Transformation of Sentences Worksheet with Answers for Class 10

Worksheet on Sentence Transformation for Class 10

1. He said he had come to Elmore to look for a location to go into business. (Make it Compound)

2. I do not recall the exact number of people she fed every day. (Turn into an affirmative sentence)

3. One should always attend to all that was going on. (Turn into a negative sentence)

4. The ear cannot do what the eye is meant to do. (Use the object as the subject)

5. Everybody wants peace in life. (Question)

6. The man who had entered the compartment broke into my reverie. (Make it Compound)

7. Children cannot but chatter. (Use ‘help’)

8. Since you are intelligent, you will pass easily. (Compound)

9. He rarely spoke Hindustani. (Make it Negative)

10. The mirror was obviously made in India. (Use the adjective form of ‘obviously’)

11. The door was open. (Turn into a Negative sentence)

12. You alone can help me. (Make it Negative)

13. Let’s change the subject. (Start the sentence with ‘The Subject’)

14. She died with a smile on her face. (Make it Complex & Compound)

15. The sky is cloudy. (Negative)

16. I see in the hostel rooms shirts hanging from picture frames, tea-cups and combs littering the study table, paper flowers stuck into used cocoa tins. (Use Relative clause)

17. The poetry of earth is never dead. (Rewrite using the Verb form of ‘dead’)

18. A son or daughter will come to visit them. (Replace the infinitive)

19. Though he is seventy years old, he works hard. (Simple)

20. They answered his questions differently. (Turn into a negative sentence]

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21. He rests beneath some pleasant weed. (Make it complex)

22. Unknowing I understand, I too am written. (Make it Compound & Complex)

23. Your attitude is not destructive. (Affirmative)

24. I could not have passed the test without your help. (Complex)

25. They forget the vitality of a work of art lies in its sense of beauty and order and not in its money value. (Make it Simple)

26. Is this how I have drawn the crow? (Make it Assertive)

27. The soldiers caught Sir Mohan by the arms and flung him out of the train. (Make it Simple & Complex)

28. I lighted the match and it gave out a blue flame. (Make it Simple & Complex)

29. All looked bright and glittering in the smokeless air. (Rewrite using Relative Clause)

30. To get students into an encounter with Nature we should hold seasonal festivals. (Begin with: ‘It is our duty….’)

31. I wanted a pair of blue suede shoes. (Turn into Complex)

32. No one can become a poet by just passing a course in poetry. (Make it Affirmative)

33. He apologized for his conduct. (Negative)

34. Language has an important place. (Make it Complex)

35. They called their goodbyes and the train pulled out of the station. (Change into a complex sentence)

36. I listened to her attentively. (Use the noun form of ‘attentively)

37. He was the most important man. (Change the degree of comparison)

38. He blinked and answered that he did not know. (Make it Simple)

39. Who doesn’t know Ramlal? (Rewrite as an assertive sentence)

40. We gladly accepted the offer. (Use the noun form of ‘gladly’)

41. Going to village he visited his ancestral house. (Compound)

42. Where is he now? (Make it Assertive)

43. Here is a clean towel. (Turn into a complex sentence)

44. Why are you so rough ? (Make it Exclamatory)

45. I do not believe her. (noun from)

46. He opened a shoe-store and secured a good run of trade. (Make it Simple & Complex)

47. Isn’t that young Lady Polly Simpson? (Make it Assertive)

48. I never cracked a safe in my life. (Make it Interrogative)

49. Walk quickly, else you will be late for the meeting. (Simple)

50. She obeyed passively. (Rewrite using the adjective form of passively)

Answers

1. He was looking for a location to go into business and he said he had come to Elmore for that.

2. I hardly recall the exact number of people she fed every day.

3. One should never distract from all that was going on.

4. What the eye is meant to do cannot be done by the ear.

5. Who does not want peace in life?

6. The man had entered the compartment and broke into my reverie.

7. Children cannot help chattering.

8. You are intelligent and so you will pass easily.

9. He did not speak Hindustani often.

10. It was obvious that the mirror was made in India.

11. The door was not closed.

12. None but you can help me.

13. The subject should be changed.

14. When she died she had a smile on her face. (Complex) / She put a smile on her face and she died with it. (Compound)

15. The sky is not clear.

16. I see in the hostel rooms shirts that hang from picture frames, tea-cups and combs that litter the study table, paper flowers that are stuck into used cocoa tins.

17. The poetry of earth never dies.

18. A son or daughter will pay them a visit.

19. In spite of being seventy years old, he works hard.

20. They did not give the same answers to his questions.

21. The weed beneath which he rests is pleasant.

22. I too am written and I understand this unknowingly. (Compound) / I understand unknowingly that I too am written. (Complex)

23. Your attitude is constructive.

24. Unless you have helped me I could not have passed the test.

25. They forget about the vitality of a work of art lying in its sense of beauty and order not in its money value.

26. This is not how I have drawn the crow.

27. Catching Sir Mohan by the arms the soldiers flung him out of the train. (Simple) / After the soldiers caught Sir Mohan by the arms they flung him out of the train. (Complex)

28. On lighting the match it gave out a blue flame. (Simple) / As I lighted the match it gave out a blue flame. (Complex)

29. All looked bright and glittering in the air that was smokeless.

30. It is our duty to hold seasonal festivals to get students into an encounter with Nature.

31. I wanted a pair of suede shoes which was blue in colour.

32. One will fail to become a poet by just passing a course in poetry.

33. Didn’t he apoligize for his conduct?

34. Language has a place which is important.

35. As soon as they called their goodbyes, the train pulled out of the station.

36. I listened to her with attention.

37. He was more important than any other man.

38. Blinking, he answered in the negative.

39. Everybody knows Ramlal.

40. We accepted the offer with gladness.

41. He went to the village and visited his ancestral house.

42. I want to know where he is now.

43. Here is a towel which is clean.

44. You are so rough!

45. I do not have belief in her.

46. He secured a good run of trade by opening a shoe- store. (Simple) / He who opened a shoe-store secured a good run of trade. (Complex)

47. That is young Lady Polly Simpson.

48. Have I ever cracked a safe in my life?

49. Walk quickly to avoid being late for the meeting.

50. She obeyed in a passive way.