody to help him.

• Mr. Smith's student wrote an awesome story about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

• My sister and I couldn’t find my lost homework nowhere.

Which of the following sentences is written correctly WITHOUT a double negative?

• She didn't like the taste of the sour candy.

• Doctor Smith's secretary didn’t have nothing to say about it.

• Mary and I didn’t want no more to eat at Big Bob’s Barbecue.

• She didn't take no medicine for her headache.

Which of the following sentences is written correctly WITHOUT a double negative?

• The dog isn't not from the animal shelter.

• My teacher don't never drink coffee.

• My friends and I don't like to go to the beach.

• She doesn't take no trips with her family.