How to Use Was in Negative Answers About State

In the previous lesson, we learned how to answer about the past state in an affirmative sentence.
In this lesson, we shall learn how to answer about the past state in a negative sentence.

We shall answer in a complete sentence as well as in brief.

Formation of a negative answer

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

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

• No, + subject (I/he/she/it/singular noun) + was not + other words + full stop (.).

In brief, we can answer as follows:

• No, + subject + wasn’t.
• No, he wasn’t.
• No, she wasn’t.

Examples:

Let’s see how to use ‘was in negative answers about the state with the examples.

Here are some examples. The formation is as above.

Have a look-

1. No, she was not a girl.
     (No, she wasn’t.)
2. No, he was not a boy. 
   (No, he wasn’t.)
3. No, Sarika was not happy.
   (No, she wasn’t.)
4. No, Balu was not very tired. 
   (No, he wasn’t.)
5. No, she was not bored. 
    (No, she wasn’t.)
6. No, he was not a peaceful person.
   (No, he wasn’t.)
7. No, Sameer was not present.
   (No, he wasn’t.)***
8. No, she was not pleased.
   (No, she wasn’t.)
9. No, he was not extremely sorry.
    (No, he wasn’t.)
10. No, my brother was not surprised.
     (No, he wasn’t.)
11. No, her sister was not sad.
     (No, she wasn’t.)
12. No, she was not thirsty.
      (No, she wasn’t.)
13. No, he was not frightened.
      (No, he wasn’t.)
14. No, she was not eighteen years old.
    (No, she wasn’t.)
15. No, Nayana was not seventeen.
    (No, she wasn’t.)
16. No, he was not an older person.
    (No, he wasn’t.)
17. No, the teacher was not angry.
      (No, she/he wasn’t.)
18. No, he was not mischievous.
    (No, he wasn’t.)
19. No, his father was not a tragic person.
    (No, he wasn’t.)
20. No, her mother was not superstitious.
    (No, she wasn’t.)
21. No, she was not innocent.
    (No, she wasn’t.)
22. No, Saumya was not helpful.
    (No, she wasn’t.)
23. No, he was not active.
    (No, he wasn’t.)
24. No, she was not helpful.
    (No, she wasn’t.)
25. No, Anand was not talented.
    (No, he wasn’t.)
26. No, he was not handsome.
    (No, he wasn’t.)
27. No, she was not gorgeous.
    (No, she wasn’t.)
28. No, the motorman was not very cautious.
    (No, he wasn’t.)
29. No, he was not a comic person.
    (No, he wasn’t.)
30. No, Sameer was not a loyal person.
    (No, he wasn’t.)

Related Lessons-

1. Use of was: state of being
2.                negative sentences
3. Use of was: state of being questions
4.                  negative answers
5. Use of was: profession

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