Using Negatives in Sentences
Select words that properly express negativity
Sentences that express an idea negatively should only use one negative word in order to clearly communicate its message. Words that are used to express a negative idea include no, not, nothing, nobody, hardly, barely, scarcely, nowhere and never. This worksheet gives the student practice in using the correct combination of words that express a negative idea while avoiding the double negative confusion.
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