How to Use Has in Negative Answers about Completed Action

We learned the use of has in affirmative answers about the completed action in the previous lesson. We have seen that we can use ‘has to show the completed action in the present and future tense. But we can use ‘has in the negative answers about the completed action in only the present tense.

In this lesson, we shall learn to form negative answers about the completed action using ‘has’.

Construction of a negative answer using ‘has’

The structure of a negative answer is as follows:

• No, + subject (he/she/it/any other singular noun) + has not + past participle of the main verb+ other words + full stop (.)

Formation of short negative answers using ‘has’

We use the first verb of a question to form the short answer. It may be an auxiliary verb or a form of ‘be.

In this lesson, we answer the questions starting with ‘has in the present tense.

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

• No, + subject (he/she/it/any other singular noun) + hasn’t + full stop (.)

Examples of ‘has’ in a negative answer

Let’s see how to use ‘has’ in the negative answers about the completed action with some examples.

In brief, we can say:

• No, he hasn’t.
• No, she hasn’t.
• No, it hasn’t.

Here are some examples. The formation is as above.

Let’s Have a look-

1. No, a herd of antelope has not seen us hiding by the tree.
   (No, it hasn’t
2. No, a litter of cubs has not seen a lioness hunting an animal.
   (No, it hasn’t.)
3. No, he has not done well in his exams.
   (No, he hasn’t.)
4. No, she has not travelled the entire world.
   (No, she hasn’t.)
5. No, John has not lost his wallet at the mall.
   (No, he hasn’t.)
6. No, she has not heard about that scheme of investment.
   (No, she hasn’t.)
7. No, Ravina has not adopted two girls.
   (No, she hasn’t.)
8. No, a tiger has not hunted a deer.
   (No, it hasn’t.)
9. No, she has not solved so many difficulties during her work period.
   (No, she hasn’t.)
10. No, he has not applied for the job of medical officer at the railway hospital.
    (No, he hasn’t.)
11. No, she has not seen a ghost at the corner of a building.
    (No, she hasn’t.)
12. No, Krishna has not collected so many postage stamps.
    (No, he hasn’t.)
13. No, my mother has not made a cake for my birthday party.
    (No, she hasn’t.)
14. No, she has not spent her holidays with her family.
    (No, she hasn’t.)
15. No, a worker has not washed my car with a new cleaning liquid today.
     (No, he/she hasn’t.)
16. No, he has not watched that film four times.
    (No, he hasn’t.)
17. No, she has not cleaned the kitchen before going to bed.
    (No, she hasn’t.)
18. No, her son has not spent all the money on foreign trips.
    (No, he hasn’t.)
19. No, Aditya has not participated in the international film festival.
    (No, he hasn’t.)
20. No, she has not told me about that incident before.
    (No, she hasn’t.)
21. No, a singer has not sung this song so beautifully.
    (No, he/she hasn’t.)
22. No, he has not bought a new car for his sister on her birthday.
    (No, he hasn’t.)
23. No, a courier boy has not delivered my documents in a plastic pouch.
    (No, he hasn’t.)
24. No, he has not washed his hands and face before dinner.
    (No, he hasn’t.)
25. No, a lotus flower has not bloomed in the pond.
    (No, it hasn’t.)
26. No, she has not completed her interior assignment in four hours.
    (No, she hasn’t.)
27. No, he has not received an expensive wristwatch as a gift on his birthday.
    (No, he hasn’t.)
28. No, the banana has not turned brown.
    (No, it hasn’t.)
29. No, a student has not answered thirty difficult questions correctly.
    (No, he/she hasn’t.)
30. No, he has not expanded his company’s operations this year.
    (No, he hasn’t.)

Related Lessons-

1. Use of ‘am’ to explain the state of being
2. Use of is to tell about the profession
3. Use of pronoun ‘these’ in questions
4. Use of will in negative answers
5. Use of have in the questions

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