Positive and Negative Sentences

Positive sentences are the sentences that give us information. Negative sentences also give us information. The difference between those two is that the negative sentences give us information in negated sentences. The difference between them will be shown in the following section:

I. Present Tense:

Positive Sentence (P.S.) : Ali eats an apple.

Negative Sentence (N.S.) : Ali does not eat an apple.

P.S. : I want to go to the market.

N.S. : I do not want to go to the market.

P.S. : He is a teacher.

N.S. : He is not a teacher.

II. Present Continous Tense:

P.S. : I am writing a letter.

N.S. : I am not writing a letter.

P.S. : They are swimming in a dirty swimming pool.

N.S. : They are not swimming in a dirty swimming pool.

III. Past Tense:

P.S. : He saw her in the market yesterday.

N.S. : He did not see her in the market yesterday.

P.S. : I was once a teacher.

N.S. : I was not once a teacher.

P.S. : I stayed with my grandma last year.

N.S. : I did not stay with my grandma last year.

IV. Past Continous Tense:

P.S. : When we arrived at her house, she was still sleeping.

N.S. : When we arrived at her house, she was not sleeping anymore.

P.S. : When the Japanese bombers bombed the city from the air, the allied forces were trying to shoot down those bombers.

N.S. : When the Japanese bombers bombed the city from the air, the allied forces were not trying to shoot down those bombers.

V. Future Tense:

P.S. : I will win the match tomorrow.

N.S. : I will not win the match tomorrow.

P.S. : They are going to understand our plan sooner or later.

N.S. : They are not going to understand our plan sooner or later.