Negative Forms in English: Common Negative Sentences

This Book Covers The Following Topics:

Negative Expressions
01. BY NO MEANS
02. LITTLE
03. BUT NOT
04. NEVER
05. NO/NOT/NEVER ------- NOR
06. NO/NOT/NEVER ------- OR
07. NEITHER ------- NOR
08. NOBODY/NO ONE
09. NOTHING
10. NO DOUBT
11. NO LONGER
12. NO MATTER + Question Word
13. NOT + LONG AGO
14. NOT/NOT ONLY & BUT
15. NOT + -ING form of Verb
16. NOT TO + MAIN VERB
17. RARELY
18. SELDOM
19. WHETHER OR NOT + TO + MAIN VERB
20. WORDS That Show Negative Sense
21. MISCELLANY
TENSE - Negative Statements
Present Tense -- Negative Statements
Past Tense -- Negative Statements
Future Tense -- Negative Statements
Negative Forms of Modals
Exercise: 1
Exercise: 2

Sample This:

BY NO MEANS
Meaning: Not At All

By no means am I saying this is a bad thing, but it is not a choice that I made.
By no means did we settle on anything.
By no means does he think children need to go through terrible times to be better people.
By no means is he guaranteed to win.
By no means is this fight over or even anywhere near under control.
By no means let him dominate the conversation.
By no means should individuals or groups be allowed to go to that building.
By no means should we be complacent with being second.

LITTLE
Meaning: Small

[Little + Auxiliary Verb + Subject]
Little do managers and executives realize that delay is in itself a decision!
Little do they know that she is better qualified than any of them in survival skills.
Little do they know that the journey ahead is not going to be easy.
Little do they know that their loss is actually a win for all of us, including for them.
Little do we realize the exact meaning or the appropriate use of many terms.

BUT NOT

But not for a minute did he make me feel angry.
Embassy shutdowns happen, but not usually on this scale.
Gender equality is still a goal, but not a present reality, for university campuses around the world.
He could be right, but not for the reason he thinks.
He has time for sports but not for family.
He is clearly the strongest but not superhuman.
He looks comfortable but not great.

NEVER
Meaning: Not At Any Time/Not On Any Occasion

The contractor left the work midway and never came back to finish it.
He gave a press conference explaining he never did anything wrong in his career.
He had to come clean but he never did.
He never does anything for us.
He never does anything truly charitable.
He never went to class.
He said he would text me after the weekend but never did.
He thought he was never in with a chance of becoming a mayor last year.
His wife is soft-spoken and never hurts anyone.
I am ashamed that I saw injustice and never did anything about it.
I am not sure he will even make the team, never mind have a big role.
I am sure I will never forget this moment.
I could never go back.