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Negatives and question forms
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- 1Negatives: - We use not/n't with verbs to make the meaning of a sentence negative.I'm not feeling very well.
- 2In short answers with verbs of thinking and believing, we can put NOT after the verb.- Has Susannah decided to call her daughter Brittany after all?
-I hope not! - 3QUESTIONS: Closed questions start with a form of main verb BE, an auxiliary verb or a modal auxiliary verb. We use them when we want a simple YES/NO answer.- Does your sister still live in Canada?
- Yes, she does / No, she doesn't. - 4Open questions start with a question word like WHO, WHAT, WHERE, HOW. We use them when we want to find out more information.-Why she leave Canada then?
-She couldn't stand the cold winters. - 5When we use more than one auxiliary verb in a sentence, we put NOT after the first auxiliary.We haven't been waiting long.
- 6In questions, only the first auxiliary comes before the subject.Have you been waiting long?
- 7NEGATIVE FORMS AND MEANINGS:.
- 8USES OF NO AND NOT: -We use NO to introduce negative replies.- Have you been here before?
- No, I haven't. - 9We do not combine NO with a verb to make a negative statement; we use NOT.I have not been here before.
- 10We can use NOT + ANY with a noun to express an absence or lack of something.They won't get any help from Janice.
- 11We can usually use either NO ´NOUN or NOT ... A/ANY+NOUN, although NO can be more emphatic.There isn't any reason to change policy at this stage. (neutral statement).
There's no reason to change policy at this stage. (more formal/emphatic statement). - 12We use NO + noun in a number of set phrases.No idea.
No point.
No good.
No use.
No harm. - 13We can use NO with DIFFERENT and with comparatives.No different from.
No faster than...
No more expensive than... - 14USES OF NOT WITH QUANTIFIERS AND ADJECTIVES: We can use NOT in front of positive quantifiers to make the meaning of a clause or phrase negative.Not many people want to be referees - it's a lot of hassle and not much money.
- 15We can use NOT + (adverb) with adjectives to make the meaning negative.Those new ferries aren't as basic as they used to be, but they aren't exactly luxurious either.
- 16Putting NOT before an adjective weakens the adjective, but it does not have the same strength as an adjective with the opposite meaning. Particularly if we add an adverb after NOT like TOO or PARTICULARLY.The maths exam was easy. (I'm confident that I passed it)
The math exam wasn't too difficult. (I am less confident that I passed it) - 17We can also use NT before an adjective with a negative prefix.Spanish has a tense system not dissimilar to that of English.
The people here aren't unfriendly, but they're so busy that it's difficult to get to know them. - 18The descriptions above are much less definite than these...Spanish has a tense system similar to that of English. The people here are friendly.
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- Grammar 2 Flashcards on Negatives and question forms, created by Jesica Romero on 11/05/2019.
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