Change these sentences from positive to negative.
1. I read The Times of India every day.
2. We are going to have mangoes in summer.
3. Hyder has joined a tennis camp.
4. Meera recited the poem in class.
Answer (2)
To change positive sentences to negative ones, you add words like 'not' to negate the statement. For example, 'I read The Times of India every day' becomes 'I do not read The Times of India every day.' This alteration conveys that the action or truth stated in the original sentence does not occur.
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To change a sentence from positive to negative, you typically add a word like 'not' or change the verb to show negation. Let's go through the sentences one by one:
Positive: I read The Times of India every day. Negative: I do not read The Times of India every day.
Positive: We are going to have mangoes in summer. Negative: We are not going to have mangoes in summer.
Positive: Hyder has joined a tennis camp. Negative: Hyder has not joined a tennis camp.
Positive: Meera recited the poem in class. Negative: Meera did not recite the poem in class.
Notice the structure when forming negative sentences:
In sentences without auxiliary verbs (like the first example), we use 'do not' or 'does not' depending on the subject.
In sentences with auxiliary verbs (is, are, have, etc.), you simply add 'not' after the auxiliary verb.
