For curious minds ages 3–12

🚫 Negatives

No-words turn a yes into a no: I like it → I do NOT like it. We never run across the road.

📖 Teacher explanation: Negatives say no: not, never, no, cannot. Use "do not/does not" with action verbs: I do not like it. She does not eat meat.

✨ Example

I do not like durian. She does not eat spicy food.

🎮 Practice round

Choose the right answer — we will explain each one.

🕵️ Fix-it round

🧠 Recall

Can you explain it in your own words? Cover the top of the page and say out loud:

  • What is “Negatives” about?
  • Say the example out loud.
  • Make your own sentence with it.

Want more of this rule in action?

Fix ten real sentences in the correction game.

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