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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