Transformation of Sentences Exercises and Examples with Answers for Class 12
Exercises on Sentence Transformation for Class 12
1. I gain the cove with pushing prow. (Make it Complex)
2. She is angry because her brother broke her toy. (Question)
3. She led him down the hall to the front door and opened it. (Make it Simple)
4. Outside the waiting room Sir Mohan Lal’s luggage lay piled along the wall. (Make it Complex)
5. She is both kind and courageous. (Use ‘not only. but also’)
6. The coolie flattened his turban. (Use ‘flat’ for ‘flattened’)
7. The most necessary man is he with whom you are. (Change into Positive degree)
8. It was about eleven o’clock at night, and she was walking alone. (Change into a Complex sentence)
9. They cannot differentiate between a painting and a photograph. (Make it Affirmative)
10. I assure you that his lower jaw is shorter than the upper. (Change the degree of Comparison)
11. It pleases me. (adjective from)
12. The bleeding bark will heal. (Use the Verb form of ‘bleeding’)
13. What a fine morning! (Assertive)
14. A boy ran up behind her and tried to snatch her purse. (Change into a Simple sentence)
15. Mother didn’t answer the question. (Make it Affirmative)
16. What a beautiful garden! (Assertive sentence)
17. They cannot differentiate between a painting and a photograph. (Make it Interrogative)
18. He loves us. (Use the noun form of love’)
19. Having nothing to say to the bereaved mother we remained silent. (Compound)
20. The blood would not stop flowing. (Turn into an Affirmative sentence)
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21. What a beautiful picture it is! (Assertive)
22. He doesn’t seem to me to be worse than the others we have had. (Make it Affirmative)
23. He just spat on his hand and recommenced digging. (Turn into a simple sentence)
24. I never felt a calm so deep. (Make it Affirmative)
25. You are a gallant young man. (Turn into an exclamatory sentence)
26. The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion. (Make it Complex)
27. The Sunderbans is larger than any other delta in the world. (Make it Positive degree)
28. Can we touch the sky ? (Make it Assertive)
29. Mrs Jones got up and went behind the screen. (Change into a Simple sentence)
30. I will not forget you – I have carved you in the palm of my hand. (Make it Simple & Compound)
31. She laughed pleasantly. (Rewrite the sentence using the noun form of laugh)
32. He started vigorous campaign against the British Government in public. (Use the noun form of ‘vigorous’)
33. Wordsworth is one of the most famous poets in the world. (Positive)
34. Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? (Rewrite the sentence using the Noun form of ‘compare’)
35. She did not leave the door shut. (Turn into an affirmative sentence)
36. I am only a native woman. (Use ‘none’)
37. He covered the ball tightly. (Use the adjective form of tightly’)
38. Beauty is not permanent. (Affirmative)
39. I feel convinced that there exists a divine power. (Change into a Compound sentence)
40. I remember my father starting his day at 4 a.m. (Change into a complex sentence)
41. The vault was a small one, but it had a new, patented door. (Make it Simple & Complex)
42. I do not know you, and have nothing to forgive you for. (Change into a complex sentence]
43. So to exclude art from the sphere of our needs is harmful to the economic well-being of the country as well. (Begin with: ‘So exclusion of art from….)
44. He is an egoistic person. (Use the noun form of ‘egoistic’)
45. The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion. (Change the degree of Comparison)
46. He sat down on the floor near the bed and told incomparable stories. (Make it Simple & Complex)
47. Our locality was predominantly Muslim but there were quite a lot of Hindu families too. (Make it Complex)
48. Nothing can make them confess. (Begin with ‘Anything’)
49. The poor people are very great people. (Make it Complex & Compound)
50. Uncle Sam showed kindness to me. (adjective from)
Answers
1. I gain the cove when I push the prow.
2. Is she angry because her brother broke her toy?
3. Leading him down the hall to the front door, she opened it.
4. What lay piled along the wall outside the waiting room was Sir Mohan Lal’s luggage.
5. She is not only kind but also courageous.
6. The coolie made his turban flat.
7. No other man is as necessary as the one with whom you are.
8. She bent down enough so that she could permit him to stoop and pick up her purse.
9. They are unable to differentiate between a painting and a photograph.
10. I assure you that his upper jaw is not as short as the lower jaw.
11. I am pleased by it.
12. The bark which bleeds will heal.
13. It is such a fine morning.
14. When it was about eleven o’clock at night, she was walking alone.
15. Mother refused to answer the question.
16. The garden is very beautiful.
17. Can they differentiate between a painting and a photograph?
18. He is in love with us.
19. As we had nothing to say to the bereaved mother we remained silent.
20. The blood continued to flow.
21. It is a very beautiful picture.
22. Little does he seems to me to be worse than the others we have had.
23. Spitting on his hand he recommenced digging.
24. I was inexperienced in feeling a calm so deep.
25. What a gallant young man you are!
26. What destroys peace the greatest is abortion.
27. No other delta in the world is as large as the Sunderbans.
28. We cannot touch the sky.
29. Getting up, Mrs Jones went behind the screen.
30. I, having carved you in the palm of my hand, will not forget you. (Simple) / I have carved you in the palm of my hand so I will not forget you. (Compound)
31. She gave a pleasant laugh.
32. He started campaigning against the British Government in public with vigour.
33. Very few poets in the world are as famous as Wordsworth.
34. Shall I draw a comparison between thee and a summer’s day?
35. She left the door open.
36. I am none but a native woman.
37. He covered the ball in a tight manner.
38. Beauty is temporary.
39. I feel convinced there exists a power and it is divine.
40. I remember my father who would start his day at 4 a.m.
41. Despite being a small one, the vault had a new, patented door. (Simple) / Although the vault was a small one, it had a new patented door. (Complex)
42. Since I do not know you, I have nothing to forgive you for.
43. So exclusion of art from the sphere of our needs harms the economic well-being of the country as well.
44. He is a person full of ego.
45. No other destroyer of peace is as great as abortion. (Positive) / Abortion is greater than any other destroyer of peace. (Comparative)
46. Sitting down on the floor near the bed, he told incomparable stories. (Simple) / Sitting down on the floor near the bed, he told stories which were incomparable. (Complex)
47. Though our locality was predominantly Muslim, there were quite a lot of Hindu families too.
48. Anything is incapable of making them confess.
49. The people who are poor are very great people. (Complex) / The people are poor but they are very great people. (Compound)
50. Uncle Sam was kind to me.