Transformation of Sentences

1. TRANSFORMATION OF SENTENCES (NEGATIVE AND
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
 The Transformation or Conversion of a sentence means changing its form
without altering its sense.
 An affirmative sentence is a positive sentence opposite of a negative sentence
and it expresses an opposing idea.
 An affirmative sentence does not contain negative words like ‘no’, ‘not’, ‘never’,
etc.,
Eg: Negative: I do not believe you.
Affirmative: I disbelieve you.
A.Poornima Devi, Assistant Professor, Dept. of English

2. EXAMPLES OF NEGATIVE SENTENCES
 Robin has no relatives here.
 Jack is not right.
 I have never seen this case.
 John found the pen nowhere.
 None of us liked the program.
 Alice has nothing to say.
 Nobody asked me anything about Peter.
We use negative words for
negation.
A.Poornima Devi, Assistant Professor, Dept. of English

3. Hint: While changing a negative
sentence to an affirmative by removing
the negative words, care must be taken
to change the verb into a word that is
opposite in meaning.
Eg: My sister is not younger than I.
I am elder to my sister.
A.Poornima Devi, Assistant Professor, Dept. of English

4. EXERCISE
1. My father will never be late.
2. We are not happy with the result of the semester.
3. Your handwriting is not very legible.
4. He was not a very tall man.
5. You should never tell a lie.
A.Poornima Devi, Assistant Professor, Dept. of English

5. ANSWERS
1. My father is always on time.
2. We are unhappy with the result of the match.
3. Your handwriting is very illegible.
4. He was a short man.
5. You should always speak the truth.
A.Poornima Devi, Assistant Professor, Dept. of English