STATEMENTS A statement is a sentence which gives information. If you make a statement, you usually give the sentence a subject, and this must go in front of the verb. The children are playing in the garden. NEGATIVE STATEMENTS Negative statements are made in two main ways: 1. If the statement contains an auxiliary verb, such as is or have, you usually add not or its contracted form n’t. She is not leaving. OR She isn’t leaving. Am and may do not allow n’t. Will, shall, and can have special contracted forms: won’t, shan’t, can’t. The same rules apply when you make a question negative. Are they in the garden? Aren’t they in the garden? WiII he get the job? Won’t he get the job? 2. If the statement has no auxiliary verb, you need to make the negative using a form of do + not/n’t. Make sure that the main verb is in its basic fo...
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