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Changing Declarative Sentences with auxiliary verbs into Negative
Sentences:

Anupama is a helpful lady. [positive]
[is, am, are, was,
Anupama is not a helpful lady. [negative]
were, do, does,
Ananya was absent from school. [positive]
has, have, had, will,
Ananya was not absent from school. [negative]
shall, can, could,
Dorje had killed a bird. [positive]
may, might, must,
Dorje had not killed a bird. [negative]
need, should, etc.]
Alice would buy a piano. [positive]
+ not
Alice wouldn’t buy a piano. [negative]

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

Changing Positive Sentences without auxiliary verbs into Negative
Sentences:

She leads a family. [positive / affirmative]
She doesn’t lead a family. [negative] [v , v and v ] Ö don’t,
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Srijana played a game. [positive] doesn’t and didn’t + v1
Amrit didn’t play a game. [negative]

B. Rewrite the following negative sentences as affirmative sentences.
1. Rupesh didn’t push a car.
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2. She shan’t abide by all rules and regulations.
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3. I didn’t let everyone use my laptop.
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4. He hasn’t walked through a tunnel.
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