Download or read book Negative Forms In English: Common Negative Sentences written by Manik Joshi and published by Manik Joshi. This book was released on 2014-10-25 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Book Covers The Following Topics: Negative Expressions 01. BY NO MEANS 02. LITTLE 03. BUT NOT 04. NEVER 05. NO/NOT/NEVER ------- NOR 06. NO/NOT/NEVER ------- OR 07. NEITHER ------- NOR 08. NOBODY/NO ONE 09. NOTHING 10. NO DOUBT 11. NO LONGER 12. NO MATTER + Question Word 13. NOT + LONG AGO 14. NOT/NOT ONLY & BUT 15. NOT + -ING form of Verb 16. NOT TO + MAIN VERB 17. RARELY 18. SELDOM 19. WHETHER OR NOT + TO + MAIN VERB 20. WORDS That Show Negative Sense 21. MISCELLANY TENSE - Negative Statements Present Tense -- Negative Statements Past Tense -- Negative Statements Future Tense -- Negative Statements Negative Forms of Modals Exercise: 1 Exercise: 2 Sample This: BY NO MEANS Meaning: Not At All Based on a rough count, by no means definitive, they had about 625 tents set up last year. By no means am I saying this is a bad thing, but it is not a choice that I made. By no means did we settle on anything. By no means does he think children need to go through terrible times to be better people. By no means is he guaranteed to win. By no means is this fight over or even anywhere near under control. By no means let him dominate the conversation. By no means should individuals or groups be allowed to go to that building. By no means should we be complacent with being second. LITTLE Meaning: Small [Little + Auxiliary Verb + Subject] Little do managers and executives realize that delay is in itself a decision! Little do they know that she is better qualified than any of them in survival skills. Little do they know that the journey ahead is not going to be easy. Little do they know that their loss is actually a win for all of us, including for them. Little do we realize the exact meaning or the appropriate use of many terms. BUT NOT But not for a minute did he make me feel angry. Embassy shutdowns happen, but not usually on this scale. Gender equality is still a goal, but not a present reality, for university campuses around the world. He could be right, but not for the reason he thinks. He has time for sports but not for family. He is clearly the strongest but not superhuman. He looks comfortable but not great. NEVER Meaning: Not At Any Time/Not On Any Occasion The contractor left the work midway and never came back to finish it. He gave a press conference explaining he never did anything wrong in his career. He had to come clean but he never did. He never does anything for us. He never does anything truly charitable. He never went to class. He said he would text me after the weekend but never did. He thought he was never in with a chance of becoming a mayor last year. His wife is soft-spoken and never hurts anyone. I am ashamed that I saw injustice and never did anything about it. I am not sure he will even make the team, never mind have a big role. I am sure I will never forget this moment. I could never go back.