Question

Change the affirmative sentence into a negative sentence without changing the meaning:
Prateek is sometimes foolish.

• A. Prateek is never smart.
  
• B. Prateek is always foolish.
  
• C. Prateek is not always smart.
• D. None of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is C Prateek is not always smart.

A negative sentence has a negative word like 'no', 'not', 'never' or 'without' before the verb. Alternately, it has a negative noun like 'nobody' or 'nothing'.

Option A: This is a negative sentence because it has the word 'never' in it. However, this option is incorrect because the meaning of this sentence is not the same as the original sentence. The original sentence says: Prateek is sometimes foolish. Which means, sometimes he could be smart as well. However, option A states that he is never smart. Hence, this option is incorrect.

Option B is incorrect because it has no negative word and it is an affirmative sentence. Its meaning is also different from that of the original sentence.

Option C is a negative sentence because it has the word 'not'. The meaning of the sentence is the same as that of the original sentence. Hence, this option is correct.

Option D is incorrect as option A is the correct answer.