LEARNING TRANSFORMATION OF SENTENCE

Transformation of Sentence

To change one kind of sentence to another kind without changing the meaning is called transformation of sentence.i.e.

Affir:Dan is a very intelligent boy.

Int.Isn't Dan a very intelligent boy.

Neg.Dan isn't a very dull boy.

Excla.What an intelligent boy Dan is!

Compound.Dan is a boy and is vey intelligent.

Complex.Dan is a boy who is very intelligent.

With a view to interchanging one kind of sentence to another kind of sentence without changing the meaning depends on some rules.One must have learnt the rules,formation of phrase and clause,structure of tense etc.We are going to interchange sentences by turns.

Transformation are of various types.

1.Affirmative to negative

2.Negative to Affirmative

3.Affirmative to interrogative

4.Interrogative to Affirmative

5.Exclamatory to assertive

6.Assertive to exclamatory

7.Affirmative to optative

8.Optative to ass.

9.Ass. To imp.

10.Imp. To Ass.

11.Simple to compound

12.Compound to simp

13.Simple to complex

14.Complex to simple

15.Complex to compound

16.Compound to complex.

17.Degree change

18.Voice change

19.change of number,gender

In order to learn to change sentences without changing the meaning,we should learn the rules of the above kinds of transformation of sentences.