Adverbs on Negatives

Find each negative, including contractions with not, in the sentence below.

Mr. Aldoni was not happy with the pot of soup he made.

• not

• happy

• was

• made

Find each negative, including contractions with not, in the sentence below.

He tried adding more spices, but nothing made it taste better.

• tried

• more

• nothing

• better

Identify the double negatives. If the negatives do not

cancel each other, and the sentence is correct, pick Correct.

Cole wants to play baseball but he does not have no time to practice.

• Correct

• not, no

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.6.1C

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Identify the double negatives. If the negatives do not

cancel each other, and the sentence is correct, pick Correct

Coach Hicks will not let students play if they can’t get to practice by 3:30.

• Correct

• not, can't

Pick the sentences that rewrites the double negatives correctly.

It was so rainy and foggy we couldn’t barely see in front of us.

• It was so rainy and foggy we couldn't barely not see in front of us.

• It was so rainy and foggy we could see in front of us.

• It was so rainy and foggy we couldn't see in front of us.

• It was so rainy and foggy we could barely see in front of us.

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.6.1E

Pick the sentences that rewrites the double negatives correctly

We would not have never left the house if we had heard the weather forecast.

• We would not have left the house if we had heard the weather forecast.

• We would have left the house if we had heard the weather forecast.

• We would have never left the house if we had heard the weather forecast.

• We would not never left the house if we had heard the weather forecast.

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CCSS.L.6.1E

Read each of the following sentences. Pick the sentence that

contains a double negative.

• There is not nobody as funny as Aunt Susie.

• There is not anybody as funny as Aunt Susie.

• There is nobody as funny as Aunt Susie.

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CCSS.L.6.6

Read each of the following sentences. Pick the sentence that

contains a double negative.

• She hardly ever gets to visit, but when she does, we always have fun.

• She hardly never gets to visit, but when she does, we always have fun.

• She almost never gets to visit, but when she does, we always have fun.

 

Read each of the following sentences. Pick the sentence that

contains a double negative

• No one makes us laugh as much as Aunt Susie does.

• Not no one makes us laugh as much as Aunt Susie does.

• Not anyone makes us laugh as much as Aunt Susie does.

Read each of the following sentences. Pick the sentence that

contains a double negative

• There is not nothing I’d rather do than play games with my family.

• There is nothing I’d rather do than play games with my family.

• There is not anything I’d rather do than play games with my family.