Vorming van ontkennende zinnen, voorbeelden en oefeningen

Oefeningen – Ontkennende zinnen

Deze oefeningen richten zich op ontkennende zinnen.

Hoe vorm je ontkennende zinnen

De structuur van een ontkennende zin hangt af van de tijd van het werkwoord. De meest voorkomende manier om een zin ontkennend te maken is door not te gebruiken met een hulpwerkwoord.

Tijd	Positieve zin	Ontkennende zin
Present Simple (do/does)	I like coffee.	I do not (don’t) like coffee.
	She likes tea.	She does not (doesn’t) like tea.
Past Simple (did)	They visited Paris.	They did not (didn’t) visit Paris.
Present Continuous (am/is/are + -ing)	She is reading.	She is not (isn’t) reading.
Past Continuous (was/were + -ing)	We were watching TV.	We were not (weren’t) watching TV.
Present Perfect (have/has + past participle)	He has seen the movie.	He has not (hasn’t) seen the movie.
Future (will)	She will call you.	She will not (won’t) call you.

Ontkennende zinnen met verschillende soorten werkwoorden

1. Ontkennende zinnen met “be” (am, is, are, was, were)

He is not at home. (NOT He doesn’t be at home.)
They were not late. (NOT They didn’t be late.)

2. Ontkennende zinnen met hoofdwerkwoorden (do, does, did)

She does not (doesn’t) like ice cream.
We did not (didn’t) go to the party.

3. Ontkennende zinnen met modale werkwoorden (can, could, must, should, etc.)

You cannot (can’t) park here.
He should not (shouldn’t) be rude.

4. Ontkennende zinnen met “have”

She does not have a car. (Present Simple)
He has not had lunch yet. (Present Perfect)

Ontkennende zinnen in verschillende tijden

Tijd	Positieve zin	Ontkennende zin
Present Simple	She speaks French.	She does not (doesn’t) speak French.
Past Simple	I ate breakfast.	I did not (didn’t) eat breakfast.
Future Simple	They will help us.	They will not (won’t) help us.
Present Continuous	He is running.	He is not (isn’t) running.
Past Continuous	We were sleeping.	We were not (weren’t) sleeping.
Present Perfect	She has finished.	She has not (hasn’t) finished.
Past Perfect	They had left.	They had not (hadn’t) left.
Future Perfect	She will have arrived.	She will not have arrived.

Ontkennende zinnen met onbepaalde voornaamwoorden

In ontkennende zinnen gebruik je no--woorden in plaats van any--woorden:

Correct	Incorrect
Nobody came.	Anybody didn’t come.
Nothing happened.	Anything didn’t happen.

Voorbeelden:

No one was at home. (NOT Anyone wasn’t at home.)
Nothing is ready yet.

Veelgemaakte fouten bij ontkennende zinnen

Incorrect	Correct	Waarom?
He don’t like pizza.	He doesn’t like pizza.	Gebruik “does not (doesn’t)” met he/she/it.
She didn’t went home.	She didn’t go home.	“Did” geeft al verleden tijd aan, dus “go” blijft in de basisvorm.
I no have a car.	I do not have a car.	Gebruik “do not” voor ontkenningen in de tegenwoordige tijd.
She isn’t like football.	She does not like football.	“Is” wordt niet gebruikt met hoofdwerkwoorden.

Voorbeelden van ontkennende zinnen in het dagelijks gebruik

1. Dagelijkse gesprekken

I don’t understand this question.
She isn’t feeling well today.
They haven’t finished their homework yet.

2. Praten over regels

You can’t park here.
You must not smoke inside the building.

3. Voorkeuren uitdrukken

I don’t like spicy food.
He doesn’t enjoy horror movies.

4. Plannen maken

We won’t go to the party.
She isn’t coming with us.

Negation Oefeningen voor Engelse grammatica