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.
  An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520
• 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.
   An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520
     (No, she wasn’t.)
2. No, he was not a boy. 
   An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520
   (No, he wasn’t.)
3. No, Sarika was not happy.
   An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520
   (No, she wasn’t.)
4. No, Balu was not very tired. 
   (No, he wasn’t.)
5. No, she was not bored. 
   An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520
    (No, she wasn’t.)
6. No, he was not a peaceful person.
   An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520
   (No, he wasn’t.)
7. No, Sameer was not present.
   An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520
   (No, he wasn’t.)***
8. No, she was not pleased.
   An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520
   (No, she wasn’t.)
9. No, he was not extremely sorry.
    (No, he wasn’t.)
10. No, my brother was not surprised.
    An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520
     (No, he wasn’t.)
11. No, her sister was not sad.
    An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520
     (No, she wasn’t.)
12. No, she was not thirsty.
    An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520
      (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.
    An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520
      (No, she/he wasn’t.)
18. No, he was not mischievous.
    (No, he wasn’t.)
19. No, his father was not a tragic person.
    An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520
    (No, he wasn’t.)
20. No, her mother was not superstitious.
    (No, she wasn’t.)
21. No, she was not innocent.
    An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520
    (No, she wasn’t.)
22. No, Saumya was not helpful.
    An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520
    (No, she wasn’t.)
23. No, he was not active.
    An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520
    (No, he wasn’t.)
24. No, she was not helpful.
    (No, she wasn’t.)
25. No, Anand was not talented.
    An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520
    (No, he wasn’t.)
26. No, he was not handsome.
    An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520
    (No, he wasn’t.)
27. No, she was not gorgeous.
    An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520
    (No, she wasn’t.)
28. No, the motorman was not very cautious.
    An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520
    (No, he wasn’t.)
29. No, he was not a comic person.
    (No, he wasn’t.)
30. No, Sameer was not a loyal person.
    An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520
    (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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