Change Affirmative to Negative Worksheet-3
Multiple-Choice Questions:
Transform the affirmative sentence into a negative sentence without changing its meaning:
(A) The two siblings are quite like each other.
(B) The two siblings are not quite unlike each other.
(C) The two siblings are not like each other.
(D) The two siblings are just not unlike each other.
(A) He does not always say foolish things.
(B) He sometimes does not say foolish things.
(C) He always says foolish things.
(D) He sometimes does not say foolish things.
(A) This house is not all the wealth I have.
(B) This house is the only wealth I have.
(C) I have no other wealth except this house.
(D) This is not the wealthy house that I have.
(A) We shall be never blamed by none.
(B) There is no one who will not blame us.
(C) We shall be blamed by no one.
(D) We shall not be blamed by everyone.
(A) Today must not be my lucky day.
(B) Today cannot be my lucky day.
(C) Today cannot be my unlucky day.
(D) Today must be my unlucky day.
(A) Pegasus did not gallop faster than the wind.
(B) Pegasus galloped slower than the wind.
(C) The wind did not gallop as fast as Pegasus.
(D) Pegasus did not gallop as fast as the wind.
(A) The medicine is not free from side effects.
(B) The medicine is free from no side effects.
(C) The medicine does not have any effects.
(D) The medicine does not have any side effects.
(A) He did not wear the dressing gown before he got up.
(B) He did not wear the dressing gown only after he got up.
(C) He wore the dressing gown not after he got up.
(D) He wore the dressing gown only after he did not get up.
(A) Sunita is an unselfish girl.
(B) Sunita is not an unselfish girl.
(C) Sunita was never a selfish girl.
(D) Sunita is not a selfish girl.
(A) Everybody cannot believe in his honesty.
(B) There is nobody who does not believe in his honesty.
(C) Nobody believes in his honesty.
(D) Everybody does not believe in his honesty.
(A) This is as fast as the bus will not go.
(B) This is not as fast as the bus will go.
(C) The bus cannot go faster than this.
(D) The bus cannot go slower than this.
(A) My sister was not unhappy to see me.
(B) My sister was not happy to see me.
(C) My sister was never happy to see me.
(D) My sister was happy not to see me.
(A) Sunil is incapable of doing right.
(B) Sunil is incapable of not doing wrong.
(C) Sunil is not capable of doing wrong.
(D) Sunil is not incapable of doing wrong.
(A) One should not rely only on one’s efforts.
(B) One should not rely on anyone’s efforts.
(C) One should rely only on no one’s efforts.
(D) One should rely on nobody’s except one’s efforts.
(A) He is insensitive to your unkindness.
(B) He is insensitive to your kindness.
(C) He is not sensitive to your kindness.
(D) He is not insensitive to your kindness.
(A) Sheila does not want only to practice singing.
(B) Sheila wants not only to practice singing.
(C) Sheila wants nothing except to practice singing.
(D) Sheila wants only not to practice singing.
(A) Always abstain from doing right.
(B) Always abstain from doing no wrong.
(C) Never do wrong.
(D) Never abstain from doing wrong.
(A) These remarks must have been made.
(B) These remarks should not have been made.
(C) These remarks were not uncalled for.
(D) These remarks were called for.
(A) This novel is more interesting than any novel I have read.
(B) This is the most uninteresting novel I have read.
(C) This is not the most interesting novel I have read.
(D) No other novel that I have read is as interesting as this one.
(A) The examination was never quite easy.
(B) The examination was not very difficult.
(C) The examination was quite difficult.
(D) The examination was not quite easy.
(A) Ooty is not one of the prettiest hill stations.
(B) Not one hill station is as pretty as Ooty.
(C) Not many hill stations are as pretty as Ooty is.
(D) No other hill station is prettier than Ooty is.
(A) Only Sunita could never have solved the riddle.
(B) No body except Sunita could not solve the riddle.
(C) No one except Sunita could solve the riddle.
(D) Only Sunita could not solve the riddle.
Answers:
Exp: Not like = unlike
Exp: Not always = sometimes
Exp: No other wealth except = all the wealth
Exp: Not … no one = everyone.
Exp: Not unlucky = lucky
Exp: Not as fast as = faster than
Exp: Does not have any = is free from
Exp: Not before = only after
Exp: Not unselfish = selfish
Exp: Not nobody = everybody
Exp: No faster = as fast as
Exp: Not unhappy = happy
Exp: Not capable = incapable
Exp: Nobody except one = only one
Exp: Not insensitive = sensitive
Exp: Wants nothing except = wants only
Exp: Never = always abstain
Exp: Not make = be uncalled for
Exp: No other … as interesting as = most interesting
Exp: Not very difficult = quite easy
Exp: Not many = one of the
Exp: No one except Sunita = only Sunita
