This set of English Grammar Exercises (MCQs) focuses on “Transformation of Sentences – Interchange of Affirmative and Negative Sentences – Set 3”.
1. Which one is the negative sentence among the given?
a) Deepika ran to the store for buying a tape.
b) Alia went to the shop and bought vegetables for her mother.
c) The car went fast so the police could not catch the criminal.
d) She learns things so quickly than the other students.
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Explanation: Here, the negative sentence among the given is, ‘The car went fast so the police could not catch the criminal’ with the negative indicator ‘could not’. The form of a negative comes in such a way that uses negative words like, ‘not, did not, no body etc.’ and still gives the same meaning as the affirmative sentence. They highlight the things that are false about the sentence (was not able to).
2. The correct transformation of the given sentence into affirmative is __________
I was not sure if the dress would fit me.
a) I was unsure about the dress fitting me
b) I had a doubt about the dress if it fits me
c) I was doubtful about the dress fitting me
d) I had a thought about the dress being unfit for me
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Explanation: The correct transformation of the given sentence into affirmative is, “I was doubtful about the dress fitting me”. It changes the negative word ‘not sure’ into ‘doubtful’ in the resulting sentence and changes it into affirmative type. The negative to affirmative transformation does not cause any change in meaning or tone.
3. Pick the correct transformation of the given sentence into negative among the given.
The food is too spicy for me to eat.
a) I could not eat the food since it is spicy
b) The food is too spicy that I cannot eat it
c) I am not able to eat the spicy food
d) The spice in the food is not tolerable for me to eat
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Explanation: The correct transformation of the given sentence is, “The food is too spicy that I cannot eat it”. The phrase, ‘too spicy for me to eat’ is changed into “too spicy that I cannot eat” and gives the same meaning as the original sentence.
4. State whether the given statement is true/false.
‘As soon as kareena came, she went to bath’ is transformed into negative as ‘No sooner did kareena come than she went for bath’.
a) True
b) False
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Explanation: The given transformation changes the sentence from affirmative to negative without changing the meaning of the sentence. The word ‘as soon as’ is changed into ‘no sooner’ in the resulting sentence and implies the same meaning. The negative indicator ‘no sooner’ is used to show the negative sentence. Thus, the given statement is true.
5. Identify the correct transformation into affirmative among the given sentence.
No sooner did raj come than he hugged his mother.
a) Raj came so soon that he hugged his mother
b) Raj came soon and hugged his mother
c) Raj came and hugged his mother soon
d) As soon as raj came, he hugged his mother
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Explanation: The correct transformation among the given sentence is “As soon as raj came, he hugged his mother”. An affirmative sentence contains positive forms of words even if the meaning conveyed is negative. Negative sentence contains negative words like, ‘not, did not, no body etc.’ and still gives the same meaning as the affirmative sentence. Here, ‘no sooner’ is the negative indicator that is changed into ‘as soon as’ into the resulting sentence.
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