Class 12 | English Grammar | RG's Question Bank (xii) | Transformation Of Sentences

1. HS 2013

    (a) Kolkata is bigger than any other city
          in India.
          (Change into positive degree)
    👉 No other city is as big as Kolkata in
          India.

    (b) He left no plan untried.
          (Change into Affirmative)
    👉 He tried every plan.

    (c) He came in the evening.
          (Change into a complex sentence)
    👉 He came when it became evening.

    (d) I shall never forget you.
          (Change into Interrogative)
    👉 Shall I ever forget you?

    (e) You must work hard to succeed.
          (Change into a compound sentence)
    👉 You must work hard and only then
          you will succeed.

    (f) No sooner did he see me than he
          began to quarrel.
          (Change into Affirmative)
    👉 As soon as he saw me, he began to
          quarrel.

2. HS 2014

    (a) This is the best book on the subject.
          (Change into Comparative Degree)
    👉 No other book on the subject is
          better than this.

    (b) No other boxer is as great as Mary
          Kom.
          (Change into Superlative Degree)
    👉 Mary Kom is the greatest boxer.

    (c) None but Anita can do the sum.
          (Change into Affirmative)
    👉 Only Anita can do the sum.

    (d) I know his name.
          (Change into a Complex Sentence)
    👉 I know what his name is.

    (e) Everybody must admit that
          Tendulkar is a great cricketer.
          (Change into Negative)
    👉 Nobody will deny that Tendulkar is a
          great cricketer.

    (f) I shall never forget you.
          (Change into Interrogative)
    👉 Shall I ever forget you?

3. HS 2015

    (a) Kolkata is the most populous city
          in India.
          (Change into Comparative Degree)
    👉 No other city in India is more
          populous than Kolkata.

    (b) No other boy is as intelligent as
          Raju.
          (Change into Superlative Degree)
    👉 Raju is the most intelligent boy.

    (c) No sooner did he see me than he
          began to quarrel.
          (Change into Affirmative)
    👉 As soon as he saw me, he began to
          quarrel.

    (d) I know where he was born.
          (Change into a Simple Sentence)
    👉 I know his birth place.

    (e) He tried all plans.
          (Change into Negative)
    👉 He left no plan untried.

    (f) I shall never forget you.
          (Change into Interrogative)
    👉 Shall I ever forget you?

5. HS 2017

    (a) The Brahmaputra is the longest river
          in India.
          (Change into Positive Degree)
    👉 No other river in India is as long as
          the Brahmaputra.

    (b) Everybody wishes to be happy.
          (Make it Interrogative)
    👉 Who does not wish to be happy?

    (c) Only Ram was present there.
          (Make it Negative without changing
          the meaning)
    👉 None but Ram was present there.

    (d) He desired that I should go there.
          (Make it a Simple Sentence)
    👉 He desired my going there.

    (e) He is so lazy that he cannot shine in
          life.
          (Make it a Simple Sentence)
    👉 He is too lazy to shine in life.

    (f) Having done his work, he left the
         place.
          (Make it a Compound Sentence)
    👉 He did his work and then left the
          place.

6. HS 2018

    (a) This is one of the best colleges in
          the North.
          (Change it into Comparative Degree)
    👉 No other college in the North is
          better than this.

    (b) You are richer than I.
         (Make it Negative without changing
          the meaning)
    👉 I am not as rich as you are.

    (c) There is no smoke without fire.
          (Make it Affirmative without chang-
          ing the meaning)
    👉 Where there is smoke, there is fire.

    (d) We heard of her failure.
          (Make it a Complex Sentence)
    👉 We heard that she had failed.

    (e) He admitted that he had done
          wrong.
          (Make it a Simple Sentence)
    👉 He admitted his wrong doing.