Transformation of sentence
1.      He is not as young as I expected. (Comparative)
Comparative: He is less young than I expected.
2.     He is as competent as any other applicant. (Comparative)
Comparative: He is not more/less competent than any other applicant.
3.     There is no mystery as great as misery. (Comparative)
Comparative: Misery is greater than any other mystery.
4.     No other treasure of his fate was as great as his sacrifice. (Comparative)
Comparative: He sacrificed/ his sacrifice was greater than any other treasure of his fate.
5.     Many other countries in the world are as poor as Bhutan. (Comparative)
Comparative: Bhutan is not poorer than many other countries in the world.
6.     Of all who give and receive gifts, these two were the wisest. (Positive)
Positive: Of all who give and receive gifts were not as wise as these two.
7.     He is not more intimate to you than to me. (Positive)
Positive: He is as intimate to me as you.
8.     As soon as he sees me, he becomes glad. (Negative)
Negative: As soon does he see me than he becomes glad.
9.     As soon as he saw me, he ran away. (Negative)
Negative: No sooner had he seen me than he ran away.
10.   I would die sooner than leave you. (Positive)
Positive: I would die as soon as leave you.
11.   Dhaka is farther from Noakhali from Narayangonj. (Positive)
Positive: Dhaka is not so far from Narayangonj as from Noakhali.
12.   The sooner you give up smoking, the better you will feel. (Positive)
Positive: As soon as you give up smoking, you will feel good.
13.   She prepares reading to writing. (Positive)
Positive: She does not like writing as much as reading.
14.   Of the three shirts, this one is not the prettiest. (Positive)
Positive: This shirt is not as pretty as any of the three.
15.   Shamima is not one of the cleverest girls in the class. (Comparative)
Comparative: Samima is not less clever than most other girls in the class.
17.   The horse is better trained than that. (Positive)
Positive: That horse is not as good trained as the horse.
18.   Everybody intends to get better. (Negative)
Negative: Who does not intend to get better?
19. The effect of acid throwing is destructive. (Negative)
Negative: The effect of acid throwing is not productive.
20. I tried all plans. (Negative)
Negative: I left no plans untried.
21. I appointed all qualified persons. (Negative)
Negative: I left no qualified persons un appointed.
22. He lives in Dhaka. (Negative)
Negative: He lives nowhere but in Dhaka.
23. This is a fact. (Negative)
Negative: This is not anything without a fact.
24. The insect lives together. (Negative)
Negative: The insect does not live alone.
25. Anger begets the worst. (Negative)
Negative: Anger begets nothing but the worst.
26. The parks are always crowded. (Negative)
Negative: The parks are never found vacant.
27. Rakib concealed (hidden) the matter. (Negative)
Negative: Rakib did not expose the matter.
28. You have no common sense. (Assertive)
Assertive: You are devoid of common sense.
29. It begets the worst. (Negative)
Negative: Nothing begets as bad as it.
30. The boy is very agile. (Negative)
Negative: The boy is not sluggish at all.
31. The poor suffer much. (Negative)
Negative: No one suffers as much as the poor.
32. Integrity (honesty) is more than anything else. (Negative)
Negative: Nothing is as much as integrity.
33. Every one of us is getting older. (Negative)
Negative: Every one of us is not getting younger.
34. It was beyond my capacity. (Negative)
Negative: It was not within my capacity.
35. He is introverts. (Negative)
Negative: He is not extroverts.
36. If we get tired, we stop. (Negative)
Negative: If we get tired, we do not carry on.
37. It is probable that he will come. (Negative)
Negative: It is not improbable/ sure that he will come.
38. He wrote better that I. (Negative)
Negative: I did not write as good/well as he.
39. She turned all the stones. (Negative)
Negative: She left no stone unturned.
40. He comes here for the last time. (Negative)
Negative: He will never come here again.
41. He failed to keep up his promise. (Negative)
Negative: He could not keep up his promise.
42. A fisherman’s life is hard. (Negative)
Negative: A fisherman’s life is not easy going.
43. It always pours when it rains. (Negative)
Negative: It never rains but pours.
44. Where there is smoke there is fire. (Negative)
Negative: There is no smoke without fire.
45. More attacks followed. (Negative)
Negative: This was not the last attack.
46.    All must submit to destiny. (Negative)
Negative: No one can escape from his destiny.
47.    We found a few people there. (Negative)
Negative: We did not find many people there.
48.    Old fools surpass all other fools. (Negative)
Negative: There is no fool like old fool.
49.    The matter is beyond my means. (Negative)
Negative: The matter is not within my means.
50.    We live in the house. (Negative)
Negative: We live nowhere but in the house.
51.    I shall always support you. (Negative)
Negative: I shall never oppose you.
52.    All must die. (Negative)
Negative: No one can escape from death.
53.    An aero plane flies faster than a bird. (Negative)
Negative: A bird cannot fly faster than an aero plane.
54.    We must respect our elders. (Negative)
Negative: We cannot but respect our elders.
55.    I had to vote for him. (Negative)
Negative: I could not but vote for him.
56.    He solved this problem wisely. (Negative)
Negative: He did not solve this problem unwisely.
57.    All Bangladeshis are polite. (Negative)
Negative: No Bangladeshi is impolite.
58.    Nobody is free from error. (Affirmative)
Affirmative: Everybody is liable to error.
59.    Every rose has a throne. (Negative)
Negative: There is no rose without throne.
60.    Everyman has blood. (Negative)
Negative: There is no man without blood.
61.    Life is nothing but a shadow. (Affirmative)
Affirmative: Life is only a shadow/ What is life but a shadow.
62.    There is no use of it. (Interrogative)
Interrogative: What is the use of it?
63.    I desire to have one core taka. (Exclamatory)
Exclamatory: If I had one core taka!
64.    The sun rises in the east. (Negative)
Negative: It is not that the sun rises in the west.
65.    I am very happy. (Negative)
Negative: I am not sad / unhappy at all.
66.    Mina is too tall. (Negative)
Negative: Mina is not short at all.
67.    Without learning English you cannot be smart. (Negative)
Negative: If you do not learn English you cannot be smart.
68.    Read attentively or you will fail. (Negative)
Negative: If you don’t read attentively you will fail.
69.    How fast time fly! (Assertive)
Assertive: Time flies very fast.
70.    Karim is the only son of his father. (Negative)

Negative: Karim’s father has no child except karim.

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