This grammar exercise tests your ability to form negative sentences in English. In English, we make negatives by putting not after an auxiliary verb. Use the first form of the verb after do, does and did. Use the past participle (third form of the verb) after has, have and had.
1. I ............................ him yesterday.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use the infinitive without to after do, does and did. I didn't see, not I didn't saw.
2. They ............................ the invite.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use the infinitive after didn't and past participle after hadn't.
3. She ............................ any friends in the city.
Correct!
Wrong!
4. She ............................ anybody here.
Correct!
Wrong!
5. He ...........................
Correct!
Wrong!
6. It .......................... more than 30 minutes to finish this job.
Correct!
Wrong!
7. He ............................. me although I recognized him.
Correct!
Wrong!
8. It ......................... right to me.
Correct!
Wrong!
The subject is the singular pronoun it, so use does.
9. The truck driver ............................ after hitting the pedestrian.
Correct!
Wrong!
10. She ................................. English.
Correct!
Wrong!
11. I .......................... this coming.
Correct!
Wrong!
12. She ................................. much.
Correct!
Wrong!
The subject is the singular pronoun she, so use does.
Answers
- I didn’t see him yesterday.
- They hadn’t received the invite.
- She hasn’t got any friends in the city.
- She doesn’t know anybody here.
- He didn’t come.
- It doesn’t take more than 30 minutes to finish this job.
- He didn’t recognize me although I recognized him.
- It doesn’t seem right to me.
- The truck driver did not stop after hitting the pedestrian.
- She doesn’t know English.
- I didn’t see this coming.
- She doesn’t eat much.
