Practice Makes Perfect: Exploring Grammar - Muschla Gary Robert 2010

Giant Storm
Negative words and double negatives
Adverbs

Many astronomers think that the biggest storm in our solar system is on Jupiter. What is this storm called?

To answer the question, read each sentence below. If a sentence has only one negative word, write the letter for correct in the space above its number at the bottom of the page. If a sentence has two negative words, write the letter for incorrect. You will need to divide the letters into words.

1. Nobody doesn’t know how big space is.

U. Correct

D. Incorrect

2. Our solar system isn’t the only solar system.

S. Correct

N. Incorrect

3. Humans haven’t explored very much of outer space.

O. Correct

L. Incorrect

4. Some planets have many moons, and others have none.

A. Correct

T. Incorrect

5. Mercury and Venus don’t have no moons.

O. Correct

E. Incorrect

6. These two planets do not have no life.

E. Correct

P. Incorrect

7. Our moon has no atmosphere.

H. Correct

T. Incorrect

8. It doesn’t have no life either.

A. Correct

R. Incorrect

9. No one knows if other planets have life.

T. Correct

S. Incorrect

10. Astronauts haven’t visited no other planets yet.

R. Correct

G. Incorrect