Sentence Transformation Guidelines and Exercises for B.A. II Semester English
Understand the concept of sentence transformation to alter sentence forms without changing meanings. Learn various types of transformations like affirmative to negative, interrogative to assertive, and more. Practice exercises provided for hands-on learning.
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Topic: Transformation of Sentences Compulsory English B.A. II Semester Prepared By Mr. Ganesh Bele (Assistant Professor) Vidya VikasArts, Commerce & Science College, Samudrapur
What do you mean by transformation of a sentence ? Transformation of a sentence means to change its form without changing its meaning. Look at the word Transformation, it contain two words. Trans + Formation Trans means change and formation means structure That means we have to change a structure of a sentence and not its meaning.
For example: Never tell a lie. (Negative) - Always speak the truth. (Affirmative) Did I not help you? (Interrogative) I did help you. (Assertive) What a wonderful opportunity ! ( Exclamatory) It is a wonderful opportunity. ( Assertive ) This radio is not so good as that. (Positive) That radio is better than this. (Comparative)
There are various forms of transformation of sentences: 1)Affirmative sentence to Negative 2)Interrogative sentence to Assertive 3)Exclamatory sentence to Assertive 4)Simple sentence to Complex 5)Change of Degree (Positive, Comparative & Superlative) And Vive-Versa of above all
Transformation of Affirmative sentences into Negative Look at these sentences: Affirmative Negative 1) Man is mortal. 2) Everyone will like it. 3) This is an old book. 4) He is sometime wise. This is not a new book. He is not always foolish. No man is immortal. No one will dislike it.
The first important thing in these affirmative sentences is that they do not have negative words like no, not, never etc. which we find in negative sentences. The second important thing is that we must know the opposite meaning of adjective or adverb which come in the sentence. For example: 1) Moral Immoral 2) Like Dislike 3) Old New 4) Wise Foolish While changing negative sentences into affirmative we have to reverse the process which we do in changing affirmative to negative.
Exercise: 1)Iron is a heavy metal. ( Change into negative ) 2)This medicine is not expensive. ( Change into affirmative ) 3)As soon as he came, he started creating trouble. ( Change into negative ) 4) An elephant is not as tall as a giraffe. ( Change into affirmative ) 5)Shivam is the cleverest boy in the class. ( Change into negative ) 6)I will never forget this. ( Change into affirmative )
Transformation of Interrogative sentence into Assertive Assertive Interrogative 1) 2) Everyone would like to be rich. 3) I shall never forget those happy days. 4) Everyone know Mahatma Gandhi. 5) There is nothing wrong with me. He will never forget that experience. 1) Will he ever forget that experience? 2) Who would not like to be rich? 3) Shall I ever forget those happy days? 4) Who does not know Mahatma Gandhi? 5) Is there anything wrong with me?
Rules as well as Differences: Assertive Interrogative 1) Word-order : verb + subject 1) Word-order : subject + verb 2) Interrogative mark 2) Full stop 3) If negative 3) Then affirmative 4) If affirmative 4) Then negative
Exercise : 1) Can anyone tolerate this? ( Change into assertive ) 2)Does anyone worship the setting sun? ( Change into assertive ) 3) It is useless to cry over spilt milk. ( Change into interrogative ) 4) Everybody has heard of Darwin. ( Change into interrogative ) 5)Was he not a villain to do such a deed? ( Change into assertive ) 6)It is very strange. ( Change into interrogative ) 7)Who would not love this country? ( Change into assertive )
Theremaining part will be discussed in next module. Thank You !
