Have you ever read any rules, regulations, or even do and don’ts in a certain place? The ‘do’ sentences in a rule show us advice about what we should do. This is the type of sentence that we can categorize as a positive sentence.
On the other hand, the ‘don’t’ sentence points out something that we should not do, this one is an example of a negative sentence type. To know more about the negative and positive sentence, let’s get to the list.
What are Positive Sentences?
Positive Sentence is also known as an affirmative sentence is makes a type of sentence that makes a statement about something that is ‘so.
Characteristic features:
- A positive sentence usually contains a statement that is a fact.
- This sentence also tells that something is so.
- The words ‘no’ either ‘not’ do not exist in a positive sentence.
- This sentence can be formed into various tenses, such as past, present, and future sentences. Whose sentence form will change with the addition of the following affixes:
Past ? did; was/were; had; would; could; etc.
Present ? am; has/have; is/are (followed by the verb 1); verb-ing.
Future ? will (be); is/are going to.
20+ Examples of Positive Sentences
- Micelle did her homework this afternoon
- My uncle was born in 1988
- The teachers were preparing for the exam next week at the office.
- My sister had a headache this morning, I hope she will get better soon.
- Roy would like to go to the store earlier before it starts to rain.
- If we had some oranges,I could make you some fresh juice.
- I am a junior highschool student.
- Lissa has cooked some cookies.
- They have planted the water already.
- Brian is an engineer.
- The athletes are practicing so hard.
- My mother is baking a chocolate cake.
- Timothy will be staying at home.
- Amber misses her mom.
- My bestfriend is an architect, he designed my house.
- Tom repaired Timmy’s motorcycle yesterday.
- We are going to the cinema.
- Eifel tower was built on 28 January 1887.
- A tsunami is huge waves caused by a sudden movement of the ocean surface due to earthquakes and other else.
- Earth is the third planet from the sun.
- The lions live in the savanna.
- The brown box was created by Ralph H.Baer in 1967
- We can find strawberry milk in the dairy section at the store.
- Sam rides a bicycle to go to school.
- Tyler likes to play football.
What are Negative Sentences ?
Negative sentence is the type of sentence which rejects a statement in that sentence itself. Negative sentences are decisive articulations i.e they transfer data accepted to be valid.
Characteristic features:
- A negative sentence shows us that the statement in the sentence itself is false.
- The words ‘no’ and ‘not’ exist in this negative sentence.
- A sentence that tells you that something is not so.
- The positive sentence can be formed into negative sentence by adding the word ‘not’ after the auxiliary (be), such as am, is, are, was, and were.
10+ Examples of Negative Sentences
- Amy is not going to school today.
- Tom doesn’t like to eat spicy food.
- They were not playing basketball.
- Roy would not like to go to the store earlier before it starts to rain.
- I could not make you some fresh juice.
- I am not a junior high school student.
- Lissa hasn’t cooked some cookies.
- Brian is not an engineer.
- We were not
- The child is not wearing a hat.
- My sister will not have been studying Japanese next year.
- We don’t live near each other.
- Hyenas do not eat plants.
- Beckie is not allergic to peanuts.
- Nick is not sad, he is very happy.
Keep exploring EnglishBix to learn more about different types of sentences and how they are used in writing.
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