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Transformation of Sentence
Transformation of a Sentence means changing its form without altering its sense.
Knowledge of Sentence Transformation helps us to expand our usage skills by testing
various ways of presenting a sentence in multiple ways but without changing its actual
meaning.

Example – I have worked here since 2010, can also be expressed like - I worked here in
2010.

Knowing how to rewrite sentences so that they have the same meaning as the original is
often required for many English language tests like TOEFL examination or English ESL EFL
Exams such as Cambridge's First Certificate, CAE and Proficiency. Sentence Transformation
is also an important skill which can help in improve our understanding of similar English
expressions and vocabulary.

There are several ways in which a sentence can be transformed. Below mentioned are
Sentence Transformations Exercises:

I.  Transformation of a Simple Sentence into a Compound Sentences

Besides being thrown into jail, he was heavily fined.

He was not only thrown into jail but also heavily fined.

The old men sat near the fire, smoking.

The old man sat near the fire and smoke.

II.  Transformation of a Simple Sentence into a Complex Sentences

He liked my suggestion.
He liked what I suggested.

His money was not useful to me.

The money which he gave me was not useful to me.

III.  Changing an Exclamatory Sentence into an Assertive Sentence

How beautiful she is! – Exclamatory.

She is very beautiful – Assertive.

How chivalrous of you to help her like that! - Exclamatory.

It is very chivalrous of you to help her like that - Assertive.

What a beautiful view! – Exclamatory.

It is a beautiful view - Assertive.

What a great pleasure it is! - Exclamatory.

This is indeed a great pleasure – Assertive.

IV.  Changing an Interrogative Sentence into an Assertive Sentence

Did I ever ask you to run? – Interrogative.

I never asked you to run - Assertive.

Is there any fun in doing that? – Interrogative.

There is no fun in doing that - Assertive.

Is not health better than wealth? - Interrogative.

Health is better than wealth – Assertive.

Why worry about what people say? – Interrogative.

It is foolish to worry about what people say - Assertive.
V.  Changing an Imperative Sentence into an Interrogative Sentence

Get away from the pool - Imperative.

Will you get away from the pool or not? – Interrogative.

Please, don’t disturb me - Imperative.

Will you, please, stop disturbing me? – Interrogative.

Stop staring her – Imperative.

Will you stop staring at her? – Interrogative.
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Shut the door - Imperative. designs

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Will you shut the door? – Interrogative.

VI.  Transforming or Interchanging the Degrees of Comparison  English Listening

 English Speaking
Blue Whale is larger than all the other mammals in the world – Comparative.
 English Reading
No other mammal in the world is as large as the Blue Whale – Positive.
Blue Whale is the largest mammal in the world – Superlative.  English Writing

Kim Kardashian is one of the beautiful models in USA – Superlative. Components of the English language
Very few models in USA are beautiful than Kim Kardashian  - Comparative. English Grammar
Most models in USA are not as beautiful as Kim Kardashian – Positive.
 English Alphabets
No other spa is as good as the Golden Spa – Positive.  Words/Parts of Speech
Golden Spa is better than other spas – Comparative.
Golden Spa is the best spa of all the spas - Superlative. Nouns
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Nothing else travels as fast as light – Positive.  Adjectives

Light travels faster than anything else – Comparative.  Pronouns
Of all things in the world light travels fastest – Superlative.
 Verbs
VII.  Transformation of sentences beginning with 'no sooner'  Adverbs
 Prepositions
Transformation of sentences rules
 Conjunctions
It can be done in two ways - using the expressions: Interjections
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i)  As soon as.  The Sentence

ii)  Scarcely (hardly) had ... when ..
 Subject and Predicate
No sooner had I reached the bus-stop than the bus left.  Articles
As soon as I reached the bus-stop, the bus left.  Determiners
Scarcely (or hardly) had I reached the bus-stop when the bus left.
 Modals and Auxiliaries
No sooner had the thief run out of the jail than the guard fired at him.  Tenses
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As soon as the thief ran out of the jail, the guard fired at him.
 The Infinitive
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VIII.  Transformation of sentences containing too ... to The Gerund
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Transformation of sentences rules

Forms of Verbs
(a) Use ‘that’ in place of ‘to’. Composition : Parts of composition
(b) Use ‘so’ in place of ‘too’.
(c) If the sentence is in the past tense, ‘could’ is used in the subordinate clause. Analysis, Transformation and Synthesis
of sentence
(a) The girl was too clever to be taught.
     The girl was so clever that she could not be taught. 1. Analysis of Simple Sentence
2. Phrases
(b) He is too poor to give money.
      He is so poor that he cannot give money. 3. Idioms
4. Punctuation
(c) He was too angry to talk to her.
5. Spelling Rules
     He was so angry that he could not talk to her.
6. Question Tag
7. Clauses
8. Analysis of Complex Sentence
9. Analysis of Compound Sentence
10. Transformation of Sentence
11. Active and Passive Voice
12. Direct and Indirect Speech

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