Use of Was in Negative Answers About Profession

In this chapter, we shall learn how to answer in a negative sentence about the past profession.

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

Now, we shall answer in a negative sentence.

Formation of a negative answer

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

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 past profession with examples.

Here are some answers. The formation is as above.

Have a look-

1. No, he was not a hawker.
   (No, he wasn’t.)
2. No, I was not an MLA.
   (No, I wasn’t.)
3. No, he was not a blacksmith.
   (No, he wasn’t.)
4. No, my brother was not a pilot.
   (No, he wasn’t.)
5. No, he was not a shopkeeper.
   (No, he wasn’t.)
6. No, her sister was not a designer.
   (No, she wasn’t.)
7. No, his father was not a collector.
   (No, he wasn’t.)
8. No, her brother was not a watchman.
   (No, he wasn’t.)
9. No, Sahil was not a taxi driver.
   (No, he wasn’t.)
10. No, she was not a fiction writer.
    (No, she wasn’t.)
11. No, Sameer was not an architect.
    (No, he wasn’t.)
12. No, he was not a skilled potter.
    (No, he wasn’t.)
13. No, he was not a bank manager.
    (No, he wasn’t.)
14. No, she was not a news reporter.
    (No, she wasn’t.)
15. No, Tarak was not a comic poet.
    (No, he wasn’t.)
16. No, Lara was not a clerk in primary school.
    (No, she wasn’t.)
17. No, she was not a foreign minister.
    (No, she wasn’t.)
18. No, Sachin was not a cricket player.
    (No, he wasn’t.)
19. No, she was not a doctor at a government hospital.
    (No, she wasn’t.)
20. No, my mother was not an English-language professor.
    (No, she wasn’t.)
21. No, my sister was not a chemical engineer.
    (No, she wasn’t.)
22. No, she was not a ticket checker in the railway department.
    (No, she wasn’t.)
23. No, she was not an advocate at the Supreme Court.
    (No, she wasn’t.)
24. No, his uncle was not a professional photographer.
    (No, he wasn’t.)
25. No, she was not a motorwoman on the Mumbai local train.
    (No, she wasn’t.)
26. No, she was not a nurse in medical college.
    (No, she wasn’t.)
27. No, he was not an officer in the education department.
    (No, he wasn’t.)
28. No, Smita was not a teacher in Aurangabad.
    (No, she wasn’t.)
29. No, she was not an academic book publisher.
    (No, she wasn’t.)
30. No, he was not a bookseller in Pune.
    (No, he wasn’t.)

Related Lessons-

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

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