15.3.1 Affirmative and Negative Sentences

• Affirmative sentences state that something is so; negative sentences use not, n’t, no, never, nobody
• Helpers do/does/did, is/are, can/must in negatives; tourist-site examples
• Sorting, constructing, and a short dialogue or story using both types

• differentiate between affirmative and negative sentences in spoken and written contexts
• construct affirmative and negative sentences in varied contexts
• acknowledge the expressive role of sentences in effective communication

“When do we use affirmative statements?”

“When do we use negative statements?”

“Why is it important to use the right sentence when saying something?”

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1. Tell affirmative from negative
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   An affirmative sentence says something is so. A negative uses not, n’t, no, never or nobody to say it is not so.
2. Build affirmative and negative site sentences
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   Form negatives with a helper + not, or do/does/did + not + base verb. Write a short site dialogue that uses both types.