Negative expressions are the opposite of affirmative expressions: 'He doesn't like poodles'; 'She likes poodles'. It's very important to be able to form the negative of a given affirmative word or expression. By the way, when you do this quiz it may help to think of 'negative' as synonymous with 'opposite' in some of these questions.
You should be familiar with negative expressions such as:
This 11-plus English quiz will test you on finding a negative expression from a positive one. See if you can get top marks.
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'Always' is absolute in meaning - so only 'never' will do
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'doesn't' can also be written as 'does not'. 'don't = do not' (separate words)
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'won't' = will not' (separate words)
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'can't = cannot'. All the others are wrong. 'Can not' is also acceptable, but 'cannot' is more usual
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'shouldn't = should not' (separate words)
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'everybody' is absolute in meaning - so only 'nobody' will do
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'didn't = did not' (separate words)
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'everything' is absolute - so only 'nothing' will do
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In order to exclude two objects (both A and B), you must use 'neither ... nor ...' which excludes both objects: neither A nor B
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'All' is absolute in meaning - so only 'none' will do
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