Use of Are: Negative Answers About Profession

In the previous lesson, we learned how to answer in an affirmative sentence.

In this lesson, we shall learn how to answer a question about a profession in a negative sentence.

Formation of a negative answer

These are negative answers.

In this formation, we use ‘not’ with ‘are’.

So, the formation of a negative answer is as follows:

• No, + Subject (we/you/they/these/those) + are not+ other words + full stop (.)

In brief, we can say:

• No, subject, subject + aren’t.
• No, we aren’t.
• No, you aren’t.
• No, they aren’t.

Examples:

Let’s see how to use ‘are’ in negative answers about the profession with some examples.

Here are some examples. The formation is as above.

Have a look-

1. No, you are not a doctor.
   (No, you aren’t.)
2. No, we are not professors.
   (No, we aren’t.)
3. No, they are not potters.
   (No, they aren’t.)
4. No, my sisters are not engineers.
   (No, they aren’t.)
5. No, you are not a cook.
   (No, you aren’t.)
6. No, they are not hawkers.
   (No, they aren’t.)
7. No, her sisters are not designers.
   (No, they aren’t.)
8. No, we are not collectors.
   (No, we aren’t.)
9. No, they are not watchmen.
   (No, they aren’t.)
10. No, you are not an advocate.
    (No, you aren’t.)
11. No, you are not a manager.
    (No, you aren’t.)
12. No, you are not a reporter.
    (No, you aren’t.)
13. No, they are not blacksmiths.
    (No, they aren’t.)
14. No, his two uncles are not photographers.
    (No, they aren’t.)
15. No, they are not players.
    (No, they aren’t.)
16. No, you are not a motorman.
    (No, you aren’t.)
17. No, we are not clerks.
    (No, we aren’t.)
18. No, they are not poets.
    (No, they aren’t.)
19. No, we are not nurses.
    (No, we aren’t.)
20. No, you are not a driver.
    (No, you aren’t.)
21. No, we are not shopkeepers.
    (No, we aren’t.)
22. No, you are not a writer.
    (No, you aren’t.)
23. No, we are not architects.
    (No, we aren’t.)
24. No, you are not an officer.
    (No, you aren’t.)
25. No, all my friends are not pilots.
    (No, they aren’t.)
26. No, they are not ministers.
    (No, they aren’t.)
27. No, we are not MLAs.
      (No, we aren’t.)
28. No, they are not teachers.
    (No, they aren’t.)
29. No, they are not book publishers.
    (No, they aren’t.)
30. No, we are not booksellers.
    (No, we aren’t.)

Related Lessons-

1. Use of are: state of being
2. Use of are: profession
3.               negative sentences
4.                questions
5.  Use of are in affirmative answers about the profession

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