This article discusses the grammatical term Transformation of Sentences.
Changing the form of a sentence without changing its sense is called Transformation.
Changing an exclamatory sentence into an assertive sentence
What a wonderful event! (Exclamatory)
It is a wonderful event. (Assertive)
O that I were a king! (Exclamatory)
I wish I were king. (Assertive)
How kind of him to help us like that! (Exclamatory)
It is very kind of him to help us like that. (Assertive)
How noble she is! (Exclamatory)
She is truly noble. (Assertive)
What a pleasure it is! (Exclamatory)
This is indeed a pleasure. (Assertive)
Changing an interrogative sentence into an assertive sentence
Is not wisdom better than wealth? (Interrogative)
Wisdom is better than wealth. (Assertive)
Why worry about what people say? (Interrogative)
It is foolish to worry about what people say. (Assertive)
Did they ever ask him to do it? (Interrogative)
They never asked him to do it. (Assertive)
Is there any sense in wasting time? (Interrogative)
There is no sense in wasting time. (Assertive)
What does it matter whether she wins or loses? (Interrogative)
It matters little whether she wins or loses. (Assertive)
Changing an imperative sentence into an interrogative sentence
Stop talking. (Imperative)
Will you stop talking? (Interrogative)
Shut the door. (Imperative)
Will you shut the door? (Interrogative)
Please, get me a bunch of flower. (Imperative)
Will you, please, get me a bunch of flowers? (Interrogative)
Get out of here. (Imperative)
Will you get out of here or not? (Interrogative
The interrogative is a milder or more polite form of the imperative. However, the addition of “or not” (as in the last example) adds a little bit of threat to the command.
Interchange of the degrees of comparison
No other player in the team is as tall as Chris Gayle. (Positive)
Chris Gayle is taller than any other player in the team. (Comparative)
Chris Gayle is the tallest of all players in the team. (Superlative)
K-2 is higher than all other peaks in Pakistan. (Comparative)
No other peak in Pakistan is as high as K-2. (Positive)
K-2 is the highest peak in Pakistan. (Superlative)
Kashmir is the most beautiful place I have seen. (Superlative)
No other place I have seen is as beautiful as Kashmir. (Positive)
Kashmir is more beautiful than any other place I have seen. (Comparative)
Nothing else travels as fast as light. (Positive)
Light travels faster than anything else. (Comparative)
Of all things in the world light travels fastest. (Superlative)
New York is one of the biggest cities in USA. (Superlative)
Very few cities in USA are bigger than New York. (Comparative)
Most cities in USA are not as big as New York. (Positive)
Transformation of sentences beginning with “no sooner”
You can do this in two ways—using the expressions as soon as and scarcely (hardly) had … when … .
No sooner had I reached the station than the train left.
As soon as I reached the station, the train left.
Scarcely (or hardly) had I reached the station when the train left.
No sooner had the referee whistled than the player kicked the ball.
As soon as the referee whistled, the player kicked the ball.
Scarcely had the referee whistled when the player kicked the ball.
No sooner did I enter the hall than the burglar ran away.
As soon as I entered the hall, the burglar ran away.
Scarcely had I entered the hall when the burglar ran away.
Transformation sentences containing too … to
You can do this by using so … that … .
The shepherd was too clever to be outwitted.
The shepherd was so clever that he could not be outwitted.
Sam is too poor to continue his studies.
Sam is so poor that he cannot continue his studies.
We are too late to catch the bus.
We are so late that we cannot catch the bus.
The lady was too tired to walk.
The lady was so tired that she could not walk.
Transformation of a Simple Sentence into a Compound Sentence
In a Simple Sentence we have only one subject and one predicate. A compound sentence must have two or more co-ordinate clauses; and each co-ordinate clause has its own subject and predicate. Examples can be seen as under.
Climbing up the hill, he looked at the landscape spread like a green turf. (Simple Sentence)
He climbed up the hill and looked at the landscape spread like a green turf. (Compound Sentence)
Accordingly, if we see, we changed the participle phrase ‘Climbing up the tree’ into the clause ‘He climbed up the tree’ and connected it to the original clause with the coordinating conjunction “and”. Thus we converted a simple sentence into a compound sentence by expanding a word or a phrase into a clause and by using the conjunction to connect the clauses. Moreover, you can find some further examples below.
Driven by heavy rain, he parked his car under the bridge (Simple sentence).
He was driven by heavy rain and parked his car under the bridge (Compound Sentence).
Besides being intelligent, she is hard-working. (Simple Sentence)
She is not only intelligent but also hard-working. (Compound Sentence)
In spite of his small salary, he is happy. (Simple Sentence)
He has a small salary but he is happy. (Compound Sentence)
Relevant Post
Our Social Presence
Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/ewriter29
Thank You very much ewriter29 for everything very clear in this blog and i learnt many more things….!
I’d love to recommend ya to my friends and class mates.
I really enjoyed the article post. I thought it was well planned and layed out, easy for me to follow. The work load(h.w. & test)was just enough, so i could finish everything with enough time, learn about the topics and not feel over loaded and rushed. Thank you guru.
Had a great experience and explained everything I read well but the most important thing is that you have a very good writing style and because of which everything was well understood and the other thing is that you invite feedback via comment section. This is quite beneficial so I was very motivated and I was very happy to know about that. Thankx ewriter29-The Writing Guru.
In this article of Transformation of sentences, I gained extra knowledge of sentence in a proper way. thumbs up ewriter29
It was a great lesson indeed! Detailed and well explained!! It’s a good way to improve our English…
Thanks alot!
Best of all your writing style is very good which makes everything easy to understand and best of all you give a lot of general examples. Due to which everything is easily understood and becomes easier and easier. Would continue to visit the site for more grammar topics.
Great explanation .Transformation was very difficult topic for me but after reading this explanation now it is clear to me .Your main quality is that you take simple examples and explain them so that reader can easily understand .i really appreciate you .thank you Writing Guru..!
It is an intresting topic. By practicing i came to know that it is a good learning time activity. Our communication skills can be improved by practicing such topics. And examples given in this article are highly feasible☺️☺️👍🏻.
The Article about Transformation of sentences was amazing.I learnt how to change exclamatory and interrogative sentences into assertive assertive. Would love to learn from the site in future.
It is a great website to learn through this website I can learn grammar very easily and efficiently.
I have been using your website for learning grammar since long. All of your lectures help very much. Your today`s article that i read was really amazing and its always easy for me to study from your articles. eriter29 is one of the best channels I would recommend to everyone. I will also share the post on my facebook wall.
I really want to thank ewriter29 for such a wonderful post.The way you develop the flow of the content and relevant examples is impressive. It makes learning from the online resources so interesting.I wanted to congratulate you for being such an amazing writer.
Wow amazing the reading is amazing. I learnt many useful things about transformation of sentence..
i found this topic very useful and infomative. really enjoyed reading it.
Its really easy and also enjoying reading it.
I really enjoyed the transformation post. Transformation are very difficult topic but after reading this explanation now it is clear.
Ewriter29 is really easy to reading. I can learn grammar easily through ewriter29. ewriter29 is one of the best channel.Transformation is difficult topic but after reading now it is clear.
Ewriter29 is really easy to reading. I can learn grammar easily through ewriter29. ewriter29 is one of the best channel.Transformation is difficult topic but after reading it is cleared.
E.writter29 is the best web I’ve ever read. i can read all the type of grammar In ewriter29 I read Transformation topic in other websites but it was very difficult in those websites.. but in ewritter29 I was very easy to understand.
The article about transformation of sentences is great and informative. It was helpful and useful to know about transformation. Other articles on different topics are also informative.
I really enjoy the transformation topic.
Today i have learn the transformation of sentence that how to change imparative into interrogative sentence .And dagree of comparsion that transform sentences from positive to comparative and superlative inwhich positive use first form of verb comparative use second form of verb and superlative use third form of verb. Transformation of sentences beginning with “no sooner”
You can do this in two ways—using the expressions as soon as and scarcely (hardly) had … when … .
No sooner had I reached the station than the train left.
As soon as I reached the station, the train left.
Scarcely (or hardly) had I reached the station when the train left.
I really enjoyed studying this topic just because of ewriter29. It’s a remarkable website and I found it very useful because every topic is explained with the help of different examples.
Highly Recommend
Transformarion of sentence imparetive into interrogative.
Positive,comparetive ,superlative
Beginning of transformation sentence with “no sooner”
This article is really good and helpful. It is so informative.
Ewriter29 is more helpful thnkuu for giving this website and clearly explain every thing
Ewiter29 is a brilliant platform for learning English grammar. I have understood the transformation from here very well.
This website is very good and helpful through this website we can learn grammar in easy and efficient way.
It’s really informative. Everything is explained clearly
Great effort for student’s..! Now we can easily understand any topic thorough ewriter29.
First of all i enjoyed much more when i was reading transformation beacause you elaborated this very clearly before that i didn’t know about transformation.I am thankful to ewriter29.
Wow! I learned a lot about transformation i think it was my first online learning experience, but i enjoyed it a lot because the way of text was great.
Thank you
such a wonderful post it helps me a lot for understanding transformation
thank you ewriter29 for this best post
each n everything is explained briefly and according to the point ,
makes it helpful
Ewriter29 is a great and very helpful website .we can easily get any kind of information about grammar from here and we can also improves our grammar skills through this website .Transformation is very interesting topic and i easily understand it by ewriter29 Thnx for giving such a helpful website
Ewriter is very helpful website.It can help us improve our skill and learn grammar easily. Transformation is very interesting topic by ewriter29 I learn many useful things about transformation. Thanks for giving such a helpful website.
On ewriter29 we get to learn a lot.From here our communication skills get better and we can understand everything easily.It is very helpful for us.thank uuu
I enjoyed much more when i was reading transformation because you elaborated this very easily and before that i didn’t know about transformation i am very thankful.
Very nice article and i really like this i have done my h.w very easily without any problem and i get many extra information about transformation.
Hi, of course this piece of writing is genuinely pleasant and
I have learned lot of things from it regarding blogging.
thanks.