24 August 2022
Transformation of Sentences Examples with Answers
| Questions | Answers |
| The startled little waves leap in fiery ringlets. (Make it Complex) | The little waves which have become startled leap in fiery ringlets. |
| The invisible worm has found out thy bed. (Make it Negative) | The worm which is not visible has found out thy bed. |
| Nimo is playing in the park. (Question) | Is Nimo playing in the park? |
| If I were a bird! (Assertive) | I wish that I were a bird. |
| I was the most important man. (Rewrite the sentence using the positive degree of ‘important’) | No other man was so important as I was. |
| He surveyed the compartment and noticed the unoccupied berth. (Make it Simple & Complex) | Surveying the compartment, he noticed the unoccupied berth. (Simple) / When he surveyed the compartment, he noticed the berth which was unoccupied. (Complex) |
| Just when the destruction was completed, Newton opened the chamber door. (Begin with ‘No sooner’) | No sooner was the destruction completed than Newton opened the chamber door. |
| It is the tallest building of Mumbai. (Positive) | No other building in Mumbai is as tall as this. |
| He sleeps in sunlight at peace. (Use the Adverb form of ‘peace’) | He sleeps in sunlight peacefully. |
| What is your name? (Change into Imperative sentence) | Tell me your name. |
| The man in red shirt is my elder brother. (Complex) | The man who is in red shirt is my elder brother. |
| My austere father used to avoid all such comforts and luxuries that are not essential. (Turn into Negative) | My austere father used to avoid all such comforts and luxuries that are not essential. |
| Everybody but the dog left the house. (Complex) | Though everybody left the house the dog did not. |
| He was the most important man. (Rewrite the sentence using the adjective as a noun) | No other man had as importance as he had. |
| You didn’t have to snatch my pocketbook to get some suede shoes. (Change into an Interrogative sentence) | The other roomers were laughing and talking in the large house, and the boy could hear that. |
| Whiskey never failed with Englishmen. (Use the noun form of ‘failed’) | Whiskey was never a failure with Englishmen. |
| I saw him opening the red box. (Complex) | I saw him opening the box which was red in colour. |
| The worm has found out thy bed of crimson joy. (Make it Complex) | The worm has found out thy bed which is made of crimson joy. |
| He takes the lead. (Make it Negative) | He does not refrain from taking the lead. |
| October is the best time of the year. (Make it Negative) | No other time of the year is as good as October. |
| He came up to her once in a while at night and stayed for a few minutes. (Make it Simple & Complex) | He, coming up to her once in a while at night, stayed for a few minutes. (Simple) / When he came up to her once in a while at night, he stayed for a few minutes. (Complex) |
| And his dark secret love. (Use the noun form of ‘secret’) | And his dark love which is a secret. |
| It did sound like English, but it was too much of the King’s for them. (Make it Simple & Complex) | In spite of sounding like English, it was too much of the King’s for them. (Simple) / Although it did sound like English, it was too much of the King’s for them. (Complex) |
| Oh, how lucky you are! (Make it Assertive) | You are very lucky. |
| The boy was so tiny that he could not climb up the tree. (Replace ‘so…..that’ with ‘too….to”) | The boy was too tiny to climb up the tree. |
| There was a large wound in his stomach. (Turn into an Interrogative sentence) | Was not there a large wound in his stomach? |
| Our family is healthy, our family is united. (Change into a Negative Sentence) | Our family is not sick, our family is not divided. |
| It is only magicians who know that. (Make it interrogative) | Is it only magicians who know that? |
| She was silent. (Turn into an Interrogative sentence) | Was she not silent ? |
| This poem is too simple to need an explanation. (Complex) | This poem is so simple that it does not need an explanation. |
| This city now doth, like a garment wear/The beauty of the morning. (Rewrite in prose-order) | This city now wears the beauty of the morning like a garment. |
| Nothing can make them confess. (Make it Interrogative) | Can anything make them confess? |
| He would retire to his corner by the window and on be get out a copy of ‘The Times’. (Make it Simple & Complex) | Retiring to his corner by the window he would get out a copy of ‘The Times’. (Simple) / After he retired to his corner by the window he would get out a copy of ‘The Times’. (Complex) |
| Africa is the hottest of the five continents. (Comparative) | No other continent among the five continents is hotter than Africa. |
| It almost sounded like English. (Use ‘but’) | It sounded like nothing but English. |
| Then she rested her chin on her hands and sat gazing idly at the jostling crowd on the platform. (Make it Simple & Complex) | Resting her chin on her hands, she sat gazing idly at the jostling crowd on the platform. (Simple) / She then sat gazing idly at the jostling crowd on the platform while resting her chin on her hands. (Complex) |
| Sir Mohan’s feet were glued to the earth and he lost his speech. (Make it Simple & Complex) | Sir Mohan’s feet being glued to the earth, he lost his speech. (Simple) / While Sir Mohan’s feet were glued to the earth he lost his speech. (Complex) |
| Her voice had the sparkle of a mountain stream. | Her voice had the sparkle that sounds like a mountain stream. |
| He could talk on almost any subject. (Make it Negative) | There were not many subjects on which he could not talk. |
| I know well that you have not given from your abundance. (Make it Compound) | You have not given from your abundance and I know this well. |
| The mirror was obviously made in India. (Make it Negative) | There is no doubt that the mirror was made in India. |
| Do bring your copies tomorrow. (Negative) | Do not forget to bring your copies tomorrow. |
| And that decided it. (Rewrite using adjective form of ‘decided’) | And that played the decisive factor for it. |
| You will remember that my Oxen Meadows touch you birchwoods. (Make it Negative) | You will not forget that my Oxen Meadows touch your birchwoods. |
| In cases of flooded land, plants are uprooted. (Make it Complex) | Plants are uprooted from the land which is flooded. |
| I don’t want anything of yours and I don’t want to give up anything of mine. (Rewrite by using ‘neither…nor’) | Neither I want anything of yours nor I want to give up anything of mine. |
| You’re not a bad fellow at heart. (Make it Affirmative) | You are quite a good fellow at heart. |
| The inspector was furious that I didn’t consult him before employing him. (Begin with ‘Why’) | Why I didn’t consult him before employing him made the inspector furious. |
| These days all trains are crowded. (Replace ‘crowded’ with ‘crowd’) | These days all trains are filled with crowd. |
| It is very nice to meet you. (Exclamatory) | So nice to meet you! |
| As soon as she saw the jalebi her mouth watered. (Use ‘no sooner’) | No sooner did she see the jalebi than her mouth watered. |
| Being hungry, he ate quickly. (Complex) | He was hungry so he ate quickly. |
| I love God, but I do not love my neighbour. (Make it Simple & Complex) | In spite of my love for God I do not love my neighbour. (Simple) / Although I love God I do not love my neighbour. (Complex) |
| Mr Adams, the typical, plodding country banker, approved of Spencer. (Use the noun form of ‘approved’) | Spencer won the approval of Mr Adams, the typical, plodding country banker. |
| Leela felt disgusted with the whole business. (Use ‘disgust’ as a verb) | The whole business disgusted Leela. |
| The poetry of earth is never dead. (Change into a complex sentence) | What is never dead is the poetry of earth. |
| The lady is so aged that she cannot get any job. (Rewrite using ‘too’) | The lady is too aged to get any job. |
| We should try to familiarise them with those beautiful creations in art and literature. (Replace familiarise’ with ‘familiar) | We should try to make them familiar with those beautiful creations in art and literature. |
| He stopped near the well and pointed up. (Change into a simple sentence) | Stopping near the well, he pointed up. |
| To a woman nothing seems quite impossible to the powers of the man she worships. (Use: It seems…..) | It seems to a woman nothing quite impossible to the powers of the man she worships. |
| I would teach you right from wrong. (Turn into a complex sentence) | I would teach you how right is different from wrong. |
| I don’t know if you have seen hunger. (Make it Compound) | You may have seen hunger but I do not know of this. |
| Mr Sivasanker came home an hour later, growing excited over all this, went to the police station and lodged a complaint. (Make it Complex) | Mr Sivasanker who came home an hour later, growing excited over all this, went to the police station to lodge a complaint. (Complex) |
| Wishing to see the Rastrapati Bhawan Auro went to Delhi. (Complex) | As Auro wished to see the Rastrapati Bhawan, he went to Delhi. |
| After three days his father and mother brought him to our home. (Make it Compound) | Three days had passed and then his father and mother brought him to our home. |
| The hermit listened to the Tsar, but answered nothing. (Turn into a Simple sentence) | Despite listening to the Tsar, the hermit answered nothing. |
| He had on a suit of the villainously fitting, ready-made clothes. (Make it Complex using relative clause) | He had on a suit that was made of ready-made clothes of villainous fitting. |
| I have lived like an animal in the street, but I am going to die like an angel. (Make it Simple & Complex) | Despite having lived like an animal in the street, I am going to die like an angel. (Simple) / Though I have lived like an animal in the street, I am going to die like an angel. (Complex) |
| Is the mother there to receive the child? (Make it Assertive) | The mother is not there to receive the child. |
| Squeezer is better than Guess. | Guess is not as good as Squeezer. |
| The girl got up and began to collect her things. (Change into a Simple sentence) | Getting up, the girl began to collect her things. |
| You should not take pride in your wealth. (adjective from) | You should not be proud of your wealth. |
| A bearer in white livery appeared through a wire gauze door. (Make it Complex) | A bearer who was in white livery appeared through a wire gauze door. |
| The losses were now high enough to bring the matter up into Ben Price’s class of work. (Use ‘so …….. that’) | The losses were now so high that they could bring the matter up into Ben Price’s class of work. |
| Even our present-day art does not get any recognition in our country until it finds approval in foreign the markets. (Make it Simple & Compound) | Even our present-day art does not get any recognition in our country without finding approval in foreign markets. (Simple) / Our present-day art finds approval in foreign markets and then it gets any recognition in our country. (Compound) |
| The guard blew his whistle and we moved off. (Make it Complex) | As the guard blew his whistle, we moved off. |
| They all started early. (Make it Negative) | They all did not started late. |
| I didn’t bring more rice that evening because I wanted them to enjoy the joy of sharing. (Make it Simple & Compound) | I, wanting them to enjoy the joy of sharing, did not bring more rice that evening. (Simple) / I wanted them to enjoy the joy of sharing so I did not bring more rice that evening. (Compound) |
| Winter will probably arrive by next week. (adjective from) | It is probable that winter will arrive by next week. |
| One should always attend to all that was going on. (Turn into a Negative sentence) | One should never be absent from all that was going on. |
| Ben Price knew Jimmy’s habits. He had learned them while working on the Springfield case. (Make it Complex) | Ben Price knew Jimmy’s habits which he had learned while working on the Springfield case. |
| You have an interesting face.(Rewrite using an adjective clause) | You have a face that is interesting. |
| Having a severe back pain I could not attend school. (Complex) | As I had a severe back pain I could not attend school. |
| These fellows who have been in jail once or twice lose all fear. (Make it Simple & Compound) | These fellows having been in jail once or twice lose all fear. (Simple) / These fellows have been in jail once or twice and they lose all fear. (Compound) |
| The invisible worm flies in the night. (Make it Complex) | The worm which is invisible flies in the night. |
| Every teacher loves his students. (Question) | Is there any teacher who doesn’t love his students? |
| She is speaking the truth. (Negative) | Is she not speaking the truth? |
| Lachmi was shorter than average Indian women. (Turn into Positive Degree) | Average Indian women are not as short as Lachmi was. |
| There is no use of this construction. (Question) | What is the use of this construction ? |
| In spite of his poverty he is happy. (Compound) | He is poor but happy. |
| He is an honourable man. (Use the noun form of ‘honourable’) | He is a man worthy of honour. |
| 7 Mangoes are sweet. (Negative) | Mangoes are not sour. |
| I wish you good morning, madam. (Exclamatory) | Good morning, madam! |
| I do not recall the exact number of people she fed every day. (Make it Affirmative) | I fail to recall the exact number of people she fed every day. |
| Squeezer is better than Guess. (Rewrite using the Positive degree) | Guess is not as good as Squeezer. |
| Can anyone live without love? (Assertive) | No one can live without love. |
| He punished his secretary for his disobedience. (Compound) | He punished his secretary because of his disobedience. |
| I put her in bed and there was such a beautiful smile on her face. (Make it Simple) | Putting her in bed, I saw a beautiful smile on her face. |
| She was silent. (Use noun form of ‘silent) | She kept silence. |
| We may be doing social work in the eyes of the people, but we are really contemplatives in the heart of the world. (Make it Complex) | Although we may be doing social work in the eyes of the people we are really contemplatives in the heart of the world. |
| Do you think Ram is a fool ? (Omit the Question mark) | Ram is not a fool. |
| Mr. Sen’s statement was justified. (Use verb of ‘statement’) | Mr. Sen stated justifiably. |
| I’m the most unhappy of men. (Turn into Comparative degree) | No other man is more unhappy than me. |
| Nobody can escape fate. (Question) | Can anybody escape fate? |
| He did not trust the woman. (Turn into an Affirmative sentence) | He mistrusted the woman. |
| That good fellow, though an adept at controlling the moon, was utterly incapable of plying the pencil. (Make it Simple & Compound) | Despite being an adept at controlling the moon, that good fellow was utterly incapable of plying the pencil. (Simple) / That good fellow was an adept at controlling the moon but was utterly incapable of plying the pencil. (Compound) |
| I will let you go provided you promise not to do such a thing again. (Replace ‘provided with ‘if’) | I will let you go if you promise not to do such a thing again. |
| The only companion that he enjoys is smoking. (Begin with: ‘Smoking…..’) | Smoking is his only enjoyable companion. |
| When he had dug two beds, the Tsar stopped and repeated his questions. (Change into a Simple sentence) | After digging two beds, the Tsar stopped to repeat his questions. |
| What a risk we took in engaging that fellow! (Make it Assertive) | We took a great risk in engaging that fellow. |
| The most necessary man is he with whom you are. (Change into positive degree) | No other man is as necessary as he with whom you are. |
| We are staying in this hotel tonight. (Affirmative) | Aren’t we staying in this hotel tonight? |
| I can’t understand English and don’t know their ways, so I keep to my zenana inter-class. (Make it Simple) | Being unable to understand English, not knowing their ways, I keep to my zenana inter-class. |
| Every fair from fair sometime declines. (Rewrite the sentence using an infinitive) | Every fair from fair has to decline sometime. |
| Mr Sivasanker was unable to make up his mind. (Use the noun form of ‘unable’) | Mr Sivasanker was facing the inability to make up his mind. |
| Despite these disadvantages he possessed great innate wisdom. (Turn into a Complex sentence) | Though he had these disadvantages, he possessed great innate wisdom. |
| Either she or Stella will go there. (Simple) | She or Stella will go there. |
| Leela was in tears. (Rewrite using adjective form of ‘tear’) | Leela was tearful. |
| Naples is one of the oldest cities in Europe. (Positive) | Very few cities in Europe are as old as Naples. |
