{"id":431,"date":"2022-04-13T10:58:28","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T10:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10thclass.deltapublications.in\/?page_id=431"},"modified":"2025-04-08T12:22:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T12:22:39","slug":"w-6-negations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/10thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/w-6-negations\/","title":{"rendered":"W.6 Negations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#00056d;text-transform:uppercase\"> <strong>Negations<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-huge-font-size wp-elements-f79afd6ea8b322268468366b8e5f7cc7\" style=\"color:#74008b\"><strong>Key Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-large-font-size\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3cf3922e48a486b0fdd30739b437c478\" style=\"color:#000060\"><strong>What is Negation?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Negation<\/strong> means expressing the opposite of a statement.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It turns an affirmative (positive) statement into a <strong>negative<\/strong> one.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6ac259fe14e4dce498e11289339b6cd2\" style=\"color:#000060\"><strong>Common Negation Words<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Not, no, never, none, nothing, nobody, nowhere, neither, nor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prefixes like <strong>un-, in-, im-, dis-, non-<\/strong> also indicate negation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Examples:<\/em> unhappy, impossible, disagree, inactive<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a4058fc38f966c753c65e5b905c5527e\" style=\"color:#000060\"><strong>Negating Sentences<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Insert <strong>\u201cnot\u201d<\/strong> after the helping verb:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>She is singing.<\/em> \u2192 <em>She is not singing.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>They have finished.<\/em> \u2192 <em>They have not finished.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If no helping verb is present, use <strong>\u201cdo\/does\/did\u201d<\/strong> + <strong>not<\/strong>:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>He eats apples.<\/em> \u2192 <em>He does not eat apples.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9e4600d2f639b90380ef37524a327bb2\" style=\"color:#000060\"><strong>Double Negatives (Avoid These!)<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Using two negatives in one sentence makes it grammatically incorrect in standard English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u274c <em>I don\u2019t need no help.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2705 <em>I don\u2019t need any help.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e3692009a2bbea5e05ea49333dc98ac8\" style=\"color:#000060\"><strong>Negation in Questions<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>To ask a negative question:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Didn\u2019t you go to the party?<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Isn\u2019t she your friend?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-274dd91ca03719f5a01cbededde66c8e\" style=\"color:#000060\"><strong>Negation in Logic (Mathematical\/Philosophical Contexts)<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>In logical reasoning, negation means the opposite of a proposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If P = &#8220;It is raining&#8221;, then \u00acP = &#8220;It is not raining.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bac185a1d0128e7d0049693ab446e2c9\" style=\"color:#000060\"><strong>Changing Affirmative to Negative (Without Changing Meaning)<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-large-font-size\">\n<li>Affirmative: <em>Everyone was present.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Negative: <em>No one was absent.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">\u270d\ufe0f Examples of Negation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Affirmative<\/th><th>Negative<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>She is happy.<\/td><td>She is not happy.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>They went home.<\/td><td>They did not go home.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>I know the answer.<\/td><td>I do not know the answer.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Everyone agreed.<\/td><td>No one disagreed.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-large-font-size\" style=\"color:#105000\"><strong>Learn with an example<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f7b4b4\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5c970901530a69259850021356bf9331\" style=\"color:#b00012\"> \ud83c\udfaf <strong>What&nbsp;is the negation of the following&nbsp;inequality?\u2013k\u2265\u201310<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>k &lt; 10<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>k \u2265 10<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2013k > \u201310<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2013k &lt; \u201310<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The&nbsp;given inequality is&nbsp;\u2013k\u2265\u201310,&nbsp;which means&nbsp;\u2013k<strong>&nbsp;is greater than or equal to&nbsp;<\/strong>\u201310.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The&nbsp;negation of that inequality is&nbsp;\u2013k<strong>&nbsp;is not greater than or equal to&nbsp;<\/strong>\u201310.&nbsp;That is equivalent to&nbsp;\u2013k<strong>&nbsp;is less than&nbsp;<\/strong>\u201310,&nbsp;which can be written as&nbsp;\u2013k&lt;\u201310.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>So,&nbsp;the negation of&nbsp;\u2013k\u2265\u201310&nbsp;is&nbsp;\u2013k&lt;\u201310.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"background-color:#b5e9f8\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4ba83d2ab4c6eac9434121276d8d0967\" style=\"color:#b00012\">\ud83c\udfaf <strong>What&nbsp;is the negation of the following&nbsp;inequality?u\u22645<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>u > 5<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>u \u2265 5<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2013u \u2264 \u20135<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2013u > \u20135<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The&nbsp;given inequality is&nbsp;u\u22645,&nbsp;which means&nbsp;u<strong>&nbsp;is less than or equal to&nbsp;5<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The&nbsp;negation of that inequality is&nbsp;u<strong>&nbsp;is not less than or equal to&nbsp;5<\/strong>.&nbsp;That is equivalent to&nbsp;u<strong>&nbsp;is greater than&nbsp;5<\/strong>,&nbsp;which can be written as&nbsp;u&gt;5.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>So,&nbsp;the negation of&nbsp;u\u22645&nbsp;is&nbsp;u&gt;5.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"background-color:#e8b8f3\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d24225bb879a251934bdbce8bcabc718\" style=\"color:#b00012\"> \ud83c\udfaf <strong>What&nbsp;is the negation of the following&nbsp;inequality?\u2013q\u2265\u201310<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u2013q \u2264 \u201310<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2013q > \u201310<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2013q &lt; \u201310<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>q \u2265 10<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The&nbsp;given inequality is&nbsp;\u2013q\u2265\u201310,&nbsp;which means&nbsp;\u2013q<strong>&nbsp;is greater than or equal to&nbsp;<\/strong>\u201310.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The&nbsp;negation of that inequality is&nbsp;\u2013q<strong>&nbsp;is not greater than or equal to&nbsp;<\/strong>\u201310.&nbsp;That is equivalent to&nbsp;\u2013q<strong>&nbsp;is less than&nbsp;<\/strong>\u201310,&nbsp;which can be written as&nbsp;\u2013q&lt;\u201310.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>So,&nbsp;the negation of&nbsp;\u2013q\u2265\u201310&nbsp;is&nbsp;\u2013q&lt;\u201310.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-large-font-size\" style=\"color:#d90000\">Let&#8217;s practice!\ud83d\udd8a\ufe0f<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordwall.net\/play\/90071\/544\/393\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/10thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-3-156.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/10thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-3-156.png 500w, 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Common Negation Words Not, no, never, none, nothing, nobody, nowhere, neither, nor Prefixes like un-, in-, im-, dis-, non- also indicate negation. Negating Sentences Insert \u201cnot\u201d after the helping verb: Double Negatives (Avoid These!) Using two negatives in one sentence makes it grammatically incorrect in standard English. 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