Sentence transformation: affirmative to negative Change the following affirmative sentences into negatives In the simple present tense, we make negative forms by putting ‘not’ after ‘do’ or ‘does’ Note that ‘do’ is used when the subject is a plural noun or pronoun The first person pronoun ‘I’ also takes the verb ‘do’ ‘Does’ is used when the subject is a singular noun or pronoun In the simple past tense, we make negatives by putting ‘did not’ before the base form of the verb My sister lives with my parents I know the answer I want to leave now My mother works at a bank Supriya sings really well Martin gets along with his brother-in-law The boy killed the spider with his shoe She recognized him at once He apologized for his conduct 10 She threw a tantrum when she was told that she wouldn’t be able to go Answers My sister does not live with my parents I not know the answer I not want to leave now My mother does not work at a bank Supriya does not sing very well Martin does not get along with his brother-in-law The boy did not kill the spider with his shoe She did not recognize him at once He did not apologize for his conduct 10 She did not throw a tantrum when she was told that she wouldn’t be able to go Stay on top of your writing! Download our grammar guide from www.englishgrammar.org to stay up-to-date Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)