Writer's Choice Grade 9

Unit 18: Using Modifiers Correctly

Short Answer

Directions: Rewrite the following sentences, eliminating the double negative in each.

SampleHaven't you never tasted a bug?
RevisionHave you never tasted a bug? (or) Haven't you ever tasted a bug?

1.
I know people that can't hardly stand the idea of dining on bugs.
2.
Yet there isn't nothing wrong with eating bugs.
3.
In some Latin American countries, people don't have no objection to eating the eggs of aquatic insects.
4.
It couldn't be no simpler to place mats underwater for the insects to lay their eggs on.
5.
Once the eggs are laid, gatherers don't wait none to dry the insects' eggs and make the eggs into cakes.
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