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Transformation of Sentences : Do as Directed : Everything you need to know- all at one place : Part A: The Basics For     Part B   : Exercises: ICSE/ISC pattern "Do as Directed": Click here 👇 https://novakidhs.blogspot.com/2022/01/do-as-directed-icse-english-language.html Part A: The Basics: If you're just starting out with the topic or want to revise the basic set of rules, please go through this part first before moving to the exercises:- Interchange of Parts of Speech Transformation of Sentence: The Basics:  http://novakidhs.blogspot.com/2022/03/interchange-of-parts-of-speech.html Degree of Adjectives Transformation of Sentence: The Basics:  http://novakidhs.blogspot.com/2022/03/degree-of-adjectives-transformation-of.html Assertive, Interrogative & Exclamatory:  http://novakidhs.blogspot.com/2022/03/assertive-interrogative-exclamatory.html Affirmative & Negative Transformation of Sentence: (The Basics):  http://novakidhs.blogspot.com/2022/0...

Transformation of Sentences: Miscellaneous Examples In a series of guides we have already covered various kinds of transformation of Sentences. Now, in this final guide of this series, we are going to learn the miscellaneous transformation examples which are not covered in the previous guides. Here we go. Begin: ‘But for’ (means ‘without’) If people had not been generous, many would have died of hunger. –  But for  the generosity of people, many would have died of hunger. If she hadn’t helped me, I wouldn’t succeed. –  But for  her help, I wouldn’t succeed. Subject-verb concord All  the students  were  given a gift. (begin: ‘Each’) –  Each  of the students  was  given a gift. The principal and the teachers  were  (Use: ‘as well as’) – The principal as well as the teachers  was  happy. Begin: Had (meaning ‘if’) The inspector fired when challenged. – Had they not challenged him, the inspector would not have fired. ...

Transformation of Sentence: Direct & Indirect Speech A direct speech can be transformed into an indirect speech and vice versa using a suitable reporting verb and a linker depending on the sentence. Let’s have an example first. Tina said to me, “Are you busy now?” [direct speech] Tina asked me whether I was busy then. [indirect speech] Direct Speech Speaker Reporting verb Direct speech Tina said “Are you busy now?” Indirect Speech Speaker Reporting verb Linker Reported Speech Tina asked whether I was busy then. Look, if the reporting verb in direct speech (said) is in past tense, the reporting verb in indirect speech (asked) would also be in past tense. ‘Whether’ is the linker added here as it is a ‘yes-no’ type question (Refer to list 1 below). ‘Are’ changes to ‘was’. As the reporting verb was in past tense, the verb in the reported speech will also be in past. (Refer to list 2 below) ‘Now’ has become ‘then’. Time and place expressions change if the reporting verb is in past tense...

Transformation of Sentence: Active & Passive Voice Interchange of active and passive voice is something that we see every now and then in any “transformation of sentence” or “do as directed” grammar test like in the ICSE exams. Here in this guide, we are going to learn the various rule sets for changing a sentence from active voice to passive voice and vice versa. Verb forms in Active and Passive Voice Active → Passive Present Simple  — verb1  →  am/is/are + Verb3 Present Continuous  — am/is/are + verb+ing  →  am/is/are + being + verb3 Present Perfect  — has / have + verb3  →  has/have + been + verb3 Past Simple  — verb2  →  was/were + verb3 Past Continuous  — was/were + verb+ing  →  was/were + being + verb3 Past Perfect  — had + verb3  →  had been + verb3 Future Simple  — shall/will + verb1  →  shall/will + be + verb3 Future Perfect  — shall/will + have + verb3  →...

Transformation of Sentence: Interchange of Parts of Speech You surely already know there are eight parts of speech in the English language. Out of the eight parts of speech only noun, verb, adjective and adverb — these four are interchangeable. Pronoun, preposition, conjunction and interjection cannot be transformed in this way. And, in any “transformation of sentence” or “do as directed” grammar exercise, interchange of parts of speech is what you should expect to face quite often. Followings are the kinds of interchanges we commonly see in use — 1. Noun – verb The poet gives an emphasis on this word. – The poet emphasises this word. He gave us advice. – He advised us. He did not get success. – He did not succeed. 2. Noun – adjective In all probability, it will rain today. – It is most probable that it will rain today. The teacher punished the boy for disobedience. – The teacher punished the disobedient boy. 3. Noun – adverb In all probability, he will pass this year. – Most proba...

Transformation of Sentence: Degree of Adjectives **To watch an animated video on changing degree of comparison, click here 👇 Adjectives can be used in three ways in sentences based on their degree of comparison. In any “transformation of sentences” or “do as directed” grammar test, change of degree of adjective is a common question type to face. Let’s pay attention to how the adjective ‘good’ and its two other forms ‘better’ and ‘best’ is being used in the following examples 1. Positive Degree – Rimi is a good student. / No other student in the class is as good as Rimi is. 2. Comparative Degree – Rimi is better than all other students in the class. 3. Superlative Degree – Rimi is the best student in the class. Positive: as + adjective + as Comparative: adjective + than Superlative: the + adjective Comparison between two: (Positive to Comparative and vice versa) Rohit is taller than Mohit. – Mohit is not so tall as Rohit. Rita is as tall as Nita. – Nita is not taller than Rita. Compari...

Transformation of Sentence: Assertive, Interrogative & Exclamatory An assertive sentence is a statement or a declarative sentence. E.g., Rohit is a good student. An interrogative sentence is a ‘yes-no’ or ‘wh’ question. E.g., Are you from India? Or, How can I help you, madam? An exclamatory sentence denotes emotion and ends with an exclamation mark (!). E.g., Hurrah! we have won the match. Assertive to Interrogative sentence and vice versa Assertive to Exclamatory sentence and vice versa 1. Assertive to Interrogative sentence and vice versa We can use “yes-no” type questions and “wh” questions depending on the sentences to make them interrogative without changing the meaning. In the process of transforming an assertive sentence into interrogative and vice versa, an affirmative (positive meaning) sentence generally becomes negative and the negative one becomes affirmative. Using “Yes-No” type questions: It is. – Isn’t it? It is not. – Is it? He can. – Can’t he? No one can do this. –...

Transformation of Sentence: Affirmative & Negative (The Basics) Sentences can be transformed from affirmative (positive) to negative and vice versa in the following ways:- 1. Only – none but Only you deserve to get the promotion. – None but you deserve to get the promotion. Only a fool would think that way. – None but a fool would think that way. 2. As soon as – no sooner than As soon as → No sooner did + Verb1 / No sooner had + Verb3 The comma (,) must be replaced by “than”. As soon as we reached the station, the train arrived. – No sooner did we reach the station than the train arrive. As soon as I reached home,it started raining. – No sooner had I reached home than it started raining.  3. Too…to – so…that too → so to → that + sub + negative She is too weak to walk. – She is so weak that she cannot walk. Yash was too proud to ask for forgiveness. – Yash was so proud that he could not ask for forgiveness. These sums are too easy to need an explanation. – These sums are so easy...