What Are The Rules for Transformation of Sentences?

The Rules for Transformation of Sentences

Transformation is the process of changing a sentence without changing its meaning. The test should be converted according to the directions given in the question paper. At the time of conversion a student should have a fairly good knowledge of sentence types and their structure. Below is a brief guide to conversion.

What is Transformation of Sentences?

Transformation of a Sentence into a Sentence without any change in the meaning of the Sentence is called Transformation of the Sentence.

Below are some rules of transformation of sentence

Rules for Converting Affirmative Sentence to Negative Sentence

Rule: If there is every in a Sentence instead of no, everybody instead of none, always instead of never, sometimes instead of not always, only or alone instead of note but, after the auxiliary verb not, as soon as instead of no sooner, too Instead of so.

(Structure: So+ adjective+ that+ subject +cannot/ could not), must/ has to/ have to instead of cannot but/ cannot help and both instead of not only but also has to be used.

Example:

Affirmative : Every mother loves her child.

Negative     : There's no mother but she loves her child.
Affirmative : Everyone here will help me. Negative     : There's none here but will help me.

Affirmative : I always support him.
Negative     : I'm never against him.
Affirmative : Rana was always punctual.
Negative     : Rana was never late.
Affirmative : The rich are sometimes happy.
Negative     : The rich are not always happy.

Affirmative : Only Kamrul came. 

Negative     : None but Kamrul came.
Affirmative : Only God can help us.
Negative     : None but God can help us.
Affirmative : Only the learned are respected.
Negative     : None but the learned are respected.

Affirmative : The brave alone deserve the fair.
Negative     : No one deserves a fair except the brave.

Affirmative : God alone can help us.
Negative     : None but God can help us.
Affirmative : Man is mortal.
Negative.    : Man's not immortal.
Affirmative : He acted wisely.
Negative     : He didn't act foolishly.
Affirmative : He is good man.
Negative     : He's not bad man.
Affirmative : I shall be ever grateful to you.
Negative     : I shall never be ungrateful to you.

Affirmative : He's too weak to walk.

Negative     : He's so weak thet he can't walk.
Affirmative : Rahim is too poor to buy a car.
Negative     : Rahim was so poor that he could to buy a car.
Affirmative : You must obey your parents.
Negative     : You cannot but obey your parents.

Affirmative : He has to do it.
Negative     : He cannot but do it.
Affirmative : Rahim took coffee and ice-cream.
Negative     : Rahim took not only coffee and ice-cream.

Affirmative : Both Raju and Mina can do it.

Negative     : Not only Raju but also Mina can do it.
Affirmative : Raju's the best boy in the class.
Negative     : No other boy in the class is as good as Raju.

Affirmative : Everybody hates a liar.
Negative     : There's none but hates a liar.

Affirmative : I will always remember your help.

Negative     : I will never forget your help.
Affirmative : As soon as he arrived we welcomed him.
Negative     : No sooner had he arrived then we welcome him.

Affirmative : I must go there.

Negative     : I cannot but go there.
Affirmative : Masum and Becky are as wise as Neela.
Negative     : Masum and Becky are not less wise then Neela.

Affirmative : He plays football.
Negative     : Doesn't he play football?

Affirmative : They play football.
Negative     : Don't they play football?
Affirmative : Jerry liked the late spring.
Negative     : Didn't Jerry like the late spring?
Affirmative : He doesn't work hard.

Negative     : Does he work hard? 

Negative to Affirmative Sentence

Rules for converting a Negative Sentence into an Affirmative Sentence:

Rule: Negative Sentence will be up or no when affirmative. In any sentence, Affirmative Sentence has to be done using everybody instead of none but instead of only, No sooner had instead of as soon as and who.

Example:

Negative     : Man is not immortal.
Affirmative : Man is mortal.
Negative     : He's not a bad boy.
Affirmative : He's a good boy.
Negative     : I'll never forget your help.
Affirmative : I'll always remember your help.

Negative     : None but the brave deserve the fair.
Affirmative : Only the brave deserve the fair.
Negative     : None but you can do it.
Affirmative : Only you can do it.
Negative     : No sooner had he arrived then we welcome him.
Affirmative   : As soon as he arrived, we welcomed him.

Assertive to Interrogative Sentence

Rules for converting Assertive Sentence into Interrogative Sentence:

1. Rule: If the Assertive Sentence starts with every/ no one/ nobody, then it's time to interrogate by putting who first, then if the sentence is Affirmative then it's Negative, and if the sentence is Negative then it will be Affirmative. Moreover, there must be a question mark (?) At the end of the sentence.

Example:

Assertive       : Everyone likes a rose.
Interrogative: Who does not like a rose?
Assertive: Everybody wishes to be happy.
Interrogative: Who does not wish to be happy?

Assertive       : Everybody loves his mother.
Interrogative: Who doesn't love his mother?
Assertive       : Everyone has heard of it.
Interrogative: Who hasn't heard of it?
Assertive       : No one can do this.
Interrogative: Who can this?

Assertive       : Nobody else could have done it.
Interrogative: Who else could have done it?
Assertive       : Everyone hates a liar.
Interrogative: Who doesn't hate a liar?
Assertive       : Nobody trusts a liar.
Interrogative: Who trusts liar?

2. Rule: If the Assertive Sentence is Affirmative, then the Auxiliary Verb should be placed first after the subject and not after the subject, but if the Assertive Sentence is Negative, then the Auxiliary Verb should be brought first and the sentence should be given as Affirmative.

Example:

Assertive        : He's a good boy.
Interrogative : Is he not a good boy?
Assertive        : There's nothing wrong with me.
Interrogative: Is there anything wrong with me?

Assertive       : You are not born only to eat and drink.
Interrogative : Are you born only to eat and drink?
Assertive       : I shall never forget a friend like you.
Interrogative : Shall I never forget a friend like you?

Assertive       : You can't call it justice.

Interrogative : Can you call it justice?
Assertive       : There is nothing better than a pious life.
Interrogative : Is there anything better than a pious life?

3. Rule: When interrogating an Assertive Sentence without an Auxiliary Verb, first sit the do/ don't/ did/ didn't according to the tense. Then the main verb and the rest sit.

Example: 

Interrogative: Who doesn't like a flower?

Affirmative   : Everybody likes a flower.
Interrogative: Who doesn't wish to be happy?
Affirmative   : Everybody wishes to be happy.
Interrogative: Who doesn't love his mother? 
Affirmative   : Everybody loves his mother.

4. Rule: To make an Assertive Sentence that carries a negative meaning an Interrogative Sentence, the word Affirmative is used instead of the word Negative.

Example:

Affirmative   : I was never late.
Interrogative: Was I ever late? 
Affirmative   : A fish can not fly.
Interrogative: Can a fish fly?
Affirmative   : I never drink tea.
Interrogative: Do I ever drink tea?
Affirmative   : There was nothing to do.
Interrogative: Was there anything to do?
Affirmative   : They could nor drink the salty sea-water.
Interrogative: Could they drink the salty sea-water?

Affirmative   :I have had my revenge at last.

Interrogative: Have I not had my revenge at last?
Affirmative   : He was the only man alive on the wide sea.
Interrogative: Wasn't the only man alive on the wide sea?
Affirmative    : She likes white gloves.
Interrogative: Does she not like white gloves?

Affirmative   : Smoking is a harmful habit.
Interrogative: Isn't smoking a harmful habit?
Affirmative   : I shall never forget your advice.
Interrogative: Shall I ever forget your advice?
Affirmative   : I never mind Caviare.
Interrogative: Do I ever mind Caviare?
Affirmative   : They're the Magi.
Interrogative: Aren't they the Magi?

Rules for converting Assertive to Imperative Sentence.

1. Rule: The assertive sentence begins with the subject and is followed by the auxiliary verb. When making it imperative, the subject and its auxiliary verbs have to be omitted. And if the assertive sentence is negative then the imperative sentence is also negative.

Example:

Assertive    : You should do the work.
Imperative : Do the work?
Assertive    : You read the book.
Imperative : Read the book?
Assertive    : You do not do the work.
Imperative : Do not the work?
Assertive    : You should not go out.
Imperative : Do not go out?
Assertive    : You should never tell a lie.
Imperative : Never tell a lie?

2. Rule: In order to make the assertive sentence with first person and third person imperative, the sentence has to be let first and after let the objective form has to be used instead of first or third person and subjective form.

Example:

Assertive    : He plays football.
Imperative : Let him play football?
Assertive    : I play football.
Imperative : Let me play football?
Assertive    : We should make good team.
Imperative : Let us make good team?
Assertive    : We don't hate the poor.
Imperative : Let us not hate the poor?

Assertive to Exclamatory Sentence

Rules for converting Assertive Sentence into Exclamatory Sentence:

Rule: When converting Assertive Sentence into Exclamatory Sentence-

• You have to start the sentence with how, what etc. Then sit the adjective (beautiful, nice, fine and wonderful etc) used in that sentence.
• Adjective is followed by subject and finally verb (am, is, are, was, were, have, had etc). Very and great words come up.
• If there is article 'a' before the adjective, then the sentence has to be started with what and in other cases it has to be started with how.
• The full stop (.) Is replaced by the exclamation point (!).

Example:

Structure : How or what+ Adjective+ Subject+ Verb+!

Assertive       : The girl is very beautiful.
Exclamatory : How beautiful the girl is! 
Assertive       : It is very fine pen.
Exclamatory : How fine it is! 
Assertive      : The scenery is very charming.
Exclamatory: How charming the scenery is!
Assertive      : The girl is great fool.
Exclamatory: How fool the girl is!

Some More Examples:

Assertive       : I wish I were a king.
Exclamatory : If I were a king!
Assertive       : I wish I had wings.
Exclamatory : If I have wings!
Assertive       : She was very talkative. 
Exclamatory : How talkative she was!
Assertive       : Foyot's was a very expensive restaurant. 
Exclamatory : What an expensive restaurant Foyot's was!

Assertive       : It was a very lucky day.

Exclamatory : What a lucky day it was!
Assertive       : It's a very beautiful bird.
Exclamatory : What a beautiful bird it is!
Assertive       : They were very big.
Exclamatory : How big they were! 
Assertive       : You are a great fool.
Exclamatory : What a fool you are!
Assertive       : The mango is very sweet.
Exclamatory : How sweet the mango is!
Assertive.      : The Padma is a very big river.
Exclamatory : What a big river the Padma is!

Exclamatory to Assertive Sentence

Rules for Converting Exclamatory Sentence to Assertive Sentence:

1. Rule: How to make Exclamatory Sentence with Assertive Sentence -

• How, what words go up.
• First sit the subject and the next 'be' verb.
• Finally the adjective sits.
• If there is how in the sentence, after the verb 'be', there is very and what if there is very/a great.
• Full-stop (.) Instead of exclamation mark (!).

Example:

Exclamatory: How beautiful the garden is!
Assertive      : The garden is very beautiful.
Exclamatory: How charming the scenery is!
Assertive      : The scenery is very charming.

Exclamatory: What a big river the Padma is!

Assertive      : The Padma is a very big river.
Exclamatory: What a fool you are!
Assertive      : You are a great fool.

Exclamatory:How many months 28 days!

Assertive      : The month of February is 28 days

2. Rule: Exclamatory Sentence with Hurrah and Alas is made Assertive Sentence. The framing wh-questions with exclamation mark (!) Goes up and the rest of the end stays right.

Example:

Exclamatory : Hurrah! We've won the match.
Assertive       : It's matter of joy that we have won the match.
Exclamatory : Alas! I'm undone.
Assertive.      : It's matter of sorrow that I'm undone.
Exclamatory : Alas! He has failed.
Assertive       : It's a matter of sorrow that he has failed.

Some more examples:

Exclamatory : If I were a president!
Assertive       : I wish I were a president.
Exclamatory : I could be a kid again!
Assertive     : I wish U were be a child again.
Exclamatory : Had I that wings of a bird!
Assertive       : I wish I had wings.
Exclamatory : Could I go home in time!
Assertive       : I wish I go home in time.
Exclamatory : How time does fly!
Assertive       : Time flies very fast.
Exclamatory : What a pitiable sight it was!
Assertive       : It was a great pitiable sight.

Exclamatory : How beautiful the girl is!
Assertive       : The girl is very beautiful.
Exclamatory : Would that I had a car!
Assertive       : I wish I had a car.
Exclamatory : What a pity! 
Assertive       : It's a great pity.
Exclamatory : Is he not a great scholar!
Assertive       : He's a great scholar.
Exclamatory : Who doesn't love his country!
Assertive.      : Everybody loves his country.

(More Five Example of  Optative Sentence)

What is Completing Sentence Means

Completing Sentence means Incomplete Sentence. Incomplete Sentence Completion requires a good knowledge of the structure of the Sentence.

Some tips of Completing Sentence for students:

• The test will have a number of incomplete sentences, each with a clause and a gap in place of the other clause. In this case, when completing the sentence, you have to write another clause matching the meaning of the given clause so that after completing the sentence, a complete feeling is expressed by the whole sentence. However, there is no such thing as a complete answer to the sentence will be the same for everyone. 
• That's, the complete answer may be one of a kind. Sentence can be completed with different clauses by using different liking word, different subject and different object with the same clause. In this case, if the given clause is of Past Tense, the other will also be in Past Tense. If it's Present Tense, the other will be in Present Tense.
• However, if the word liking is mentioned in the given clause, then it has to be completed according to that specific word.

Rules of Completing Sentence

1. Rule: To be: Incomplete sentences can be completed by putting 'to be'. Sentences are usually completed by inserting verbs like find, discover, suppose and imagine to be+ other semantic words or phrases.

Example:

Incomplete : I found him .................................

Complete    : I found him to be in a depressed condition. 

Incomplete : I suppose the baby ....................

Complete    : I suppose the baby to be a male child.

Incomplete : He imagined me ........................

Complete    : He imagined me to be a doctor.

 

2. Rule: If+ present+ future: If the Incomplete Sentence introduces a condition, then that incomplete sentence can be completed according to the structure of "if+present+future". In this case the clause with if has Present Indefinite Tense, so the next clause has to be Future Indefinite.

Example:
Incomplete : If you obey God's command .....
Complete    : If you obey God's command you will get his mercy.
Incomplete : If you read attentively ..............
Complete    : If you read attentively you will succeed in the examination.

3. Rule: If : If Incomplete Sentence can be completed by adding Past Conditional with Past Indefinite Tense. In this case, to make the next principal clause of the Past Indefinite with Past Conditional, the present form of the subject "will+might+could+verb" should be sorted according to this structure.

Example: 

Incomplete : If I l know your house ...............
Complete    : If I know your house I would go to see you.
Incomplete : If I had enough money ..............
Complete    : If I had enough money I would help the poor.

4. Rule: Without+ Gerund : To complete the Incomplete Sentence with+ Gerund without Gerund (verb with ing which can act as both a noun and a verb, then the word/ phrase after that phrase after the phrase "subject+ cannot+ correct verb+ semantic word/ phrase" according to the structure Principal Clause must be arranged.

Example:
Incomplete : Without keeping an open mind you ..................
Complete    : Without keeping an open mind you cannot understand people.
Incomplete : Without doing good of others you ...................
Complete    : Without doing good of others you cannot please God.
Incomplete : Without obeying his command you ..............
Complete    : Without obeying his command you cannot satisfy God.

5. Rule: What, who, which, that whom, whose : If there is a relative pronoun (what, who, which, that whom, whose etc) in the incomplete sentence, then the sentence has to be completed by putting a verb consistent with the previous term after that relative pronoun. Again, it may be necessary to complete the sentence by omitting the opening word of the subordinate clause of an incomplete sentence. 

An incomplete subordinate clause is given; In that case the whole sentence will become a complete sentence if the desired initial word Relative pronoun (what, which that, whom, whose etc) completes the incomplete subordinate clause by inserting that Relative pronoun which is applicable.

Example:

Incomplete : He saw the man who .................
Complete     : He saw the mab who was singing a song.
Incomplete : He saw the boy ............................
Complete   : He saw the boy who was playing football.
Incomplete : This is the baby ...........................
Complete    : This is the baby that was crying.
Incomplete : This is the man ............................
Complete    : This is the man whom I want.
Incomplete : Of the two pens ..........................
Complete    : Of the two pens which you think better?

6. Rule: If I wish/ would that is used in the sentence to express impossible desires, aspirations, intentions, then the subject sits after the sentence I wish/ would that and then in the case of the verb 'be' were used all the time and the past form of another verb.

Example:

Incomplete : I wish I ..............................
Complete    : I wish I were a king.
Incomplete : Would that ........................
Complete    : Would that he were alive.
Incomplete : I wish ..................................
Complete    : I wish I caught the bird.

7. Rule: Although/  Though: Though/ although is added to two phrases that express opposite meanings to each other. When completing the sentence by Though/ Although, according to the meaning of the first clause, a meaningful sentence has to be formed by adding a clause that the work is not usually done.

Example:
Incomplete : Though they're helpless ..........
Complete    : Though they're helpless, they are very much innocent.
Incomplete : Although he's poor ...................
Complete    : Although he's poor, he is very honest.

8. Rule: As long as : If there is as long as at the end of Incomplete Sentence, the incomplete sentence has to be completed by forming a semantic new sentence.

Example:

Incomplete : It's better for you to wait here as long as .......
Complete    : It's better for you to wait here as long as it rains.
Incomplete : God will surely help us as long as ...................
Complete    : God will surely help us as long as we follow truth and just.

9. Rule: As if/ As though : With the position of if in the sentence, it can also act as a condition or condition.) As if to compare the meaning, the second clause of two complex sentences has to start with as if or as though. In this case, if the first clause is Present Indefinite Tense, then the second clause will be Past Indefinite Tense. If the first clause is Past Indefinite Tense then the second clause will be Past Perfect Tense.

Example:

Incomplete : He talks as if he .........................
Complete    : He talks as if he were a politician.
Incomplete : The building looks ......................
Complete    : The building looks as if it is the Tajmahal.
Incomplete : Karim says it .............................
Complete    : Karim says it as if he didn't know the matter.
Incomplete : Rahim spoke as if he ..................
Complete    : Rahim spoke as if he were a political leader.

10. Rule: Too/ to : If there's too much before an Adjective or Adverb in an incomplete sentence, then you have to complete the sentence by putting to+verb+(infinitive) in the space after that Adjective or Adverb. Here infinitive means semantic word/ phrase.

Example:

Incomplete : She is too weak ...........................
Complete    : She is too weak to walk.
Incomplete : The man is too greedy ...............
Complete   :The man is too greedy to sacrifice his interest.
Incomplete : The pressure is too heavy for me ............... 
Complete    : The pressure is too heavy for me to bear.

11. Rule: Not only/ But also : If there is not only at the beginning of the sentence, but also at the end of the sentence. Again, if there is but also at the end of the sentence, not only at the beginning.

Example:

Incomplete : He is not only a poet ..................
Complete    : He is not only a poet but also a philosophy.

 

12. Rule: Until/ till : In order to complete the Incomplete Sentence, two clauses have to be formed in the same tense. Until the word means negative. So the clause that starts with Until does not sit in the clause not or no.

Example:

Incomplete : Wait here until ...........................
Complete    : Wait here until I come beak.
Incomplete : Students cannot go out until ....
Complete    : Students cannot go out until the rain stops.
Incomplete : Complete this exercise till .........
Complete    : Complete this exercise till I return.

13. Rule: So/ That : If there is an adjective or adverb position after so in Incomplete Sentence then you have to complete the sentence by putting that+ subject+ cannot or couldn't+a correct verb+semantic phrase.

Example:

Incomplete : Our moral character is so weak .......................
Complete    : Our moral character is so weak that we cannot detect our fault.
Incomplete : Our people are so ignorant ...............................
Complete    : Our people are so ignorant that they cannot understand the meaning of life.

14. Rule: It is time : It is time This phrase is mainly used in sentences to express two meanings. For the first meaning, "it is time+ infinitive+ semantic word to complete the incomplete sentence." It is time+ subject+ past subjunctive+ semantic word can be incomplete. There is also the use of "it's high time" to express the second meaning.

Example:

Incomplete : It is time to ..............................
Complete    : It is time to make your lesson.
Incomplete : It is time to .................................
Complete    :It is time to nourish democracy in our country.
Incomplete : It is time they ...........................
Complete    : It is time they went market.
Incomplete : It is high time we .......................
Complete    : It is high time we formed our good habit.

15. Rule: Instead of/ In lieu of : Two phrases are used instead of/ in lieu of to mean taking/ liking another subject/ object instead of one. If Incomplete Sentence means taking or liking another subject/ object instead of one subject/object, then the incomplete sentence has to be completed by using those two phrases at the beginning of the sentence/ in the sentence.

Example:

Incomplete : He took Geography ....................
Complete    : He took Geography instead of History.
Incomplete : ................ Arabic he took Urdu.
Complete    : Instead of Arabic he took Urdu.
Incomplete : You can eat berger ...................
Complete    : You can eat berger in lieu of mutton chop.

16. Rule:  In case : In case, the two words at the beginning of the subordinate clause indicate the cause/ probability of the action of the principal clause. Such a sentence can be completed by forming a subordinate clause of the present tense in harmony with the cause/ probability of the work of the principal clause.

Example:

Incomplete : He will do this work in case .....
Complete    : He will do this work in case Karim wants him.
Incomplete : Salim will carry an umbrella ...
Complete    : Salim will carry an umbrella in case it rains.
Incomplete : He will help me ...........................
Complete    : He will help me in case I help him.
Incomplete : ................ of shortage of money, talk over telephone.
Complete   : In case of shortage of money, talk over telephone.

17. Rule: Would rather/ sooner : Incomplete sentences with Would rather/ sooner have to be completed by putting than and some semantic words. The sentence would rather/ sooner is used in the sense of rather/ yet.

Example:
Incomplete : Honest people would rather starve .................
Complete    : Honest people would rather starve than steal.
Incomplete : Rahim would rather drink water ........................
Complete    : Rahim would rather drink water than tea.

 

18. Rule: No sooner had...than/ hardly had ...... when/ before/ scarcely had ...... when/ before : No sooner had ..... than/ hardly had ... when/ before/ scarcely had .... when/ before. In such sentences, the preceding part of when and than is past perfect tense and the next part of when and than is past indefinite tense.

Example:

Incomplete : No sooner had I entered the classroom ...........
Complete    : No sooner had I entered the classroom than the bell rang.
Incomplete : Hardly had she reached the station ...............
Complete    : Hardly had she reached the station when the train started.
Incomplete : Scarcely had they reached the playground ......
Complete    : Scarcely had they reached the playground when it rained.

19. Rule: Incomplete sentence with Would you mind uses ing+ verb+ object after mind.

Example:

Incomplete : Would you mind .........................
Complete    : Would you mind taking a cup of tea?
Incomplete : Would you mind opening .........
Complete    : Would you mind opening the window?

Note : A clause is a part of a sentence that has a subject and a finite verb and is used as part of a larger sentence. The clause of the object is the smallest sentence included in the larger sentence, so each clause can be treated as a single sentence in isolation.

Conclusion

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FAQ’s on Transformation of Sentences

What is The Function of Transformation in Sentences?

Answer: There is a clause in a simple sentence. A complex sentence consists of a main clause and one or more subordinate clauses. A compound sentence has more than one (1) main clause. We can change a simple sentence into a compound or complex sentence. This is usually done by extending a word or phrase into a series… ..it mainly helps to form sentences correctly.

How Many Types of Transformation of Sentences?

Answer: Transformation means transform a sentence from one grammatical structure to another without changing the meaning and tense. There are ten types:

1. Assertive sentence to exclamatory sentence.
2. Assertive to interrogative sentence
3. Removing adverb TOO.
4. affirmative to negative sentence
5. Replacing 1 (one) part of speech for another
6. Changing the voice
7. Comparison degree changes
8. Simple sentence to compound
9. Simple to complex
10. Compound to complex

What are The Different Types of Exceptions on The Transformation of Sentences?

Answer: There are different types or kinds of transformations. Each type has its own exceptions. So, please write on any subject you want exceptions.

What will be The Correct Sentence Transformation and Why?

Answer: If you do not put these two sentences in front of anyone and do not ask which one is correct, no one will think twice about the first. What else can you mean?