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Exercise - Lec7 Transformation

This document contains instructions for transforming sentences between assertive, interrogative, and negative forms while maintaining the same meaning. It provides examples of sentences in each form and instructs the reader to transform sentences between the forms. The document contains three sections - the first with examples transforming assertive to interrogative, the second with interrogative to assertive, and the third with various transformations as directed. It aims to demonstrate how to interchange sentence structures and forms without altering the core meaning.

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Exercise - Lec7 Transformation

This document contains instructions for transforming sentences between assertive, interrogative, and negative forms while maintaining the same meaning. It provides examples of sentences in each form and instructs the reader to transform sentences between the forms. The document contains three sections - the first with examples transforming assertive to interrogative, the second with interrogative to assertive, and the third with various transformations as directed. It aims to demonstrate how to interchange sentence structures and forms without altering the core meaning.

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Lecture -7

Transformation or interchange of sentences- positive/negative/interrogative into any of


the other type without changing the meaning
I. Change the following assertive sentences into interrogative sentence :
1. Wisdom is better than riches.
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2. It is foolish to worry about what people say.
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3. I never asked you to do it.
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4. There is no sense in doing that.
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5. It matters little whether we win or lose.
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II. Change the following interrogative sentences into assertive sentences:


1. Will you stop talking?
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2. Will you shut the door?
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3. Will you, please, get me a glass of water?
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4. Will you get out of here or not?
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5. Will you turn off the tap?
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III. Transform the following sentences as directed:

1. Is not wisdom better than riches?


Assertive_________________________________________________________
2. It is foolish to worry about what people say.
Interrogative _____________________________________________________
3. Did I ever ask you to do it?
Assertive ________________________________________________________
4. I never asked you to do it.
Interrogative _____________________________________________________
5. There is no sense in doing that.
Interrogative _____________________________________________________
6. What does it matter whether we win or lose?
Assertive ________________________________________________________
7. 7. Isnt your uncle an optician?
Assertive ___________________________________________________________________
8. Their glory can never fade.
Interrogative _______________________________________________________________.
9. Was he not a villain to do such a deed?
Assertive __________________________________________________________________
10. No one can touch ditch without being defiled.
Interrogative _______________________________________________________________
11. Who does not know him?
Assertive __________________________________________________________________
12. This is not the kind of dress to be worn for a school function.
Interrogative ________________________________________________________________
13. We were not sent to this world simply to make money.
Interrogative _______________________________________________________________
14. Shall I ever forget those happy days?
Assertive __________________________________________________________________
15. He is a disgrace to his family.
Interrogative ________________________________________________________________

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