Negative Usage Check

Students examine sentences that may or may not contain double negatives. For each item, they must evaluate the sentence and either mark it as “Correct” or rewrite it using proper standard English if it has an incorrect negative construction. This task encourages learners to analyze grammar carefully and make revisions that create clear, accurate meaning. The exercise builds proofreading skills, reinforces negative usage rules, and helps students distinguish between acceptable and incorrect negative structures in writing. By rewriting only the incorrect sentences, students demonstrate precise understanding of grammar conventions.

Curriculum Matched Skills

English Language Arts – Identifying and Correcting Negative Usage

English Language Arts – Conventions of Standard English Grammar

English Language Arts – Proofreading and Revising Sentences

English Language Arts – Critical Evaluation of Sentence Meaning

This worksheet is part of our Double Negatives Worksheets collection.