This set of English Grammar Exercises (MCQs) focuses on “Transformation of Sentences – Interchange of Affirmative and Negative Sentences”.
1. Choose the correct transformation of from affirmative to negative in the given sentence.
The rich girl loved the poor boy.
a) the girl who was rich did not love the boy who was poor
b) The rich girl was not without love for the poor boy
c) The rich girl was not in love for the poor boy
d) the love the rich girl had on him was not known by the poor boy
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Explanation: The sentence, “The rich girl was not without love for the poor boy” is the correct transformation of the given sentence. It changes the from affirmative to negative through the phrase, ‘was not without’. 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 (not without).
2. Identify the correct transformation of the sentence from negative to affirmative.
Shanti is not so clever as her sister.
a) Shanti’s sister was clever than her
b) Shanti’s sister is cleverer than shanti
c) Shanti is clever but her sister is cleverer
d) Shanti’s sister is the cleverest person among the two
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Explanation: The correct transformation of given sentence is “Shanti’s sister is cleverer than shanti”. The of the given sentence is changed from its negative to its affirmative. Negative sentences contain negative indicator like, ‘not, did not, no body etc.’ in it. Affirmative sentences convey the same meaning as the negative sentence but without using negative words in it. They imply the same meaning as negative sentences.
3. Pick the affirmative sentence among the given.
a) No one turned up for the meeting.
b) He never tells the truth.
c) My father was unhappy with my marks.
d) We did not invite him for the party.
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Explanation: Here, “My father was unhappy with my marks” is the affirmative sentence among the given sentences. Negative sentences contain the words like ‘no, do not, not, no one, nothing’ that are all indicators of negative meaning. Affirmative sentences tell the reader the same meaning as negative sentences but without using negative indicators. Here, the sentence ‘my father was unhappy with my marks’ contains the word unhappy, which, when changed into ‘not happy’ gives a negative sentence.
4. Which one among the given is the correct transformation from affirmative to negative sentence?
Everybody came to the party hosted by raj.
a) raj came to the party hosted with nobody
b) nobody is not coming to the party hosted by raj
c) nobody missed the party hosted by raj
d) the party hosted by raj was attended not by everyone
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Explanation: The sentence, “Nobody missed the party hosted by raj” is the correct transformation of the given sentence. It changes the from affirmative to negative through the word, ‘nobody’. The given sentence is an affirmative one. It has the positive form of the noun ‘everybody’ which is changed into its negative form ‘nobody’ in the resulting negative sentence. However, the meaning implied is not altered during the transformation.
5. The correct transformation from affirmative to negative among given sentences is _____
Our Math teacher was absent yesterday.
a) Our Math teacher did not attend class yesterday
b) no Math teacher was present yesterday
c) Our Math teacher was not present yesterday
d) Our Math teacher had not been present yesterday
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Explanation: The sentence, “Our Math teacher was not present yesterday” is the correct transformation of the given sentence. The word ‘was absent’ in the given sentence is changed into ‘was not present’ in the transformed sentence which is a negative indicator. It replaces the sentence with negative meaning without changing the meaning conveyed in the given sentence.
6. Pick the correct transformation of the from affirmative to negative in given sentence.
Tharun is the best student that I have ever seen at school.
a) Tharun was not the best student that I have ever seen at school
b) no other student that I have ever seen at school is as good as Tharun
c) Tharun was the best student that I have never seen at school
d) no other student that I have seen was best than Tharun was
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Explanation: The correct transformation of given sentence is “no other student that I have ever seen at school is as good as Tharun”. The word ‘no other student’ in the given sentence, indicates the change from affirmative to negative without modulating the meaning of it.
7. Which among the given is a negative sentence?
a) They were unhappy with the money they had.
b) They took the man to the hospital.
c) I was not sure about the answer.
d) The painting was unsold by the end of the auction.
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Explanation: Here, “I was not sure about the answer” is the negative sentence. The word ‘not sure’ in the sentence indicates a negative meaning. The other sentences also has negative meaning in it, but the meaning is not indicated using the negative words like ‘no, not, never, no one etc.’
8. State whether the following sentence is true or false.
‘She disagreed with her boss regarding the agreement’ is transformed into negative as ‘She did not agree with her boss regarding the agreement’.
a) True
b) False
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Explanation: In the sentence given, the subject, ‘she’ does a opposing action of not agreeing. This is indicated through the word, ‘disagreed’ in the original sentence. This is changed into ‘did not agree’. Thus, the transformation has resulted in a sentence with negative . Thus, the given statement is true.
9. Choose the correct transformation of the from affirmative to negative for the sentence given.
Jamun is sweeter than Cake.
a) Jamun is sweet but not the Cake
b) Cake is not the sweetest food than Jamun
c) Cake is not as sweet as Jamun
d) Cake did not taste sweet than Jamun
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Explanation: ‘Cake is not as sweet as Jamun’ is the transformation of the given sentence with affirmative into a negative sentence. The resulting sentence is framed by using negative words like ‘no, not, do not, never, no one’ etc. The affirmative sentences have the same meaning as the negative sentence but without any negative indicators.
10. Identify the correct transformation of the from affirmative to negative among the given sentences.
I will always follow non-violence.
a) I will not be failing to follow non-violence
b) I will fail not to follow non-violence
c) I will never fail to follow non-violence
d) I won’t be denying to follow non-violence
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Explanation: Here, “I will never fail to follow non-violence” is the correct change from affirmative into negative. The negative form contains a negative tone that is conveyed through the indicators, ‘do not, not, never, no one, nobody etc.’ In the given sentence, ‘will always follow’ is transformed into ‘will never fail to follow’ with the negative indicator ‘never’ in it.
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