LEARNING TRANSFORMATION OF SENTENCE

Transformation of Sentence

Affirmative to Negative

Read the following sentence:-

Affirmative:- I always agreed with him.

Negative:-  I never disagreed with him.

Affirmative:-He was always punctual.

Negative:- He was never late.

structure:-

Affirmative:-subject+always+verb+ext.

Negative:- subject+never+opposite verb+ext.

Affirmative:-subject+auxiliary verb+always+verb/adjective/adverb+ext.

Negative:- subject+auxiliary verb+never+opposite verb/adjective/adverb+ext.

If there is always in an affirmative sentence,never will be used for ever/always in negative sentence and verb /adjective/adverb will be opposite meaning.

Read the bellow sentence:-

Affirmative:-He is too weak to walk.

Negative:- He is so weak that he cannot walk.

Affirmative:-They were too busy to help you.

Negative:- They were so busy that they could not help you.

structure:-

Affirmative:-subject+verb+too+adjective+to+verb+ext.

Negative:- subject+verb+so +adjective+that+subject+can/could+not+verb+ext.

If there is present tense before too,can will be used after that and if there is past tense before too,could will be used after that.Again when there is for +noun/pronoun after too+adjective,the noun/pronoun after for will be the subject after that.

Read the bellow sentence:-

Affirmative:-He is as wise as her brother.

Negative:- He is not less wise than her brother.

Affirmative:-You are as clever as I.

Negative:- You are not less clever than I.

structure:-

Affirmative:-subject+verb+as+adjective+as+noun/pronoun.

Negative:- subject+auxiliary verb+ not+verb+less+adjective+than+noun/pronoun.

In negative sentence as -as is replaced by not less-than.