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Standard English
Double negatives are a no-no in the English language, yet you hear people using them all the time. "I ain't got no pencils," is a classic example. This presentation addresses double negatives, and teaches learners how to avoid this...
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Double Negatives
Double negatives are highlighted in this very nice PowerPoint. Students are reminded that, when expressing a negative idea in writing, only one negative words should be used. After seeing both correct and incorrect forms, students...
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Double Negatives 1
In this identifying double negatives worksheet, students read sentences containing double negatives and rewrite them so they make sense using a single negative. Students rewrite seven sentences.
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Avoiding Double Negatives
What double negatives are, and how to avoid using them, is the focus of this language arts worksheet. After a review of what double negatives are, learners address 15 problems that have to do with double negatives.
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Double Negatives Worksheet 1
In this grammar learning exercise, students underline each correct word in parenthesis in twenty sentences. Students choose the appropriate words that are not double negatives.
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Grammar Practice: Avoiding Double (or Multiple) Negatives
After an explanation of double negatives, young grammarians rewrite a series of sentences to eliminate the double or multiple negatives. An answer sheet is included.
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Correcting Double Negatives
In this double negatives learning exercise, students rewrite a set of 15 sentences, eliminating double negatives in each. Page is part of the Glencoe Online site.
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Use of "some", "any", "no"
In this uses of some", "any", or "no" worksheet, students can review the correct uses, then complete the online sentences with the correct response.
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Total English Intermediate: Who Knows?
In this intermediate future tenses practice worksheet, students complete 8 sentences by following the prompts. Students also respond to 3 short answer questions pertaining to future tenses.
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Grammar: Double Negatives
In this grammar errors worksheet, students identify the nine double negatives in the newspaper report. Students must rewrite the report without the double negatives.
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No, Not, Never Avoiding the Double Negative
In this double negative words instructional activity, students correct double negatives within 4 sentences by editing and rewriting the sentences.
Wesleyan College
Using Negative Words
For this grammar worksheet, students rewrite ten sentences by leaving out at least one negative word or by substituting ever for never or any for no or none.
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Lesson Plan for English-Using Negatives in a Sentence
Students explore "negatives" in English grammar. In this grammar lesson, students generate a list of "negative" words such as "not" and "nowhere." Students listen to the teacher read examples of sentences with double negatives, identify...
McGraw Hill
Correct Double Negatives
For this sentence revision worksheet, middle schoolers rewrite sentences to eliminate double negatives. If the sentence is incorrect, students provide at least two ways to correctly revise it. Some of the sentences may be correct as...
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Negative Constructions
In this negative constructions worksheet, 7th graders review and discuss what negative constructions are and how to avoid using them in sentences. Students build three sentences with a set of words for each one.