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EXERCISE-II

Make the following sentences negative and interrogative:

1. The artist drew very good pictures.
2. The men could speak English very well.
3. The students were in the classroom.
4. She drank tea every morning.
5. He went to see his grandmother.
6. The girls put their books in the desk.
7. She wrote to her mother last week.
8. The cat ate all the fish.
9. Mother bought presents for everyone.
10. The little girl wore a pink dress.
11. He read the newspaper this morning.
12. They heard the news yesterday.
13. George knew a lot of funny stories.
14. The dog slept under the table.
15. The man told her the good news.
16. They gave him a bicycle on his birthday.
17. He left for work an hour ago.

Answer :

The negative and interrogative forms of each sentence are:

1. Negative: The artist did not draw very good pictures.

Interrogative: Did the artist draw very good pictures?

2. Negative: The men could not speak English very well.

Interrogative: Could the men speak English very well?

3. Negative: The students were not in the classroom.

Interrogative: Were the students in the classroom?

4. Negative: She did not drink tea every morning.

Interrogative: Did she drink tea every morning?

5. Negative: He did not go to see his grandmother.

Interrogative: Did he go to see his grandmother?

6. Negative: The girls did not put their books in the desk.

Interrogative: Did the girls put their books in the desk?

7. Negative: She did not write to her mother last week.

Interrogative: Did she write to her mother last week?

8. Negative: The cat did not eat all the fish.

Interrogative: Did the cat eat all the fish?

9. Negative: Mother did not buy presents for everyone.

Interrogative: Did Mother buy presents for everyone?

10. Negative: The little girl did not wear a pink dress.

Interrogative: Did the little girl wear a pink dress?

11. Negative: He did not read the newspaper this morning.

Interrogative: Did he read the newspaper this morning?

12. Negative: They did not hear the news yesterday.

Interrogative: Did they hear the news yesterday?

13. Negative: George did not know a lot of funny stories.

Interrogative: Did George know a lot of funny stories?

14. Negative: The dog did not sleep under the table.

Interrogative: Did the dog sleep under the table?

15. Negative: The man did not tell her the good news.

Interrogative: Did the man tell her the good news?

16. Negative: They did not give him a bicycle on his birthday.

Interrogative: Did they give him a bicycle on his birthday?

17. Negative: He did not leave for work an hour ago.

Interrogative: Did he leave for work an hour ago?

A negative sentence expresses that something is not true or does not happen. To convert an affirmative sentence into a negative one, we typically add a negation word such as "not."

An interrogative sentence asks a question and begins with a question word (who, what, where, when, why, how) or an auxiliary/modal verb (is, are, was, were, do, does, have, can, etc.).

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