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Affirmative to Negative

Affirmative to Negative Most often we need to change affirmative sentences into negative for stylistic or rhetorical reasons. Affirmative to Negative Negative to Affirmative Rules at a Glance Foolish Assumptions We make some inescapable assumptions about you and your knowledge, including the following: ✦ You know what affirmative sentences and negative sentences are.  ✦ You know how negative sentences are formed and where the negative words used in sentences.  ✦ You know the difference between transformation of sentences and conversion of sentences. There is something for everyone in this article. However, if you consider yourself an elementary level learner, you had better read these lessons first then go through the following. There are two ways of changing affirmative sentences into negatives: Transformation of Sentences: Transformation of sentences refers to changing the form or structure of a sentence without altering its meaning. Conversion of Sentences: Conversion of se...

Voice Change with Group Verb

  15+ Examples of Voice Change with Group Verb Active: The boy laughed at the bagger. Passive: The bagger was laughed at by the boy. Active: She spoke to me. Passive: I was spoken to by her. Active: Call in the doctor. Passive: Let the doctor be called in. Active: The bus ran over a dog. Passive: A dog was run over by the bus. Active: I send for the doctor. Passive: The doctor is sent for by me. Active: The man was laughing at the bagger. Passive: The bagger was being laughed at the man. Active: The guest was knocking at the door. Passive: The door was being knocked at by the guest. Active: I agreed to this proposal. Passive: This proposal was agreed to by me. Active: You should listen to your parents. Passive: Your parents should be listened to by you. Active: I helped out my colleague. Passive: My colleague was helped out by me. Active: Look up the issue on the internet. Passive: Let the issue be looked up on the internet. Active: I turned down the offer. Passive: The offer was t...

Exercise on Tag Ques.- Part-2 (Complex & Exceptional )

Exercise on Tag Ques. (Complex Sentence  & Exceptional Examples )   If you pinch me, I will feel pain, –?  If you work hard, you must do well, –? No one knows what’ll happen next, –?  It is man who pollutes the environment, –? The girl who came to me is my sister, –? When he came, I was sleeping, –? Men who live long grow old, –? Men who live long will say it, –? When you go there, I will meet you,–? It is found that an ancient king had many wives,–? I asked him if he had done his assignment,–? Though he was very rich, he was still very unhappy,–? She returned the computer after she noticed it was damaged,–? When the cost goes up, customers buy less clothing,–? As she was bright and ambitious, she became manager in no time,–? Wherever you go, you can always find beauty,–? The movie, though very long, was still very enjoyable,–? Evergreen trees are a symbol of fertility because they do not die in the winter,–? He got a part in a movie although the part was ...

Exercise on Tag Question (Part-1)

Exercise on Tag Question (According Rule) (Without Answer) Everybody should do his duty,–? Somebody wanted to go with you,–? Everybody should help me,–? Everybody could understand it,–? Everybody played well, –? Everybody welcomed you,–? Everybody can read books,–?  Everybody saw you, –?  Everybody played well, –? Everybody warned you, –? Everyone could understand it, –? Nobody called me, –? None can do it, –? Nobody Phoned, –? Neither of them went, –? Neither of them did it, –? None can avoid death –? Nobody attended the meeting, –? None came forward, –? None of them knew the answer,–? Nobody believed him, –? Nobody called me, –? Nobody phoned him, –? None can do it, –? No one would object, –? Somebody wanted a pen, –? Somebody wanted to drink, –? None attended the seminar, –?   Everybody has self respect, –? Everybody is dancing, –? Everybody desires success, –? Everybody likes flower, –? Every mother loves her child, –? Everybody is liable to error, –? ...