Double Negatives

Complete the sentences.

Use nobody/no-one/nothing/anybody/anyone/anything

Remember: negative verb + any……, positive verb + no….…

1. That house is empty. Nobody lives there.

2. Jack has a bad memory. He can’t remember anything.
3. Be quiet! Don’t say ______________.
4. I didn’t know about the meeting. ______________ told me.
5. I didn’t eat ______________. I wasn’t hungry.
6. Jenny was sitting alone. She wasn’t with ______________.
7. I’m afraid I can’t help you. There’s ______________ I can do.
8. I don’t know ______________ about cars.
9. The museum is free. It doesn’t cost ______________ to go in.
10. I heard a knock on the door but when I opened it there was
______________ there.
11. She spoke very fast. I didn’t understand ______________.
12. Helen has gone away. ______________ knows where she is. She
didn’t tell ______________ where she was going.
 Sentence Meaning
Positive Structure I don’t have nothing. I have something.
negative + negative
Don’t do nothing. Do something.

Negative Structure I hardly have any I have some

negative + positive
I don't want anything. I want nothing.

I don’t have nothing

I have something

Don’t do nothing

Do something

I hardly have any

I have some

I don’t want anything

I want nothing