The easy ways of changing sentences- Affirmative into Negative

No.	Affirmative	Negative	Examples
1	Only(Person)	None but	Aff: Only Allah can help us.     Neg: None but Allah can help us.
2	Only (Things)	Nothing but	Aff: He likes only sweet.     Neg: He likes nothing but sweet.
3	Only (Age)	Not more than / Not less than	Aff: He is only ten.       Neg: He is not more than ten.
4	Only (Number )	Not more than / Not less than	Aff: The man has only a shirt.    Neg: The man has not more than a shirt.
5	Alone (Person)	None but	Aff: Allah alone can save us.      Neg: None but Allah can save us.
6	Must	Cannot but / Cannot help+verb+ing	Aff: You must obey your parents.       Neg: You cannot but obey your parents. / You cannot help obeying your parents.
7	Have to	Cannot but / Cannot help + verb+ing	Aff: We have to leave this beautiful world.    Neg: We cannot but leave this beautiful world. /       We cannot help leaving this beautiful world.
8	Has to	Cannot but / Cannot  help + verb+ing	Aff: He has to run his family.      Neg: He cannot but run his family. /       He cannot help running his family.
9	Had to	Could not but / Could not help + verb+ing	Aff: I had to join the study tour.     Neg: I could not but join the study tour. / I could not help joining the study tour.
10	Need to	Cannot but / Cannot help + verb+ing	Aff: I need to go there. Neg: I cannot but go there. /     I cannot help going there.
11	Needed to	Could not but / Could not help + verb+ing	Aff: I needed to go there.          Neg: I could not but go there. / I could not help going there.
12	Many	Not a few	Aff: I have many friends.      Neg: I have not a few friends.
13	A few	Not many	Aff: I have a few friends.       I have not many friends.
14	A little	Not much	Aff: I have a little rice.       Neg: I have not much rice.
15	much	Not a little	Aff: He has much money.     Neg: He has not a little money.
16	As soon as	No sooner had …..than	Aff: As soon as the thief saw the police, he ran away. Neg: No sooner had the thief seen the police than he ran away.
17	Scarcely had……when	No sooner had …..than	Aff: Scarcely had the thief seen the police when he fled away. Neg: No sooner had the thief seen the police than he fled away.
18	Hardly had …..when	No sooner had …..than	Aff: Hardly had the bird seen the hunter when it flew away. Neg: No sooner had the bird seen the hunter than it flew away.
19	Every + Noun Every mother Every student	There is no +noun+but+verb / There is no ….. who does not+ verb	Aff: Every mother loves her child.   Neg: There is no mother but loves her child. / There is no mother who does not love her child.
20	As …….as	Not less ….than / No less ….than	Aff: My father is as wise as our Headmaster. Neg: My father is not less wise than our Headmaster.
21	Less ……. than	Not as …..as	Aff: My father is less wise than our Headmaster. Neg: My father is not as wise as our Headmaster.
22	Both ….and	Not only ……but also	Aff: He is both a student and a player. Neg: He is not only a student but also a player.
23	Too …….to	So  ……..that	Aff: He is too weak to walk.    Neg: He is so week that he cannot walk.
24	Sometimes	Do not always / Does not always Did not always / Not always	Aff: Abid sometimes comes to our house. Neg: Abid does not always come to our house.
25	Always	Never + adjective’s antonym	Aff: Diba was always punctual.    Neg: Diba was never late.
26	For the last time	Never …..again	Aff: He came here for the last time.    Neg: He never came here again.
27	For good	Never …..again	Aff: He has given up smoking for good.     Neg: He will never smoke again.
28	For ever	Never …..again	Aff: He has left the village forever.   Neg: He will never come to his village again.
29	Affirmative word	Not + antonym	Aff: The man is happy.     Neg: The man is not unhappy.
30	Universal truth	Negative Interrogative	Aff: Health is wealth.      Neg: Isn’t health wealth?