The slides explain the idea of Negative Sentence in English

1. Negative Sentence
Somnath Kisan Jagtap
Associate Professor
B. D. Kale Mahavidyalaya,
Ghodegaon

2. Sentence
a group of words, usually containing a
verb, that expresses a thought in the form
of a statement, question, instruction, or
exclamation and starts with a capital letter
when written:
(Cambridge Dictionary of English)

3. Sentence
• Sentence is structurally and meaningfully
complete as per the rules of grammar.
ex. Flower he elephant horse sentence.
• Noam Chomsky, An American linguist and
political theorist’s famous example
ex. Colourless green ideas sleep furiously.

4. Sentence
• Assertive sentence ends with full-stop(.).
ex. He writes a book every year.
• Interrogative sentence ends with question mark (?).
ex. What do you want?
ex. Can you help me?
• Impetrative sentence begins with verb and ends with
full-stop.
ex. Look at the screen.
• Exclamatory sentence ends with exclamation (!) mark
ex. How lucky you are!

5. Negative Sentence
• Negative sentence contains negation in the form of
words:
No, Not, None, Nothing and Never.
1. There is no tiger in the forest.
2. Mary is not a lazy girl
3. None of the boys attended the last lecture.
4. Donald is doing nothing.
5. Svetlana has never failed in examinations.

6. Negative Sentence
• In English language the word, not is used regularly:
• Used after primary and modal auxiliary verbs:
They are going to Pune. ( Affirmative)
They are not going to Pune. (Negative)
I can come for the class. (Affirmative)
I cannot come for the class. (Negative)
• Sometimes used in contracted forms:
They aren’t going to Pune.
I can’t come for the class.

7. Negative Sentence
• Used along with do, does and did:
do not-don’t
does not- doesn’t
did not-didn’t
• Examples: 1. I do not teach French Language.
2. James does not buy burgers.
3. Students did not fail last year.

8. Negative Sentence
• Used along with do, does and did:
do not-don’t
does not- doesn’t
did not-didn’t
• Examples: 1. I do not teach French Language.
2. James does not buy burgers.
3. Students did not fail last year.

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