Question

The policeman refused to accept Soapy even as a clue.
(Choose the correct alternative to transform as a negative statement)
i) The policeman didn't accept Soapy even as a clue.
ii) The policeman had never accepted Soapy even as a clue.
iii) The policeman didn't accepted Soapy even as a clue.
iv) The policeman couldn't accept Soapy even as a clue.​

Answer 1

The correct alternative to change the sentence into negative form will be:

i) The policeman didn't accept Soapy even as a clue.

What is negative form of a sentence?

• In English linguistics, a negative statement depicts that the particular action being depicted in the sentence is either false or not correct.
• A negative sentence is usually written by the addition of 'don't' before the main verb.
• As the above sentence is in the past tense, hence, 'did not' will be used to make the sentence into a negative one.