EXERCISES – TRANSFORMATION OF SENTENCE

1. Rewrite these sentences as directed.

(i) She was so tired that she could not keep her eyes open, (use ‘too’)
(ii) He is so tall that he does not need a ladder to change the light
bulb. (Rewrite using ‘enough’)
(iii) The owner of the house has gone abroad. (Rewrite as a complex
sentence)
(iv) The soldiers who were victorious were honored by the president.
(Rewrite as a simple sentence)
(v) Though he was powerful, he was lonely. (Rewrite as a compound
sentence)
Answer:
(i) She was too tried to keep her eyes open.
(ii) He is tall enough not to need a ladder to change a light bulb.
(iii) The man who owns the house has gone abroad.
(iv) The victorious soldiers were honored by the President.
(v) He was powerful but (he was) lonely.
Combine the following pairs of sentences into a compound
sentence.
1. The way was long. The wind was cold.
2. The wind blew. The lightning splashed. The rain started
falling.
3. It was a cold night. We ventured out.
4. He is foolish. He is obstinate.
5. Come in. Go out.
6. Do not be a borrower. Do not be a lender.
Answers
1. The way was long and the wind was cold.
2. The wind blew, the lightning splashed and the rain started
falling.
3. It was a cold night but we ventured out.
4. He is foolish and obstinate.
5. Come in or go out. / Either come in or go out.
6. Do not be a borrower or a lender / be neither a
borrower nor a lender.
Combine each set of Simple Sentences into one Complex
Sentence by using a Noun Clause :

1. She will get good marks. It is certain.

Combined – It is certain that she will get good marks.
2. God is omnipresent. All religions teach it.
Combined – All religions teach that God is omnipresent.
3. The two students quarreled. I want to know the reason.
Combined – I want to know why the two students quarreled.
4. She may be innocent. I don’t know.
Combined – I don’t know whether she is innocent.
5. You are a liar. This is known to all.
Combined – This is known to all that you are a liar.
6. We must love the poor. Gandhiji taught us so.
Combined – Gandhiji taught us that we must love the poor.
7. I shall be back on Sunday. I expect this.
Combined – I expect that I shall be back on Sunday.
8. Where has he gone? Do you know?
Combined – Do you know where he has gone?
9. Someone stole my watch. I don’t know him.
Combined – I don’t know who stole my watch.
10. He was innocent. This was his statement. It was wrong.
Combined – His statement that he was innocent was wrong.
Exercise:
11. Where did he go? Nobody knows it.
12. You say so. It is not correct.
13. He will not pass this year. It is certain.
14. He is dead. This news is not true.
15. He will pass in the first division. Everybody hopes so.
16. The sun rises in the east. This is a fact.
17. He won’t be successful. It is certain.
18. You may be wrong. I can’t say.
19. He is very sincere. Nobody doubts it.
20. Who wrote the Ram Charit Manas? Can you tell me?
Answers:

11. Nobody knows where he went.

12. It is not correct what you say.

13. It is not certain that he will not pass this year.

14. This news, that he is dead, is not true.

15. Everybody hopes that he will pass in the first division.

16. This is a fact that the sun rises in the east.

17. It is certain that he will not be successful.

18. I can’t say whether you are wrong.

19. Nobody doubts that he is very sincere.

20. Can you tell me who wrote the Ram Charit Manas?