Q1: Change the assertive sentences given below into exclamatory sentences:
1. The moonlight sleeps upon this bank very sweetly.
2. Night is very beautiful.
3. It was a wonderful sight.
4. Man is a wonderful piece of work.
5. She is an incredibly beautiful woman.
Q2: Change the following assertive sentences into interrogative sentences:
1. This is not the kind of dress to wear to work.
2. This is not the way a gentleman should behave.
3. Everybody knows the vulture.
4. You cannot gather grapes from thorns.
5. I shall never forget that experience
Q3: Transform the following sentences with 'no sooner'/As soon as/so that/too:
a)As soon as I reached the station, the train left.
b)As soon as the thief ran out of the jail, the guard fired at him.
c)No sooner did I enter the room than the intruder ran away.
d)The boy was too clever to be taught.
e)John is so poor that he cannot continue his studies.
f)The old man was too tired to walk.
Q4 : Change the following sentences as per the direction:
a)No other man was as strong as Hercules.(Comparative)
b)Kashmir is the most beautiful place I have seen.(positive)
c)Light travels faster than anything else. (Positive)
d)Mumbai is one of the biggest cities in India. (positive)
Answers
Q1: Change the assertive sentences given below into exclamatory sentences:
1. The moonlight sleeps upon this bank very sweetly.
Answer. How sweetly the moonlight sleeps upon this bank !
2. Night is very beautiful.
Answer. How beautiful the night is !
3. It was a wonderful sight.
Answer. What a wonderful sight !
4. Man is a wonderful piece of work.
Answer. What a wonderful piece of work a man is!
5. She is an incredibly beautiful woman.
Answer. How incredible beautiful woman she is !
Q2: Change the following assertive sentences into interrogative sentences:
1. This is not the kind of dress to wear to work.
Answer. Is this the kind of dress to wear to work?
2. This is not the way a gentleman should behave.
Answer. Is this the way a gentleman should behave?
3. Everybody knows the vulture.
Answer. Does anybody not know the vulture?
4. You cannot gather grapes from thorns.
Answer. Can you gather grapes from thorns?
5. I shall never forget that experience.
Answer. Shall I forget that experience?
Q3: Transform the following sentences with 'no sooner'/As soon as/so that/too:
a)As soon as I reached the station, the train left.
Answer. No sooner had I reached the station, the train left.
b)As soon as the thief ran out of the jail, the guard fired at him.
Answer. No sooner had the thief ran out of the jail, guared fired at him.
c)No sooner did I enter the room than the intruder ran away.
Answer. As soon as I entered the room, the intruder ran away.
d)The boy was too clever to be taught.
Answer. The boy was so clever that he could not be taught.
e)John is so poor that he cannot continue his
studies.
Answer. John is so poor to continue his studies.
f)The old man was too tired to walk.
Answer. The old man was so tired that he could not walk.
Q4 : Change the following sentences as per the direction:
a)No other man was as strong as Hercules.(Comparative)
Answer. Hercules was stronger than any other man.
b)Kashmir is the most beautiful place I have seen.(positive)
Answer. No other place is as beautiful as Kashmir , I have seen.
c)Light travels faster than anything else. (Positive)
Answer. Nothing travels as fast as light.
d)Mumbai is one of the biggest cities in India. (positive)
Answer. Very few cities in India are as big as Mumbai .