This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Negation > Double Negatives – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Double Negatives Quiz 1 (25 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 no help from nobody. B) I don't need any help. C) I don't need no help. D) I don't need help. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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 anything like that before. B) I always heard nothing like that before. C) I have never heard nothing like that before. D) I never heard something like that before. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 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) Wasn't unable. C) Didn't barely. D) Could hardly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Couldn't hardly. 7. -8-(-2) = A) 10. B) -10. C) 6. D) -6. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -6. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. -12-3 = A) -15. B) 15. C) 9. D) -9. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -15. 12. 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. 13. We shouldn't never go across that river.Is this sentences correct? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 14. 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. 15. 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. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. 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. 19. 5-(-8) = A) 13. B) -13. C) 3. D) -3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 13. 20. Travis and his brother don't know nothing about the movie. In the sentence, don't know nothing should be written- A) Don't know anything. B) Doesn't know nothing. C) Do not know nothing. D) No change needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Don't know anything. 21. 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. 22. 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. 23. I don't hear ..... barking A) Any. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Any. 24. Which of the following sentences does not contain a double negative? A) I don't want anything. B) I don't need no help. C) I can't hardly wait. D) I ain't got no money. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I don't want anything. 25. What is the correct way to say 'I can't get no satisfaction'? A) I can't get much satisfaction. B) I can't get a little satisfaction. C) I can't get any satisfaction. D) I can't get some satisfaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I can't get any satisfaction. Next →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesDouble Negatives Quiz 2Double Negatives Quiz 3Double Negatives Quiz 4Double Negatives Quiz 5Double Negatives Quiz 6Double Negatives Quiz 7Double Negatives Quiz 8Double Negatives Quiz 9Double Negatives Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books