Transformation of Sentences Exercises and Examples with Answers for Class 8

Exercises on Sentence Transformation for Class 8

1. The humming insects do not disturb his rest. (Make it Affirmative)

2. Very few boys in the class paint as beautifully as Upen. (Comparative)

3. I wish you good afternoon, sir. (Exclamatory)

4. We have somebody who is feeling lonely. (Use the noun form of lonely)

5. The compartment was empty. (Make it Negative)

6. I could not help but examine my conscience I before her. (Avoid but’) I

7. Roger looked at the door. (Use the noun form of ‘looked’)

8. It grows slowly. (Use the Noun form of ‘grows’)

9. On seeing him, I left the place. (Complex)

10. She did not leave the door shut. (Make it Affirmative)

11. I never cracked a safe in my life. (Begin with ‘Never’)

12. It was impossible to decide beforehand the right time for every action. (Change into a Negative sentence)

13. The very houses seem asleep. (Make it Negative)

14. She pitied him. (Rewrite the sentence using the noun form of the verb)

15. He’s the best dog in the district for all that. (Change into Positive degree)

16. I believe that we are not real social workers. (Make it Compound)

17. The source, white and wet, is the most sensitive. (Change to Comparative degree)

18. He proclaimed very clearly that he had come to give the good news. (Make it Simple & Compound)

19. I was surprised in the West to see so many young boys and girls given into drugs. (Make it Complex & Compound)

20. My parents were widely regarded as an ideal couple. (Use the Noun form of ‘regarded’)

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21. ‘The Times’ always attracted attention. (Make it Negative)

22. Thou art more lovely and more temperate than a summer’s day. (Rewrite using positive degree)

23. It would stay with me for the rest of the journey. (Rewrite as a Negative sentence)

24. Language has an important place. (Use the noun form of ‘important’)

25. Although they fought bravely, they were defeated. (Compound)

26. She must weep or she will die. (Complex)

27. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May. (Make it Complex)

28. The poetry of earth is never dead. (Change into a complex sentence)

29. There wasn’t an exclusive shoe-store in the place. (Make it Affirmative)

30. Adversity always presents opportunities for introspection. (Make it Complex)

31. It was a flowering mustard field. (Complex)

32. The bleeding bark will heal. (Use verb form of bleeding’)

33. They are hungry too. (Use the noun form of ‘hungry’)

34. I never cracked a safe in my life. (Make it Affirmative)

35. Her pa owns this bank. (Use the noun form of the verb)

36. You must pray for us. (Make it Negative)

37. He was terribly unhappy. (Use noun form of ‘unhappy’)

38. This statement delighted Mike. (Use the adjective form of ‘delighted’)

39. I don’t know master. (Use noun form of ‘happy’)

40. Sir Mohan decided to welcome them, even though they were entitled to travel only second class. (Begin with ‘What if’)

41. It would stay with me for the rest of the journey. (Rewrite as a negative sentence)

42. Study now or you will regret in future. (Complex)

43. There was another long pause. (Turn into an interrogative sentence)

44. She took it to the tap and washed off the coating of tamarind on it. (Make it Simple & Complex)

45. I love to eat sweets. (Question)

46. My eyes were sensitive only to light and darkness. (Make it Negative)

47. But none of these could Sidda even remotely copy. (Begin with ‘Sidda could not’)

48. No sooner did you notice that some dog is better than your Guess, than you begin with this. (Turn into an Affirmative sentence)

49. Lady Lal picked up her brass tiffin-carrier and ambled along behind him. (Make it Simple & Complex)

50. From close to the ground will rise curled (Make it Compound)

Answers

1. The humming insects allow him to sleep.

2. Upen paints more beautifully than most of the other boys in the class.

3. Good afternoon, sir!

4. We have somebody who is filled with loneliness.

5. The compartment was not crowded.

6. I could not help examining my conscience before her.

7. Roger had a look at the door.

8. Its growth is slow.

9. I left the place as soon as I saw him.

10. She left the door open.

11. Never did I crack a safe in my life.

12. It was not possible to decide beforehand the right time for every action.

13. He would not be of a Bright soul.

14. She took pity on him.

15. No other dog in the district is as good as him for all that.

16. We are not real social workers and I believe this.

17. The source, white and wet, is more sensitive than any other part.

18. He proclaimed very clearly about his coming to give the good news. (Simple) / He had come to give the good news and he proclaimed this very clearly. (Compound)

19. I was surprised in the West to see that so many young boys and girls given into drugs. (Complex) / So many young boys and girls were given into drugs and I was surprised to see them in the West. (Compound)

20. My parents enjoyed a wide regard as an ideal couple.

21. ‘The Times’ never repelled attention.

22. A summer’s day is not as lovely and as temperate as thou.

23. It would not leave me for the rest of the journey.

24. Language has a place of importance.

25. They fought bravely but they were defeated.

26. If she does not weep she will die.

27. Winds that are rough do shake the darling buds of May.

28. The earth has its own poetry which is never dead.

29. Many things were there in the place except an exclusive shoe-store.

30. Adversity always presents opportunities that are needed for introspection.

31. It was a mustard field that was full of blooming flowers.

32. The bark that bleeds will heal.

33. They are struck by hunger too.

34. I have always prevented myself from cracking a safe in my life.

35. Her pa is the owner of this bank.

36. You cannot help but pray for us.

37. His unhappiness was terrible.

38. Mike became delightful at this statement.

39. I do not have the knowledge, master.

40. What if they were entitled to travel only second class, Sir Mohan decided to welcome them.

41. It would not leave me during the rest of the journey.

42. Unless you study now you will regret in future.

43. Was there not another long pause ?

44. Taking it to the tap, she washed off the coating of tamarind on it. (Simple) / After she took it to the tap, she washed off the coating of tamarind on it. (Complex)

45. Do I love to eat sweets?

46. My eyes were sensitive to nothing but light and darkness.

47. Sidda could not however, even remotely copy any of these.

48. As soon as you noticed that some dog is better than your Guess, you begun with this.

49. Picking up her brass tiffin-carrier, Lady Lal ambled along behind him. (Simple) / Lady Lal who picked up her brass tiffin-carrier, ambled along behind him. (Complex)

50. Curled and green twigs will rise from close to the ground.