There are eight french statements listed below. choose six and change the statements to the negative. submit your six negative statements under 03.03 les questions written assignment. these first five sentences all contain verbs. a verb is a word used to describe an action, state or occurrence. for example: run, walk, eat, be – these are all verbs. remember that in order to make a french sentence negative we put “ne” in front of the verb and “pas” after it. “ne” becomes “n” before a word beginning with a vowel. in the five sentences below, the verbs are all in bold. je suis à la plage. vous êtes en ville. tu es à l'usine. c'est un livre. ce sont des stylos. the next three are not sentences with verbs. remember that “pas” can be used alone in short statements. mal. beaucoup. lundi.