1. 否定陈述句形式:
a. 谓语是特殊动词 be,have,助动词或情态动词等,或含有特殊动词时,直接在特
殊动词后加 not 构成,如:
Mr. Smith is not a lawyer.
She hasn't much money left.
My sister will not come here this
summer vacation.
b. 谓语是普通动词时,则在谓语动词前加助动词 do (does, did),然后加 not 构成,
如:
This coat doesn't fit me.
c. 含有两个以上特殊动词时,则在第一个后加 not 构成;但注意一些半助动词的否
定形式是 had better not, had rather not, had sooner not,如:
You should not have told him.
You'd better not go out today.
d. 在回答 Will he go with us tomorrow? 这类句子时,可以说 I think (believe,
expect, suppose, fear, am afraid, should say, etc.) not,这里的 not
代替从句
that he will not go with us tomorrow 在句中作宾语,通常不把它看成谓语动词的
否定形式。
2. 否定疑问句形式:通常是把 not 放在主语后构成,但口语里通常放在主语前和特殊动
词构成缩略式,如:
Can he not make a decision? / Can't
he make a decision?
Did he not go there? / Didn't he
go there?
3. 祈使句否定形式:Don't (never) + 不带 to 的不定式;带 let 的 祈使句,直接用 not 等
否定词构成,如:
Don't be so careless.
Don't switch off the light.
Never tell a lie.
Let's not do what is wrong.
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