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Transformation of Sentences — Revision Notes
ICSE · Class 8 · English Language: Grammar and Composition
Transformation of Sentences revision notes for ICSE Class 8 English Language: Grammar and Composition: 4 topics in quick points.
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Key Topics to Revise
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1. Too...to and So/Such...that
- The too...to form changes into the so/such...that form.
- The so/such...that sentence is a complex sentence.
- The tense in the subordinate clause of a so/such...that sentence depends upon the tense in the main clause.
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2. Affirmative and Negative Sentences
- Affirmative sentences can be changed into negative sentences without changing meaning.
- Negative forms can be made by using a word of opposite meaning after a negative word, by using double negatives, by using a negative-interrogative form, or by changing only to none but.
- Only in an affirmative sentence changes to none but in negative form.
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3. Interrogative and Assertive Sentences
- Only interrogative sentences used for emphasis can be changed into assertive form.
- An affirmative question implies a negative statement.
- A negative question implies an affirmative statement.
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4. Exclamatory and Assertive Sentences
- Exclamatory sentences express strong emotion.
- They often begin with how, what, O, O that, would that, if only, alas, etc.
- When converting exclamatory to assertive, use normal word order and add words suggestive of the original emotion.
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Full NotesKey Concepts
This pattern shows excess or incapacityThis is a complex sentenceAn affirmative sentence can be changedSome interrogative sentences are usedExclamatory sentences often begin with how
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Key topics in Transformation of Sentences include Too...to and So/Such...that, Affirmative and Negative Sentences, Interrogative and Assertive Sentences, Exclamatory and Assertive Sentences. Study these first, then practise questions on each for Class 8 exams.
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