7 No Responses
The Complete (no) Responses for “To Be” Verbs
The complete response examples for “no”:
Example A:
Is one plus one three?
No. One plus one is not three.
Is one plus one equal to three?
No. One plus one is not equal to three.
Is one plus one equivalent to three?
No. One plus one is not equivalent to three.
Is one plus one the same as three?
No. One plus one is not the same as three.
Is one plus one the same value as three?
No. One plus one is not the same value as three.
Is one plus one the same amount as three?
No. One plus one is not the same amount as three.
In Example A, the responses start with a “No”. The answer is not correct. The following sentence repeats the calculation with the “negative” word “not” to show the answer is wrong.
Your Turn–Practice No (negative) Responses for “to be” Questions
Example B:
Is two and two three?
No. Two and two is four.
Is two added to two equal to three?
No. Two added to two is equal to four.
Is five minus one equivalent to three?
No. Five minus one is equivalent to four.
Is nine take away three the same as three?
No. Nine take away three is the same as six.
Is five times five the same value as twenty?
No. Five times five is the same value as twenty-five.
Is thirty-two divided by four the same amount as seven?
No. Thirty-two divided by four is the same amount as eight.
In Example B, the response starts, again, with a “No”. The answer is incorrect.
The following sentence repeats the calculation with the right answer.
Your Turn–Practice No (negative) Responses for “to be” Questions with a corrected answer
Example C:
Is two and two three?
No. Two and two is not three. It is four.
Is two added to two equal to three?
No. Two added to two is not three. It is equal to four.
Is one plus one equivalent to three?
No. One plus one is not equivalent to three. It is two.
Is nine take away three the same as three?
No. Nine take away three is not the same as three. It is six.
Is five times five the same value as twenty?
No. Five times five is not the same value as twenty. It is twenty-five.
Is thirty-two divided by four the same amount as seven?
No. Thirty-two divided by four is not the same amount as seven. It is eight.
In Example C, the response starts with “no” because the answer is incorrect. The middle sentence repeats the calculation with the wrong answer (which was in the question). The final short answer provides the correct solution.
In the short answers, the pronoun “it” is used to follow the 3rd-person singular grammar that math uses. “It” refers to the single idea of the operation.
Your Turn–Practice No (negative) Responses for “to be” Questions with complete sentence and a corrected answer
In English grammar, the word “negative” means to disagree or deny. All of the “no” responses disagree with the math answer in the questions. This chapter is about negative responses.
The Negative (no) Short Responses to the “to be” Questions
In the last exercise, the complete response gave a negative sentence about the wrong answer. Then, the response offered a short response with the correct answer.
Third-person singular grammar is the rule in talking about math. The pronoun “it” is always used in math.
Let’s learn about the negative options with correct and incorrect answers.
First, the incorrect answer.
Sometimes, we do not want to give the answer away. The response will not offer the correct answer.
For example,
Is three plus three seven?
No. It is not.
With this short response, there are two contractions that can be used.
No. It’s not.
No. It isn’t.
All three ways of saying the negative short responses are equal. They mean the same thing.
For example,
Is five times three sixteen?
No. It is not.
No. It’s not.
No. It isn’t.
Your Turn–Practice Short Negative (no) Responses for “to be” Questions
Sometimes, it can be hard for listeners to hear the contraction “isn’t”. Listeners will ask, “is or isn’t?” This is a small point and happens all the time with native speakers.
It is easier for listeners to hear the word “not” when it is said by itself.
Worksheet?
The short answers with the correct answer are easy.
For example:
Is six times two sixteen?
No. It is twelve.
Is six times two equal to sixteen?
No. It is twelve.
Is six times two the same value as sixteen?
No. It is twelve.
Notice with any of the “to be” phrases for the equal sign (=), the response can simply use the “to be” form of “is”.
Your turn–Practice Short Responses with “To Be” Questions with Correct Answer
Take a Break! Walk around. Focus your eyes on something far away. Drink some water.
When you come back, the rest of this chapter is about “non-to be” math questions!
Complete Responses for Non “To-Be” Verbs
The other verbs used for the equal sign (=) are:
- equals
- makes
12 – 3 = 8 is written and said as:
“Twelve minus three equals eight.”
Or
“Twelve minus three makes eight.”
The question formation uses the “non-to be” structure. In the questions, the word “does” is used because it is present tense 3rd person singular. The complete sentences use 3rd-person singular grammar as we have seen before with the final -s on the words equal and make.
Example A:
Does twelve minus three equal eight?
No. Twelve minus three does not equal eight.
Does twelve minus three make eight?
No. Twelve minus three does not make eight.
In Example A, the response starts with a “no” because the answer is not correct. The following complete sentence uses the equation in the question and includes a negative word “not” to show the answer is not correct.
Your Turn–Practice Negative (no) Responses with Non-To Be Verbs
Example B:
Does twelve minus three equal eight?
No. Twelve minus three equals nine.
Does twelve minus three make eight?
No. Twelve minus three makes nine.
The response starts with a “no” because the answer in the question is incorrect. The second sentence offers the correct answer.
Your Turn–Practice Negative (no) Responses with Correct Answer
Example C:
Does five plus five equal eleven?
No. Five plus five does not equal eleven. It equals ten.
Does five plus five make eleven?
No. Five plus five does not equal eleven. It equals ten.
Throughout this chapter, the first word of the negative response is “no” when the answer in the question is incorrect. The middle sentence repeats the equation with the negative word “not” with the wrong answer. The last sentence is a short response with the correct answer.
Your Turn–Practice Negative (no) Responses with Complete Answer and Correct Answer
The Negative (no) Short Responses to the “non-to be” Questions
In the last exercise, the complete response gave a negative sentence about the wrong answer. Then, the response offered a short response with the correct answer.
Third-person singular grammar is the rule in talking about math. The pronoun “it” is always used in math.
Let’s learn about the negative options with correct and incorrect answers.
First, the response that says the answer is incorrect.
Sometimes, we do not want to give the answer away. The response will not offer the correct answer.
For example,
Does three plus three make seven?
No. It does not.
With this short response, there is one contraction that can be used.
No. It doesn’t.
Both ways of saying the negative short responses are equal. They mean the same thing.
For example,
Does five times three equal sixteen?
No. It does not.
No. It doesn’t.
Your Turn–Practice Short Negative (no) Responses for “to be” verbs
Remember, the short responses with the correct answers are easy.
For example:
Does six times two equal sixteen?
No. It equals twelve.
Does six times two make sixteen?
No. It makes twelve.
It is most correct to match the equal sign (=) word of equals or makes in your response. Speakers may use other words.
In the exercise below, let’s practice matching the same words in the short response.
Your Turn–Practice Short Response with Non-to be Questions with Correct Answers
