right this has given you a good idea of
how to formulate negative sentences with
different tenses let's move on to
negative watts which is another way of
making a sentence negative changing a
positive word in the sentence to a
negative word examples of negative words
are no no one nothing never no longer
neither no very little very few let's
see how these work let's contrast them
with negative sentences as you have just
reviewed so we have a sentence here
there are some people let's change that
into a negative sentence first there are
not any people and now replace not any
with a negative word like no
there are no people that's right so you
have two ways of making the sentence
negative let's look at another sentence
there was someone at home there wasn't
anyone at home and now we can replace
not anyone with a negative word no one
that was no one at home we saw something
let's change that into a negative
sentence with a negative verb we didn't
see anything and now we can replace not
anything with nothing we saw nothing
I've always done this negative verb I
haven't ever done this
negative ward I've never done this it is
still raining it's not raining anymore
and we can now replace not anymore with
the negative expression no longer it is
no longer raining we drink both wine and
beer negative sentence we don't drink
either wine or beer now we can replace
not either/or with neither nor we drink
neither wine nor beer they had much
money they didn't have much money
not much is little or very little let's
put that in the sentence they had little
money they had very little money and our
last example
she knows many people she doesn't know
many people not many can be replaced by
the negative expression few or very few
she knows few people she knows very few
people let's just stay with the words
little and few for a while because it's
important that you note this little
point little and few are negative as you
have just seen they are the opposite of
much and many and mean almost none if
you add the word earth to these words
and say a little and a few they become
positive they mean some so you've got to
be really careful which one you use so
when you hear or say they had little
money it means they had almost no money
whereas when you say they had a little
money you mean
they had some money in order to avoid
this confusion it's always a good idea
to add the word very to the negative
expressions to insist on the negative
they had very little money right then
let's look at some special cases the
special cases are where your word is in
the subject position and you want to
make it negative the first group you
should look at is all everyone and
everything when you have a sentence that
begins with these words where these
words are the subject of the sentence
and you want to make it into a negative
idea you have two ways of doing this you
can add the word not to the beginning of
the sentence or you can use a negative
word which is the opposite of all
everyone or everything the opposite of
all is none the opposite of everyone is
no one and the opposite of everything is
nothing however be careful that
depending on which form you use the
meaning changes let's show you an
example let's start with the sentence
all the guests have arrived and make it
negative by adding not to the beginning
of the sentence not all the guests have
arrived
this means that
only some of them have arrived however
if you use a negative wide that is none
the opposite of all to make the sentence
negative it means something different
none of the guests have arrived
means that no guests have arrived
avoid saying all the guests haven't
arrived avoid using a negative verb
because it is on big use your listener
won't be sure which one you me let's
look at another example everyone is
ready let's add not to the beginning of
the sentence not everyone is ready and
as you know now it means only some
people are ready the other case no one
is ready means that there are no ready
people then yeah quite a different idea
from the first one and again avoid using
a negative verb because it makes it
ambiguous let's look at another group of
words but you have to be careful with
when you want to create a negative idea
with them both someone and something
there is only one way of creating a
negative idea here and that's by using
the opposite the opposite of both is
neither someone no one and something
nothing for example both of them are
here the negative sentence for this will
be neither of them I Oh something
happened to make this negative use the
negative expression the opposite of
something
nothing happened avoid other forms of
negatives because they won't mean much
to your listener right then we've
covered a lot of ground with the
negatives let's look at some common
mistakes the first common type of
mistake is forgetting to use the
auxilary for example saying something
like I have not any time now here the
verb half is the main verb is the
present simple therefore you do need an
auxilary don't I don't have any time
let's look at another example he knows
not many people you need to change your
sentence into a negative sentence with
the auxilary as right doesn't he doesn't
know many people and our last example is
of course in the past simple tense avoid
saying they went not very far
change your verb into a negative verb
they didn't go very far let's look at
the second type of common mistake that
you might make or you might hear and
that's using an auxilary with the verb
to be with a modal or using two
auxiliaries for example you may hear I
do not have finished now here the verb
have is the auxiliary for this tense so
you don't need another one you can
simply add not to the auxiliary have the
correct form is I haven't finished or
you might hear someone use an auxiliary
with a modal like this he doesn't cancel
in again there is no need for the
auxiliary doesn't can is a modal verb
and takes direct negative econ swim
let's look at an example with the verb
to be
I didn't be able to call once again
adding not to the verb to be is enough
no need for didn't I wasn't able to call
and finally the last type of common
mistake with negatives is using double
negatives that's right let's look at an
example you may hear I don't have
nothing
what's happened here is that you've used
both a negative verb and a negative word
remember they are alternatives you can
say I don't have anything or use the
negative one
I have nothing let's give you one last
example of a double negative
I haven't never been there once again
just either use the negative verb or the
negative white negative verb I haven't
ever been there or negative word I've
never been there
well that's all for the negatives I hope
you've enjoyed this video and I've lined
the negatives well I'm sure you will be
a lot more comfortable and confident in
using them from now as you know for more
information you can go to our website
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explanations I've just given you do some
exercises to reinforce consolidate these
points and I'll see you in the next vid
thank you for watching bye now