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Affirmative to Negative

Assertive to Interrogative

Exclamatory to Assertive

Assertive to Exclamatory

Transformation of Sentences
Affirmative to Negative:
Rule 1:
Only alone

None but

Affirmative: Only he can play good cricket.
Negative: None but he can play good cricket.
Affirmative: Only the science students can apply for
the post.
Negative: None but the science students can apply for
the post.
Affirmative: Only they can do the work.
Negative: None but they can do the work.
Note:

only nothing but

only not

more than
Affirmative: He is only four.
Negative: He is not more than four.
Affirmative: They have only two cars.
Negative: They have not more than two cars.
Rule 2:
Af rmative sentence must negative must can not but/ can not help
can not help verb ing

Affirmative: you must yield to your fate.

Negative: You can not but yield to your fate.
Affirmative: We must obey our parents.
Negative: we can not but obey our parents.
Affirmative: you must care them.
Negative: You can not help caring them.
Rule 3:
Every Negative every There is no + every + but +
sentence
Affirmative: Everyone hates a terrorist.
Negative: There is no one but hates a terrorist.
Affirmative: Everybody fears a lion.
Negative: There is no body but hates a liar.
Rule 4:
As soon as sentence Negative As soon as no sooner had + Sentence + Sentence
verb v3
+ sentence + than +
Affirmative: As soon as he he saw the tiger, he ran away.
Negative: No sooner had he seen the Tiger than he ran away.
Affirmative: No sooner had the boy saw the police, he ran away.
Negative: As soon as the boy seen the police than he ran away.
Rule 5:
Af rmative sentence Negative

sentence Af rmative Negative

Negative
not

Affirmative: He is a good man.

Negative: He is not a bad man.
Affirmative: Rakib is an honest boy.
Negative: Rakib is not a dishonest boy.
Affirmative: This was an extra-ordinary ship.
Negative: This was not an ordinary ship.
Rule 6:
Always Af rmative sentence Negative Always never Af rmative
Negative
Affirmative: He was always punctual.
Negative: He was never late.
Affirmative: I always tell truth.
Negative: I never tell lie.

Rule 7:
Superlative degree Af rmative sentence Negative
No other + superlative + verb + as + superlative degree positive form + as + sentence
subject.
Affirmative: He is the best batsman in the team.
Negative: No other batsman in the team is as good as he.
Affirmative: You are the best boy in the class.
Negative: No other boy in the class is as good as you.
Rule 8:
Than any other/than all other comparative degree Negative
No other + any other/all other + verb + so/as + comparative degree positive
form + as + sentence subject.
Affirmative: He is better than any other boy in the class.
Negative: No other boy in the class is as good as he.
Affirmative: Dhaka is bigger than all other cities in Bangladesh.
Negative: No other city in Bangladesh is as big as Dhaka.
Rule 9:
Than comparative degree Negative
Than + verb (tense person
) + not + so/as + comparative degree
positive form + as + sentence subject.
Affirmative: He is stronger than you.
Negative: You are not as/so strong as he.
Affirmative: I am taller than you.
Negative: You are not as tall as me.
Rule 10:
As....as positive degree Negative
as not less as than
Affirmative: Robi and Rahat were as strong as Rakib.
Negative: Robi and Rahat were not less strong than Rakib.
Affirmative: He is as good as you.
Negative: He is not less good than you.
Rule 11:
Less...than sentence Negative
Less not as than as

Affirmative: He is less ugly than you said.

Negative: He is not as ugly as you said.
Affirmative: You are less good than he said.
Negative: You are not as good as he said.
Rule 12:
Too.....to sentence Negative
Too so + Too adjective/adverb + that +
subject + tense

can not/could not + to

Affirmative: He is too weak to walk.
Negative: He is so weak that he can not walk.
Affirmative: The sum was too difficult for me to work out.
Negative: The sum was so difficult for me that I could not work out.

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Transformation: Assertive to interrogative