Tag: money

 

• Compare the following sentences:

 

1. I am happy.                                                         1. I am not happy.
2. He is lazy.                                                             2. He is not lazy.
3. She is honest.                                                      3. She is not honest.
4. The mangoes are ripe.                                       4. The mangoes are not ripe.
5. The food was enough.                                        5. The food was not enough.
6. There is some water in the jug.                         6. There is no water in the jug.
7. They have some money.                                     7. They have no money.
8. He had a fast car.                                                  8. He had no fast car.
9. She is watering the plants.                                  9. She is not watering the plants.
10. They have reached Paris.                                    10. They have not reached Paris.

 

• The sentences on the left-hand side are positive statements. The sentences on the right –hand side have not or no in them. They are negative sentences.  A sentence having not or no in them is called a Negative Sentence.
• Note: When the Verb is made up of two or more words (Sentence – 9 and 10), we put not/no after the first word to make the sentence, Negative.

 

• Now compare the following sentences:

 

1. Close the doors and windows.                        1.  Do not/Don’t close the doors and windows.
2. Go out of the room.                                          2.  Do not/Don’t go out of the room.
3. Stand up.                                                             3.  Do not/Don’t stand up.
4. Read this aloud.                                                  4.  Do not/Don’t read this aloud.
5. Keep quiet.                                                           5.  Do not/Don’t keep quiet.

 

• To make a command sentence, negative, we put do not/don’t at the beginning of the sentence. Don’t is the short form of ‘do not’.