Affirmative ⇆ Negative Transformation
What is an Affirmative
sentence?
Ans:
An
affirmative sentence is a kind of sentence that expresses positive thought,
ideas and attitudes. An affirmative sentence is simply a positive sentence. An
affirmative sentence can be an assertive sentence, an interrogative sentence,
an exclamatory sentence, an optative sentence and an imperative sentence.
Examples
of Affirmative sentences are-
1.
He is playing football.
2.
Are you doing your right now?
3.
What a beautiful building!
4.
Take this medicine regularly.
5.
May God bless you.
All
the above examples are affirmative sentence because they’re expressing positive
thoughts. Though the types the sentence are different, but they are all
positive sentence.
What is negative
sentence?
Ans:
A
negative sentence is a kind of sentence that expresses negative thought, ideas
or values. A sentence is made negative by the words like not, no, never,
nothing or nobody. A negative sentence can be an assertive sentence, an
interrogative sentence, an exclamatory sentence, an optative sentence and an
imperative sentence.
Examples
of negative sentences are-
1.
I don’t know where he has gone.
2.
Why are not you doing your homework?
3.
Oh, he’s no more!
4.
Don’t go in the sun.
5.
May God don't give him so much punishment.
All
the above examples are negative sentences as their expression negative thoughts
or ideas.
To transform a sentence from negative to positive or from positive to negative the following chart is very important.
CHART
| Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|
| Only/alone (when indicates person) | None but |
| Only (when indicates things) | Nothing but |
| Only (when indicates numbers) | Not more than |
| Everybody must admit | Nobody can deny |
| Must | Cannot but |
| Everybody | There is nobody that |
| Everyone | There is no one....but |
| Every | There is no |
| As soon as | No sooner had/did.....than |
| Less..........than | Not as...........as |
| Too......to | So......that (Cannot/Could not) |
| Always | Never |
Examples:
Positive: Only he can play cricket.
Negative: None
but can play cricket.
Positive: Only the arts student can apply for the post
Negative: None
but the arts students can apply for the post.
Positive: Only they can do the work.
Negative: None
but they can do the work.
Positive: Only books are available.
Negative: Nothing
but books are available.
Positive: Only stones are available.
Negative: Nothing
but stones are available.
Positive: He’s only four.
Negative: He’s
not more than four.
Positive: They have only two cars.
Negative: They
have not more than two cars.
Negative: Nobody
can deny that Tendulkar is a great cricketer.
Positive: Everybody must admit that Tendulkar there is a
great cricketer.
Positive: You must obey your parents.
Negative: You
can not, but obviously.
Positive: You must care them.
Negative: You
cannot but care them.
Positive: Everyone hates a terrorist.
Negative: There
is no one but hates a terrorist.
Positive: Everybody fears and lion.
Negative: There
is nobody but three years alone.
Positive: Every rose has a thorn.
Negative: There
is no rose without a thorn.
Positive: As soon as he saw the tiger, he ran away.
Negative: No
sooner did he see the tiger than he ran away.
Positive: He’s less ugly than you said.
Negative: He’s
not as ugly as you said.
Positive: He’s too weak to walk.
Negative: He’s
so weak that he cannot walk.
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