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Double Negatives Grade 3 A double negative contains two negative words: He doesn't even know no one My sister used to play.. um basketball.. but she.

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Page 1: Double Negatives Grade 3 A double negative contains two negative words: He doesn't even know no one My sister used to play.. um basketball.. but she.

Double Negatives

Grade 3

Page 2: Double Negatives Grade 3 A double negative contains two negative words: He doesn't even know no one My sister used to play.. um basketball.. but she.

A double negative contains two negative

words:He doesn't even know no one My sister used to play.. um

basketball.. but she doesn't no more

They don’t ave nothin But no-one didn’t answered

Page 3: Double Negatives Grade 3 A double negative contains two negative words: He doesn't even know no one My sister used to play.. um basketball.. but she.

Correcting Double Negatives

The clause I don't have none contains two negative words—the contraction don't and the adjective none. If you don't have none, then you do have some. To express a negative idea, you should use only one negative word.

Page 4: Double Negatives Grade 3 A double negative contains two negative words: He doesn't even know no one My sister used to play.. um basketball.. but she.

Remember: In addition to such negative

words as never, no, none, and not, the words scarcely, hardly, and barely function as negatives and should not be used with other negative words in the same clause

Page 5: Double Negatives Grade 3 A double negative contains two negative words: He doesn't even know no one My sister used to play.. um basketball.. but she.

Incorrect He never cooks nothing exciting

for dinner.

Page 6: Double Negatives Grade 3 A double negative contains two negative words: He doesn't even know no one My sister used to play.. um basketball.. but she.

Correct He never cooks anything exciting

for dinner.

Page 7: Double Negatives Grade 3 A double negative contains two negative words: He doesn't even know no one My sister used to play.. um basketball.. but she.

Incorrect We can't hardly wait for a change

in the menu.

Page 8: Double Negatives Grade 3 A double negative contains two negative words: He doesn't even know no one My sister used to play.. um basketball.. but she.

Correct We can hardly wait for a change

in the menu.

Page 9: Double Negatives Grade 3 A double negative contains two negative words: He doesn't even know no one My sister used to play.. um basketball.. but she.

Correct We can't wait for a change in the

menu.

Page 10: Double Negatives Grade 3 A double negative contains two negative words: He doesn't even know no one My sister used to play.. um basketball.. but she.

Incorrect You haven't been reading no

books on how to cook bugs, have you?

Page 11: Double Negatives Grade 3 A double negative contains two negative words: He doesn't even know no one My sister used to play.. um basketball.. but she.

correct You haven't been reading any

books on how to cook bugs, have you?

Page 12: Double Negatives Grade 3 A double negative contains two negative words: He doesn't even know no one My sister used to play.. um basketball.. but she.

Correct You haven't been reading books

on how to cook bugs, have you?

Page 13: Double Negatives Grade 3 A double negative contains two negative words: He doesn't even know no one My sister used to play.. um basketball.. but she.

Words combined with n't and the word not are negative words.

Page 14: Double Negatives Grade 3 A double negative contains two negative words: He doesn't even know no one My sister used to play.. um basketball.. but she.

Incorrect Lisa did not feel nothing.

Page 15: Double Negatives Grade 3 A double negative contains two negative words: He doesn't even know no one My sister used to play.. um basketball.. but she.

Correct Lisa felt nothing.

Page 16: Double Negatives Grade 3 A double negative contains two negative words: He doesn't even know no one My sister used to play.. um basketball.. but she.

Give yourself a test. . They didn't have tickets.

(any, no)

. Our team hasn't won the league title. (never, ever)

Page 17: Double Negatives Grade 3 A double negative contains two negative words: He doesn't even know no one My sister used to play.. um basketball.. but she.

Try these. He didn't bring of the food.

(any, none)

Haven't you been to a football game? (ever, never)

Page 18: Double Negatives Grade 3 A double negative contains two negative words: He doesn't even know no one My sister used to play.. um basketball.. but she.

Now, try these. I have not seen on the

field yet. (anybody, nobody)

She didn't see the coach . (nowhere, anywhere)

Page 19: Double Negatives Grade 3 A double negative contains two negative words: He doesn't even know no one My sister used to play.. um basketball.. but she.

Let’s see how you do on these.

Their team doesn't have poor players. (any, no)

We can't find the basketball . (nowhere, anywhere)

Page 20: Double Negatives Grade 3 A double negative contains two negative words: He doesn't even know no one My sister used to play.. um basketball.. but she.

Always remember:

Don't use no double negatives. . .

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Or maybe we should say,

Don’t use any double negatives!