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Transformation of Sentences — GK Questions with Answers

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  1. Express the meaning in a negative form: Alfred was the best King that ever reigned in England.
    1. Never was seen as Alfred was as King.
    2. No other King is as good as Alfred ever reigned in England.
    3. No other King as good as Alfred ever reigned in England.
    4. No other King was as good as Alfred in England that never reigned in England.
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    Answer: (C) No other King as good as Alfred ever reigned in England.

    A superlative becomes no other … as … as, keeping the past tense of the original.

  2. Change the affirmative sentence into negative: As soon as I saw the advertisement, I e-mailed my C.V.
    1. I saw the advertisement and sent my C.V.
    2. As soon as I saw the advertisement, I did not e-mail my C.V.
    3. I e-mailed my C.V., no sooner I saw the advertisement.
    4. No sooner did I see the advertisement than I e-mailed my C.V.
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    Answer: (D) No sooner did I see the advertisement than I e-mailed my C.V.

    As soon as becomes no sooner … than, with inversion after no sooner.

  3. Change the sentence from affirmative to negative: We tried every plan.
    1. Every plan was not tried.
    2. Tried we every plan, but could not.
    3. We have not tried every plan given.
    4. We left no plan untried.
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    Answer: (D) We left no plan untried.

    Every becomes no … un-, which keeps the meaning exactly.

  4. Change into a negative sentence: He is too weak to walk.
    1. He is not weak to walk.
    2. He is so weak that he cannot walk.
    3. He is weak but he can walk.
    4. He is not so weak as to walk.
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    Answer: (B) He is so weak that he cannot walk.

    Too … to always becomes so … that … not.

  5. Change into an interrogative sentence: Everybody loves his country.
    1. Does everybody love his country?
    2. Who does not love his country?
    3. Who loves his country?
    4. Is everybody loving his country?
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    Answer: (B) Who does not love his country?

    A positive statement becomes a negative rhetorical question.

  6. Change into an exclamatory sentence: The scene is very beautiful.
    1. What a beautiful scene!
    2. How beautiful the scene is!
    3. How a beautiful scene it is!
    4. What beautiful the scene is!
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    Answer: (B) How beautiful the scene is!

    An adjective with no noun following takes How.

  7. Change into an exclamatory sentence: It is a very beautiful scene.
    1. How beautiful scene it is!
    2. What a beautiful scene it is!
    3. What beautiful scene it is!
    4. How a beautiful scene!
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    Answer: (B) What a beautiful scene it is!

    A singular countable noun follows, so it takes What a.

  8. Which is the correct negative form of "Only God can help us"?
    1. God cannot help us.
    2. None but God can help us.
    3. No God can help us.
    4. Not only God can help us.
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    Answer: (B) None but God can help us.

    Only becomes none but.

  9. Choose the correct sentence.
    1. Unless you do not work hard, you will fail.
    2. Unless you work hard, you will fail.
    3. Unless you will work hard, you will fail.
    4. Unless you worked hard, you will fail.
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    Answer: (B) Unless you work hard, you will fail.

    Unless already means if not; adding another negative is wrong.

  10. Change into a complex sentence: In spite of being ill, he came.
    1. He was ill and he came.
    2. Although he was ill, he came.
    3. He came, being ill.
    4. Being ill, he came.
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    Answer: (B) Although he was ill, he came.

    A complex sentence needs a subordinate clause with although.

  1. "He is not only a poet but also a critic" can be rewritten as —
    1. He is a poet but not a critic.
    2. Besides being a poet, he is a critic.
    3. He is either a poet or a critic.
    4. Neither a poet nor a critic is he.
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    Answer: (B) Besides being a poet, he is a critic.

    Not only … but also becomes besides in a simple sentence.

  2. Change into an affirmative sentence: Nobody can deny this fact.
    1. Somebody can deny this fact.
    2. Everybody must admit this fact.
    3. Anybody may deny this fact.
    4. This fact is denied by nobody.
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    Answer: (B) Everybody must admit this fact.

    Nobody can deny becomes everybody must admit.

  3. "Seeing the snake, he ran away" is which kind of sentence?
    1. compound
    2. complex
    3. simple
    4. compound-complex
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    Answer: (C) simple

    A participle makes a phrase, not a clause — so the sentence is simple.

  4. Change to complex: On his arrival, we left.
    1. We left and he arrived.
    2. When he arrived, we left.
    3. His arrival made us leave.
    4. We left on his arriving.
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    Answer: (B) When he arrived, we left.

    Expand the phrase into an adverb clause of time.

  5. Change to simple: Although he was ill, he came.
    1. He was ill but he came.
    2. In spite of his illness, he came.
    3. Because he was ill, he came.
    4. He was ill and he came.
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    Answer: (B) In spite of his illness, he came.

    A prepositional phrase contracts the clause.

  6. Change to simple: When the sun had set, we returned.
    1. The sun set and we returned.
    2. The sun having set, we returned.
    3. After the sun set we returned.
    4. We returned because the sun had set.
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    Answer: (B) The sun having set, we returned.

    An absolute construction — noun + participle.

  7. Change to compound: He is too weak to walk.
    1. He is so weak that he cannot walk.
    2. He is very weak and cannot walk.
    3. Because he is weak he cannot walk.
    4. Being weak, he cannot walk.
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    Answer: (B) He is very weak and cannot walk.

    A compound sentence needs two main clauses joined by and.

  8. Change to complex: Work hard or you will fail.
    1. Working hard, you will not fail.
    2. If you do not work hard, you will fail.
    3. Without hard work you will fail.
    4. Work hard and you will pass.
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    Answer: (B) If you do not work hard, you will fail.

    Or becomes a conditional if … not clause.

  9. Which of these is a simple sentence?
    1. He came and told me everything.
    2. When he came he told me everything.
    3. On coming, he told me everything.
    4. He came, so he told me everything.
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    Answer: (C) On coming, he told me everything.

    Only the third has one finite verb and no conjunction.

  10. Change the degree: Delhi is the largest city in India.
    1. Delhi is larger than any city in India.
    2. Delhi is larger than any other city in India.
    3. No city in India is as large as Delhi.
    4. Delhi is as large as other cities in India.
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    Answer: (B) Delhi is larger than any other city in India.

    The comparative needs any other; without other Delhi is compared with itself.

  1. Change to the positive degree: Ram is taller than Shyam.
    1. Shyam is not as tall as Ram.
    2. Ram is as tall as Shyam.
    3. Shyam is shorter than Ram.
    4. No one is as tall as Ram.
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    Answer: (A) Shyam is not as tall as Ram.

    One against one becomes not as … as.

  2. "Only he can solve this" may also be written as —
    1. He only can solve this.
    2. None but he can solve this.
    3. He can only solve this.
    4. Nobody except him cannot solve this.
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    Answer: (B) None but he can solve this.

    None but he — or He alone can solve this.

  3. Rewrite using an adverb: He is a man of wisdom.
    1. He has wisdom.
    2. He acted wisely.
    3. He is wise.
    4. His wisdom is great.
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    Answer: (B) He acted wisely.

    The adverb form is wisely; wise would be the adjective.

  4. Change to compound: Besides being fined, he was imprisoned.
    1. He was fined and imprisoned.
    2. He was not only fined but also imprisoned.
    3. Although he was fined, he was imprisoned.
    4. Being fined, he was imprisoned.
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    Answer: (B) He was not only fined but also imprisoned.

    Besides becomes not only … but also.

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