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Changing Declarative Sentences with auxiliary verbs into Negative
Sentences:

Anita is a helpful lady. [positive]
[is, am, are, was,
Anita is not a helpful lady. [negative]
were, do, does,
Ankur was admitted to college. [positive]
has, have, had, will,
Ankur was not admitted to college. [negative]
shall, can, could,
She had killed a pig. [positive]
may, might, must,
She had not killed a pig. [negative]
need, should, etc.]
He would buy a car. [positive]
+ not
He wouldn’t buy a car. [negative]

Auxiliary verbs are used to form the tenses and voices of other verbs.

Changing Positive Sentences without auxiliary verbs into Negative
Sentences:

He left his family. [positive / affirmative]
He didn’t leave his family. [negative] [v , v and v ] Ö don’t,
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Srijana played a trick. [positive] doesn’t and didn’t + v1
Srijana didn’t play a trick. [negative]

B. Rewrite the following negative sentences as affirmative sentences.

1. Sahil didn’t slap a boy.
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2. She shan’t abide by all rules and regulations.

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3. I didn’t allow everyone use my bike.
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