11. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets:
(a) Hazi Mohammad Mohsin was a very kind man. (Make it a negative sentence)
(6) He inherited vast property from his father and sister. (Make it a interrogative sentence)
(0) He was not married. (Make it an affirmative sentence)
(d) During his life time, he spent money lavishly to help the poor. (Make it a passive sentence)
(e) He was very generous. (Make it an exclamatory sentence)
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Answer:
a) Hazi Mohammad Mohsin was not an unkind man.
b) Did n't he inherit vast property from his father and sister ?
c) He was unmarried.
d) During his lifetime, money was spent lavishly by him to help the poor.
e) How generous he was !
Answer:
The sentences can be changed as per the directions given in the bracket are-
(a) Hazi Mohammad Mohsin was not at all a very kind man.
(Or, Wasn't Hazi Mohammad Mohsin a very kind man?) (negative sentence)
(b) Didn't he inherit vast property from his father and sister? (interrogative sentence)
(c) He was unmarried. (affirmative sentence)
(d) During his lifetime, money was spent lavishly by him to help the poor. (passive voiced sentence)
(e) How generous he was! (exclamatory sentence)
Explanation:
- (a) In English, negative sentences are formed by adding the word 'not' after the auxiliary or helping verb.
- Negative sentences are declarative statements, that relay information believed to be true.
- Negative sentences are typically formed by adding the negative word "not" after the helping verb.
- Negative sentences can also make use of the words "do" or "will" (including "do," "did," and "does") before "not." It's also possible to substitute "does not" with the contraction "doesn't."
- (b) An interrogative sentence is a sentence that poses a direct question. Interrogative sentences can be direct or indirect, begin with or without pronouns, and feature yes/no interrogatives, alternative questions, or tag questions.
- Interrogative sentences often start with interrogative pronouns such as what, when, where, how etc. and end with a question mark(?).
- It asks us something or requests information (as opposed to a statement which tells us something or gives information). Interrogative sentences always require an answer.
- (c) An affirmative sentence is a sentence that affirms (rather than negates) a proposition.
- The word "affirmative" simply means that you are stating something is so.
- In English grammar, an affirmative statement is any sentence or declaration of a positive way.
- An affirmative statement can also be referred to as an assertive sentence or affirmative.
- (d) The sentences can be created in both active and passive voice.
- The voice of a verb communicates whether the subject is the doer in the sentence and has performed or the receiver and has received the action of the verb.
- In Passive Voice, the activity is communicated by the action word gotten by the subject.
- And to convert a sentence to passive voice in the past simple tense will follow the below rule- Was/were + subject + Verb3 + by + agent? (Passive Voice)
- (e) An exclamatory sentence, also known as an exclamation sentence or an exclamative clause, is a statement that expresses strong emotion/feelings/excitement.
- In English grammar, an exclamatory sentence ends with an exclamation mark(!) also called an exclamation point.
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