Name Double Negatives

Avoiding the Double Negative

DIRECTIONS: Underline the word in parentheses that
completes each sentence correctly.

1. I (will/won’t) never be able to finish my work in time.

2. Lydia didn’t say (anything/nothing) about her intentions.

3. Those girls won’t (ever/never) babysit for me again.

4. It seems that construction will (ever/never) be finished.

5. Not a day goes by, it seems, where I (don’t /don’t not) have a
headache.

6. I don’t want to watch (no/any) television tonight.

7. You (should/shouldn’t) not have expected them to

accommodate you.

8. I (have/haven’t) received nothing from the office yet.

9. She hasn’t (never/ever) explained why she made that decision.

10. We (could/couldn’t) do nothing from where we were.

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