Question

a giraffe is taller than an elephant. rewrite this sentence in negative form without changing its meaning

Answer 1

AnswEr :-

A giraffe is not shorter than an elephant.

Extra Information :-

⇒ An Affirmative sentence states a positive fact. It does not include any words such as no, not, neither, never, no one, nobody, none, nor, nothing, nowhere etc.

⇒ A Negative sentence includes such negative words.

⇒ In order to convert an affirmative into negative, one must not change the meaning of the sentence.

⇒ First, the antonym of the adjective or the verb in the sentence is to be found, and then a negative word should be added to it. Make sure that the sentence is grammatically correct.

Answer 2

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An Elephant is Not taller than Giraffe.

• A negative sentence is the opposite of an affirmative (positive sentence) and expresses an opposing idea. It contains a negative word like 'no', 'not', ...

• We can change affirmative sentences to negative sentences without changing the meaning of the original sentence.

• Study the example given below.

• All the students liked the program. (Affirmative) / None of the students disliked the program. (Negative) / No student disliked the program. (Negative)

• Chennai is hotter than Mumbai. (Affirmative) / Mumbai is not as hot as Chennai. (Negative)

• The scorpion is shyer than other wall inhabitants. (Affirmative) / No other wall inhabitant is as shy as the scorpion. (Negative)

• The farmer was too weak to walk. (Affirmative) / The farmer was so weak that he could not walk. (Negative)

• He is always on time. (Affirmative) / He is never late. (Negative)

• James runs faster than Peter. (Affirmative) / Peter does not run as fast as James. (Negative)