TRANSFORMATION OF SENTENCES. - saskalimpong.com

1 TRANSFORMATION OF A SENTENCE FROM ONE FORM TO ANOTHER WITHOUT CHANGING THE MEANING.* TRANSFORMATION of sentences is a part of your syllabus and it falls under the grammar section. It carries 8 marks. After each question the instruction is given on how to beginor endthe sentence(following the diff ways that are given in the slides) to form the answer. Given in the slides below are the various ways in which you change a sentence from one form to another without changing the meaning. CONVERSION PATTERNS:Examples:1. He is tooslow to win the is soslow thathe cannot win the news is toogood to be news is sogood thatit cannot be TOO USING SO THAT REMOVING USING TOO 1.

2 I am soinnocent that I cannot get to the tricksI am tooinnocent to get to the John is sotalentedthat he will surely pass the is tootalented to fail in the VOICE1. He is playing the The trick is being played by I know She is known to stabbed Caesarwas stabbed by TO ACTIVEPASSIVEVOICEACTIVE VOICE1. Ourenemy has been defeated1. Theenemy has defeated our Let the new shirtbe put Put on the new My pocket has has picked my INTERCHANGE OF ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE3. INTERCHANGE OF DEGREE OF ARE 3 DEGREES OF COMPARISON-POSITIVE, COMPARATIVE AND DEGREES OF COMPARISON ARE RELATED TO THE 3 FORMS OF COMPARISON-Eg.

3 GOOD,BETTER, other metal is asuseful asiron.. (POSITIVE)Iron is moreuseful thanany other metal. (COMPARATIVE)Iron is the mostuseful of all metals. (SUPERLATIVE)No other city in India is asbig asMumbai. (POSITIVE)Mumbai is biggerthanany other city in India. (COMPARATIVE)Mumbai is the biggest city in India. (SUPERLATIVE)Naomi is not so clever as some other girls of the class.

4 (POSITIVE)Some girls of the class are clevererthanNaomi. (COMPARATIVE)Naomi is not one of the cleverest girls in the class. (SUPERLATIVE)Very few singers are as good asLata. (POSITIVE)Latais better than most of the singers. (COMPARATIVE) Latais one of the best singers. (SUPERLATIVE)Rule 1:Onlyto be replaced by none but / not more thanAffirmative: Onlyhe can play good : None but he can play good : He is : He is not more than four.

5 RULE 2:Mustto be replaced by cannot but/cannot helpAffirmative: You mustyield to your fate. Negative: You cannot but yield to your fateRULE 3 : Positive value good replaced by not bad Affirmative: He is a goodman. Negative: He is not a bad OF AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE SENTENCESAn affirmative sentence simply states is any declaration that is is a girl. Is an example of an affirmative is not a boy. Is an example of a negative affirmative or positive sentence means something is so, while a negative sentence which is its polar opposite means something is not so.

6 Rule 4:Always is replaced by neverAffirmative: He wasalways punctual. Negative: He was neverlate. RULE 5: As soon asis replaced by No sooner had/did Affirmative: As soon as he saw the tiger, he ran away. Negative: No sooner had he seen the tiger than he ran away. ( it is correct idiomatically) Rule 6:Everybody/everyonereplaced by No one/nobody Affirmative: Everyone will admit it. Negative: No one will deny :Who does not want to live in peace?Everybodywants to live in :Who can afford to spend such a huge amount?None can afford to spend such a huge wouldbefriend such a clever man?

7 No one would befriend such a clever manWhen an interrogative sentence is in negative, it is changed into a positive assertive sentence as :If theinterrogative sentence is positive, it is changed into a negative sentence as :5. INTERCHANGE OF INTERROGATIVE AND ASSERTIVE SENTENCESINTERROGATIVE SENTENCE:SENTENCE THAT ASKS A SENTENCE:SENTENCE THAT MAKES AN ASSERTION OR STATEMENTIf the interrogative sentence starts with the following words, it is changed with the word given in parentheses with the each of these words. Who ( Nobody or None), Who does not (Everybody or Everyone), When (Never), Where (Nowhere), Why (It is of no use or It is useless), Of what use (Of no use), What if ( It does not matter) How (A negative verb)For Example : Who would not like to progress in career?

8 Everyonewould like to progress in career. Of what use are these riches for John? These riches are of no use for John. Who would accept such an insult? Nobodywould accept such an insult. Whenwill it learn manners? It will never learn manners. Whyto beat about the town? It is of no use to beat about the town. What if one opportunity is lost? It does not matter if one opportunity is lost. How can she manage affairs single-handedly? She cannot manage affairs the Assertive sentences can be transformed into Interrogative sentences by reversing the example : We should respect our superiors.

9 Should not we respect our superiors? Everyone will praise him. Who won t praise him ? None would dare challenge him. Who would dare challenge him ? It is a great pleasure to see an old friend. Is it not a great pleasure to see an old friend? Nobody could solve these sums. Couldn t anybody solve these sums ?Please note that in no case tense of a sentence is to be changed. Tense of the sentence will remain the same. Exclamatory sentences are the sentences which describe the feelings of happiness, sorrow, surprise, a strong desire or a strong wish.

10 These end with a sign ! First type of exclamatory sentences start with the words How orWhat .While changing these sentences into assertive form these words are replaced by the words very and great . Very is added before adjective and great before a noun in the example : How cold it is today ! It is verycold today. How fine weather it is today! It is veryfine weather today. What a fool I am ! I am a great fool. What a change in his attitude! There is a greatchange in his Conversion of Exclamatory sentences into Assertive sentences & Vice type of exclamatory sentences start with the words Hurrah, Alas and words are replaced by the words : It is a matter of happiness (or joy) that or It is sad that (It is a matter of grief that) example : Hurrah !