Understanding Double Negatives

What is a double negative?

• A sentence with no negative words

• A sentence with two negative words

• A sentence with one negative word

• A sentence with two positive words

Which of the following is a negative word?

• Often

• Sometimes

• Never

• Always

How can you correct the sentence: 'I do not know no one in this room'?

• I know everyone in this room

• I do not know anyone in this room

• I know no one in this room

• I do not know everyone in this room

Which sentence is correct?

• I have not seen hardly Mary lately

• I have not hardly seen Mary lately

• I have hardly seen Mary lately

• I have seen not hardly Mary lately

What does the contraction 'isn't' stand for?

• Is not

• Is never

• Is no

• Is none

Identify the error in the sentence: 'We didn't buy no light bulbs.'

• It is missing a verb

• It is missing a subject

• It has a positive word

• It has a double negative

Which sentence is free of double negatives?

• I have not seen Karina

• I haven't received no answer

• I will not never break the record

• I have not hardly come close

What is the correct form of the sentence: 'Not neither of my scores was high enough'?

• Not both of my scores were high enough

• Not either of my scores was high enough

• Neither of my scores was high enough

• Both of my scores were high enough

Which of the following sentences is correct?

• I have not seen never that movie

• I have not never seen that movie

• I have never seen that movie

• I have seen not never that movie

What should you do if a sentence contains a double negative?

• Add another negative word

• Add a positive word

• Remove one of the negative words

• Change the subject of the sentence