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:
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-
- No, she was not a girl.An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520(No, she wasn’t.)
- No, he was not a boy. An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520(No, he wasn’t.)
- No, Sarika was not happy.An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520(No, she wasn’t.)
- No, Balu was not very tired. (No, he wasn’t.)
- No, she was not bored. An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520(No, she wasn’t.)
- No, he was not a peaceful person.An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520(No, he wasn’t.)
- No, Sameer was not present.An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520(No, he wasn’t.)***
- No, she was not pleased.An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520(No, she wasn’t.)
- No, he was not extremely sorry.(No, he wasn’t.)
- No, my brother was not surprised.An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520(No, he wasn’t.)
- No, her sister was not sad.An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520(No, she wasn’t.)
- No, she was not thirsty.An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520(No, she wasn’t.)
- No, he was not frightened.(No, he wasn’t.)
- No, she was not eighteen years old.(No, she wasn’t.)
- No, Nayana was not seventeen.(No, she wasn’t.)
- No, he was not an older person.(No, he wasn’t.)
- No, the teacher was not angry.An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520(No, she/he wasn’t.)
- No, he was not mischievous.(No, he wasn’t.)
- No, his father was not a tragic person.An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520(No, he wasn’t.)
- No, her mother was not superstitious.(No, she wasn’t.)
- No, she was not innocent.An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520(No, she wasn’t.)
- No, Saumya was not helpful.An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520(No, she wasn’t.)
- No, he was not active.An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520(No, he wasn’t.)
- No, she was not helpful.(No, she wasn’t.)
- No, Anand was not talented.An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520(No, he wasn’t.)
- No, he was not handsome.An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520(No, he wasn’t.)
- No, she was not gorgeous.An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520(No, she wasn’t.)
- No, the motorman was not very cautious.An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520(No, he wasn’t.)
- No, he was not a comic person.(No, he wasn’t.)
- No, Sameer was not a loyal person.An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 520(No, he wasn’t.)
Related Lessons-
- Use of was: state of being
- negative sentences
- Use of was: state of being questions
- negative answers
- Use of was: profession