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Transformation of sentences means changing of one type of sentence into

another type.

Indicate whether the following sentences are Simple (S) or Compound
(C) sentences.

1. His courage won him honour.
2. She came here and she saw me.

3. The boy was disobedient and so the teacher punished him.

4. Inspite of his hard work, the boy didn’t succeed.

5. He confessed his crime.
6. During his boyhood, Lincoln did not go to the school.

The change of a sentence from one structure to another without altering its meaning is
called transformation .

Read the following examples:
1. Is he not honest? (interrogative)

2. He is honest. (assertive – affirmative)
3. He is not honest. (assertive – negative)

All the three sentences mentioned above express the same meaning, but are written in
three different forms.

Let us now learn to interchange exclamatory sentences and assertive sentences.
When an exclamatory sentence is changed into an assertive sentence, the normal word

order is restored. Since these sentences express strong emotions and feelings, the words
suggestive of the initial force of the sentence are added .
Read the following examples:

1. Exclamatory : How kind of you to assist him!
Assertive : It is very kind of you to assist him.

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