How to Use Was in Negative Sentences About the Profession

Formation of a negative sentence about the profession

The formation of this sentence is the same as the negative sentences about the state.

So, the formation of this sentence is as follows:

• Subject (I/he/she/it/any singular noun) + was not + other words + full stop (.)

Now, we shall discuss how to use ‘was’ in this sentence.

Examples:

Here are some examples. The formation is as above.

Have a look-

1. He was not a hawker.
2. I was not an MLA.
3. He was not a blacksmith.
4. My brother was not a pilot.
5. He was not a shopkeeper.
6. Her sister was not a designer.
7. His father was not a collector.
8. Her brother was not a watchman.
9. Sahil was not a taxi driver.
10. She was not a fiction writer.
11. Sameer was not an architect.
12. He was not a skilled potter.
13. He was not a bank manager.
14. She was not a news reporter.
15. Tarak was not a comic poet.
16. Lara was not a clerk in primary school.
17. She was not a foreign minister.
18. Sachin was not a cricket player.
19. She was not a doctor at a government hospital.
20. My mother was not an English-language professor.
21. My sister was not a chemical engineer.
22. She was not a ticket checker in the railway department.
23. She was not an advocate at the Supreme Court.
24. His uncle was not a professional photographer.
25. She was not a motorwoman on the Mumbai local train.
26. She was not a nurse in medical college.
27. He was not an officer in the education department.
28. Smita was not a teacher in Aurangabad. 
29. She was not an academic book publisher.
30. He was not a bookseller in Pune.

Related lessons you must read:

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

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