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When it comes to changing Affirmative sentences into Negative ones, in

some situations, we have to change the words instead of adding ‘not’.

Examples: Lionel Messi always scores a goal in each match (Affirmative)

Lionel Messi never scores a goal in each match. (Negative)

He loves singing too.
too ­ either
He does not love singing either.

We haven’t played a match yet.
already ­ yet
We have already played a match.

Remember the hardly­usually; some­any; either or ­neither nor;

opposite pairs: all of­none of; and so­and neither, etc.

When ‘have’, ‘has’, ‘had’, etc. is used as a main verb, questions and
negative statements can be formed with don’t, doesn’t, or didn’t + v1:

Example: Rita had a helicopter in 2011.
Rita has a helicopter now.
Rita and Dibya have a helicopter now.

Rita didn’t have a helicopter in 2011.
Rita doesn’t have a helicopter now.
Rita and Dibya don’t have a helicopter now.

If the word ‘had’ was used as an auxiliary verb, we would just add ‘not’.
And the sentence would be:

Example: Rita had had a helicopter in 2011.

had (not) + v3

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