The document discusses different types of sentences in English grammar: assertive sentences, interrogative sentences, imperative sentences, and exclamatory sentences. It also discusses negative sentences, which contain words expressing negation like "no", "not", "none", "nothing", and "never". Negative sentences can be formed by using "not" after auxiliary or modal verbs, or with contractions like "isn't" or "didn't" along with verbs like "do", "does", and "did". Examples of different sentence types are provided.

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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