Negatives and double negatives worksheets
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In standard written English, one negative per idea is the rule. After don't, can't, and never, use any-, anything, anyone, ever: We don't have ANY time, not no time.
Three grades, two different sets of sentences: 5th and 6th grade share one. Print one here, or open a grade for examples and teaching notes.
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4th grade
Fourth graders complete negative sentences with the any- family, keeping one negative per idea: don't have any, can't find anyone, isn't anywhere.
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5th grade Core grade
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Fifth graders handle all the pairs (no/any, nothing/anything, nobody/anybody, nowhere/anywhere, never/ever) and repair double negatives on sight.
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6th grade
Sixth graders keep negatives clean automatically in writing and know the register facts: double negatives live in songs and dialects, standard writing spends one.
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