This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Negation > Affirmative Negative And Double Negative Sentences – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Affirmative Negative And Double Negative Sentences Quiz 4 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the sentence "I can't find my keys nowhere, " which two words create a nonstandard double negative? A) Find / my. B) Can't / nowhere. C) Keys / nowhere. D) Can't / find. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can't / nowhere. 2. Which sentence correctly uses the word 'not' to make a statement negative? A) You should not run in the halls. B) You not should run in the halls. C) You should run not in the halls. D) Not you should run in the halls. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You should not run in the halls. 3. True or False:A double negative occurs when two negative words are used in the same clause, and it is considered nonstandard in formal English. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. True or False:Adding the word 'not' after a verb like 'is' or 'can' is a common way to make a sentence negative. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. Which of these sentences is an affirmative statement, meaning it states something as a fact without using negative words? A) I have never visited Canada. B) We are going to the library today. C) My dog doesn't like baths. D) Nobody answered the phone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We are going to the library today. 6. Which of the following is a negative sentence? A) She finished her homework early. B) He will join the basketball team. C) They are excited about the field trip. D) The store is not open on Sundays. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The store is not open on Sundays. 7. What is the main problem with this sentence:'My friend doesn't want no help with his project'? A) The verb tense is wrong. B) It uses a double negative. C) It is missing a comma. D) The subject and verb don't agree. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It uses a double negative. 8. Which of the following sentences contains a double negative? A) He has never been to California. B) I can't find my keys anywhere. C) We don't have no milk for breakfast. D) She doesn't want any dessert. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We don't have no milk for breakfast. 9. Which sentence correctly shows that the subject does not do something? A) He be not liking spinach. B) He not likes spinach. C) He no like spinach. D) He doesn't like spinach. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He doesn't like spinach. 10. Complete the sentence with a word that makes it negative:She has ..... pets at home. A) Some. B) No. C) Two. D) Many. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 11. Which sentence shows correct subject-verb agreement in a negative sentence? A) We doesn't have practice today. B) The dogs doesn't bark at night. C) He doesn't know the answer. D) She don't like chocolate ice cream. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He doesn't know the answer. 12. In the sentence 'My little sister never wants to share her toys, ' which word makes the sentence negative? A) Wants. B) Toys. C) Sister. D) Never. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Never. 13. Which word makes the following sentence negative? 'My friends and I will not be at the party on Saturday.' A) Not. B) Party. C) Will. D) Friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not. 14. Complete the negative command:' ..... be late for the bus!' A) Not. B) Don't. C) No. D) Aren't. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Don't. 15. Complete the sentence:My friends ..... at the skate park yesterday because it was raining. A) Weren't. B) Not were. C) Wasn't. D) Be not. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weren't. 16. Which sentence correctly avoids a double negative? A) There isn't anyone in the gym right now. B) He didn't tell me nothing about the plan. C) We couldn't hardly hear the announcement. D) She won't never be late for practice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There isn't anyone in the gym right now. 17. Complete the sentence:He ..... finish his homework last night because he felt sick. A) Doesn't. B) Isn't. C) Didn't. D) Not. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Didn't. 18. Which sentence is grammatically correct and avoids a double negative? A) My little brother won't eat no vegetables. B) There isn't anything to do at home. C) We didn't see nothing interesting at the museum. D) He can't find his phone nowhere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There isn't anything to do at home. 19. In the sentence, 'He couldn't believe he won the video game tournament, ' what two words does the contraction 'couldn't' stand for? A) Can not. B) Can't not. C) Could never. D) Could not. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Could not. 20. Complete the sentence to correctly fix the double negative:I don't have ..... homework to do tonight. A) Any. B) No. C) None. D) Nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Any. 21. Complete the sentence:After the party, there wasn't ..... left to clean up. A) Everything. B) Nothing. C) Anything. D) Something. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anything. 22. Choose the best way to rewrite the following affirmative sentence as a negative one:'Mariah knows the answer.' A) Mariah not knows the answer. B) Mariah doesn't know the answer. C) Mariah is not knowing the answer. D) Mariah knows no the answer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mariah doesn't know the answer. 23. Complete the sentence:My brother ..... at the skatepark yesterday because he was sick. A) Wasn't. B) Don't be. C) Weren't. D) Isn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wasn't. 24. Which of these is an affirmative sentence, meaning it states something as a fact? A) Don't forget your lunch. B) We are going to the skate park on Saturday. C) I have never seen that movie. D) My brother isn't home from school yet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We are going to the skate park on Saturday. 25. Complete the sentence:My friend promised she ..... tell my secret, but she did. A) Didn't. B) Wouldn't. C) Couldn't. D) Hasn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wouldn't. 26. True or False:The sentence 'We couldn't hardly hear the speaker' is a grammatically correct way to say the speaker was quiet. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 27. How can you change the affirmative statement 'She finished her project' into a correct negative question? A) She didn't finish her project?. B) Did she not finished her project?. C) Doesn't she finish her project?. D) Didn't she finish her project?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Didn't she finish her project?. 28. All of the following sentences are negative EXCEPT for one. Which sentence is affirmative? A) I can hardly see through this fog. B) She is not joining the club. C) My team won the championship game!. D) Nobody came to the meeting on time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My team won the championship game!. 29. Which sentence correctly changes 'I could hear the music' into a negative sentence? A) I couldn't hear the music. B) I didn't could hear the music. C) I not could hear the music. D) I could no hear the music. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I couldn't hear the music. 30. Complete the negative question: ..... seen my basketball? I left it right here. A) You don't. B) Didn't you. C) You have not. D) Haven't you. 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