This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Negation > Double Negatives – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Double Negatives Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following sentences uses a double negative correctly? a) I don't need no help. b) I don't need any help. c) I don't need no help from nobody. A) I don't need any help. B) I don't need no help from nobody. C) I don't need no help. D) I don't need help. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I don't need any help. 2. I don't not eat vegetables. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 3. Correct the sentence: "I never heard nothing like that before." A) I never heard something like that before. B) I always heard nothing like that before. C) I never heard anything like that before. D) I have never heard nothing like that before. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I never heard anything like that before. 4. A football team gained 9 yards on one play and then lost 22 yards on the next. Write a sum of integers to find the overall change in field position. A) -9 + (-22) =-13. B) 9 + (-22) = 13. C) 9 + (-22) =-13. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 9 + (-22) =-13. 5. There isn't ..... on our team who plays as well as she does. A) Anyone. B) No one. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anyone. 6. Identify the double negative in the following sentence:'I couldn't hardly believe my eyes.' A) Couldn't hardly. B) Could hardly. C) Didn't barely. D) Wasn't unable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Couldn't hardly. 7. I don't want to drive all night.Is this sentences correct? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 8. The wind was so strong I ..... hardly stand. A) Could. B) Couldn't. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could. 9. Haven't you ..... size 10 dresses? A) Any. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Any. 10. Which sentence avoids a double negative? A) I didn't see nothing at all. B) I didn't see nothing unusual. C) I didn't see no unusual thing. D) I didn't see anything unusual. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I didn't see anything unusual. 11. Choose the sentence that correctly avoids a double negative. A) Ella doesn't have no more time to practice her trumpet. B) Ella doesn't have any more time to practice her trumpet. C) Ella has no more time to practice her trumpet. D) Both B and C are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both B and C are correct. 12. Jordan hasn't never owned a dog before. In the sentence, hasn't never owned should be written ..... A) Didn't never owned. B) Couldn't never owned. C) Hasn't ever owned. D) No change needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hasn't ever owned. 13. There isn't ..... mail delivery on a holiday. A) Any. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Any. 14. Helen doesn't not know how to use chopsticks.Is this sentences correct? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 15. Which sentence is NONSTANDARD because of a double negative? A) He could hardly talk. B) He couldn't talk. C) He couldn't hardly talk. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He couldn't hardly talk. 16. Travis and his brother don't know nothing about the movie. In the sentence, don't know nothing should be written- A) Do not know nothing. B) Doesn't know nothing. C) Don't know anything. D) No change needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Don't know anything. 17. Isn't there ..... you want for Christmas? A) Nothing. B) Anything. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anything. 18. Correct the sentence: "There isn't no reason to worry." A) There is no reason to worry. B) There isn't no reason to be concerned. C) There is every reason to worry. D) There isn't any reason to worry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There isn't any reason to worry. 19. I don't hear ..... barking A) Any. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Any. 20. Which of the following sentences does not contain a double negative? A) I don't want anything. B) I can't hardly wait. C) I don't need no help. D) I ain't got no money. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I don't want anything. 21. What is the correct way to say 'I can't get no satisfaction'? A) I can't get some satisfaction. B) I can't get a little satisfaction. C) I can't get much satisfaction. D) I can't get any satisfaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I can't get any satisfaction. 22. Identify the double negative: "You can't get no better than this." A) Can't no. B) Can't better. C) Get no. D) Can't get better. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can't no. 23. Choose the correct contraction.Toad should not go on adventures alone. A) Should. B) Has. C) Shouldn't. D) Won't. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shouldn't. 24. Please don't ..... tell her that I read her journal A) Never. B) Ever. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ever. 25. I (do, do not) want to see anything on television this evening. A) Do. B) Do not. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do not. 26. Kimione was not carrying ..... packages. A) No. B) Any. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Any. 27. I can't think of ..... to add to this list. A) Nothing. B) Anything. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anything. 28. They shouldn't play basketball inside the house. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 29. Correct the sentence: "They didn't do nothing wrong." A) They didn't do anything wrong. B) They did anything wrong. C) They did nothing wrong. D) They didn't do no wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They didn't do anything wrong. 30. People shouldn't never steal from each other.Is this sentences correct? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 31. All the witnesses claimed they didn't see anything. A) Correct as is (anything). B) All the witnesses claimed they didn't see nothing. C) All the witnesses claimed they can't see nothing. D) Two negative words used together in the same sentence sounds great. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct as is (anything). 32. Correct the redundancy in the following sentence:'The weather outside is extremely hot in temperature.' A) The weather outside is extremely hot in degree. B) The weather outside is extremely hot in temperature. C) The weather outside is extremely hot in heat. D) The weather outside is extremely hot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The weather outside is extremely hot. 33. What is the grammatical issue in the sentence: "My grandmother Alba hasn't never left her beautiful homeland of Puerto Rico" ? A) The use of "hasn't" and "never" creates a double negative. B) The word "beautiful" is unnecessary. C) The sentence is correct as it is. D) The word "left" should be replaced with "departed.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The use of "hasn't" and "never" creates a double negative. 34. Choose the correct contraction.I cannot go to the store today. A) Can not. B) Can't. C) Can. D) Couldn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can't. 35. Identify the error in the sentence: "I can't believe they still haven't done nothing about that leak." A) The use of "haven't" and "nothing" creates a double negative. B) The word "leak" should be replaced with "problem.". C) The sentence is correct as it is. D) The word "still" is unnecessary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The use of "haven't" and "nothing" creates a double negative. 36. Which of the following sentences uses a double negative correctly? a) I can't hardly hear nothing. b) I can hardly hear anything. c) I can't hardly hear no one. A) I can't hardly hear nothing. B) I can't hear nothing hardly. C) I can hardly hear anything. D) I can't hardly hear no one. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I can hardly hear anything. 37. Identify the double negative: "She doesn't want no cake." A) She wants some cake. B) Doesn't want no cake. C) She doesn't want any cake. D) She wants no cake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Doesn't want no cake. 38. He never does anything in class. A) Il ne fait jamais rien. B) Il ne faire pas rien en classe. C) Il ne fait jamais rien en classe. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Il ne fait jamais rien en classe. 39. Jennifer hasn't ..... seen a snowman. A) Ever. B) Never. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ever. 40. Correct or incorrect?I don't got no friends. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 41. Choose the correct contraction. We ..... are not ..... allowed to enter. A) Wasn't. B) Weren't. C) Aren't. D) Isn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aren't. 42. There isn't ..... paper in the copy machine. A) Any. B) None. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Any. 43. Mrs. Kersey doesn't have ..... patience for double negatives! A) No. B) Any. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Any. 44. Identify the double negative in the following sentence:'I can't get no satisfaction.' A) Can't get no. B) Can't achieve none. C) Can't receive any. D) Can't find no. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can't get no. 45. Paulina doesn't not know how to drive. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 46. Correct the sentence: "They didn't say nothing at the meeting." A) They said anything at the meeting. B) They didn't say something at the meeting. C) They didn't say anything at the meeting. D) They no said nothing at the meeting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They didn't say anything at the meeting. 47. Challenge Questions. Which sentence uses a single negative correctly? A) I am no not unsatisfied with the result. B) I am not no unsatisfied with the result. C) I am not unsatisfied with the result. D) I am not nothing unsatisfied. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I am not unsatisfied with the result. 48. I shouln't never listen to that song. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 49. The elderly women in the pool ..... well. A) Swim. B) Swims. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Swim. 50. I hardly have no money. A) I don't have no money. B) I can't have no money. C) I hardly have any money. D) I won't have no money. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I hardly have any money. 51. Read the sentence. Choose the correct word in parenthesis.There isn't ( no, any ) time left to go to the supermarket before it closes. A) No. B) Any. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Any. 52. Which sentence uses a contraction correctly? A) They doesn't know the answer. B) We wasn't there yesterday. C) He isn't going to the store. D) She don't like apples. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He isn't going to the store. 53. Mrs. Ramirez doesn't have ..... patience for interruptions. A) No. B) Any. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Any. 54. In scarcely ..... time at all, the alien climbed back in its ship and disappeared. A) No. B) Any. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Any. 55. Rewrite the sentence 'I can't hardly wait' without using a double negative. A) I can't hardly not wait. B) I can hardly wait. C) I can't wait hardly. D) I can wait hardly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I can hardly wait. 56. Correct the redundancy in the following sentence:'The new innovation is a completely new concept.' A) The new innovation is a completely fresh concept. B) The new innovation is a completely innovative concept. C) The new innovation is a completely unique concept. D) The new innovation is a completely original concept. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The new innovation is a completely innovative concept. 57. Sam and Amy found ..... children playing at the park. A) There. B) Their. C) They're. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Their. 58. Identify the double negative: "I don't want to see nobody today." A) Don't, nobody. B) I want to see nobody today. C) I want to see somebody today. D) I don't want to see anyone today. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Don't, nobody. 59. Apply proper grammar rules to eliminate double negatives in the following sentence:'I can't get no satisfaction from this job.' A) I can't get no dissatisfaction from this job. B) I can't get any satisfaction from this job. C) I can't get any dissatisfaction from this job. D) I can't get none satisfaction from this job. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I can't get any satisfaction from this job. 60. Mrs. Rogan will not ..... lend me her cool Apple watch with an animated Mickey Mouse clock. A) Ever. B) Never. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ever. 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