Bellwork for April 17, 2014

• Take any handouts from the back counter.

• Write in your agenda.

• Complete numbers 16- 21 in your TCAP booklet.

What is a negative word?

•The adverb not is a negative word.

•It expresses the idea of no. •It can be part of a

contraction.

Examples of negative words

No barely

Not hardly

None scarcely

Nothing neither

Never nowhere

No one

Be Careful…

• Be careful to avoid using two negative words in the same sentence.

• This is called a double negative.

What happens when you have two negatives in a sentence? They cancel

each other out! • Multiply two negatives and

you get a positive. • The same can be said in

English…

• I couldn’t hardly wait.

• Wait! Does that mean you could wait or you couldn’t wait? I am confused…

I am not going to pay no bills.

Actually means: If you don’t have any bills, how can you pay them!

She can’t make friends with nobody.

Actually means: How can you make friends with a nobody. They don’t exist!

Correct Way

I am not going to pay any bills.

She can’t make friends with anybody.

Can only have one negative in the sentence.

Affirmative (Positive) Words

• Affirmative words are the opposite of negative words like no and not.

• Think of them as “positive” words!

• They show the idea of “yes.”

Ever, alwaysEver, always

Anybody, somebodyAnybody, somebody

One, all, some, anyOne, all, some, any

Everyone, someone, Everyone, someone, anyoneanyone

Something, anythingSomething, anything

Somewhere, Somewhere, anywhereanywhere

negative negative

I don’t need no education. negative positive

I don’t need any education.

Keep the first negative. Change the second to a positive.

Hint: Anytime you see no second, change to any!!

Try this one

George doesn’t listen to no one.

Correct

George doesn’t listen to anyone.

Try this one

They’ll never make no money when they go into business.

Correct

They’ll never make any money when they go into business.

Try this one

That attitude won’t get you nowhere.

Try this one

That attitude won’t get you nowhere.

Correct

That attitude won’t get you anywhere.

Try this one

Make sure you don’t get into no trouble.

Correct

Make sure you don’t get into any trouble.

Try this one

It isn’t no big deal that I’ve lost my job.

Correct

It isn’t a big deal that I’ve lost my job.