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Transformation of Sentences:

Affirmative into negative


য়। ,
য়( )– ‘‛ য় ‛। ‚ য়
‛ , য়= য় – ।
য় Affirmative into negative negative into Affirmative ।

১। Only Affirmative
Only/Alone (Indicate to person): Only = None but
Affirmative: Only he can assist me ( )
Negative: None but he can assist me ( )
Affi: You alone can do this
Neg: None but you can do this

Only (indicate to things): Only = Nothing but


Affi: He likes only ice cream ( )
Neg: He likes nothing but ice cream ( )

Only (indicate to number)


Affi: He is only ten years old ( য় শ )
Neg: He is not more than ten years old ( য় শ শ য়)

Only (indicate to place): Only = no where but


Affi: He lives only in Dhaka ( )
Neg: He lives nowhere but in Dhaka ( )

২। Must Affirmative
Must Affirmative য়,
Must = cannot but + V1
Affi: He must perform well ( শ )
Neg: He cannot but perform well ( )
Or, must = cannot help + ving
Affi: He must perform well
Neg: well/He cannot help performing well
Affirmative সময় স Must + V1- ,
Affi: He cannot help helping the poor
Neg: He must help the poor

Remember that:
Have to / has to = cannot but + V1
I have to go = I cannot but go

Had to = couldn’t + V1
She had to go = She could not but go
৩। স Affirmative Every/Each স negative এ there is no….but,
there was no….but য় হয়।
Affi: Every boy attends the class
Neg: There is no boy but attends the class
Affi: Each girl participated in the competition
Neg: There was no girl but participated in the competition (past য় was য় )
Affi: every rose has a throne
Neg: There is no rose but has a throne
Or, there is no rose without a throne

Every/each & Must যদি একসাথে হয় তাহথ঱ Every/Each দিয়মথক প্রাধািয দিথত হথে, তথে এর পদরেথতে will
দ঱খথত হথে।
Affi: Every mother must take care her chid
Neg: There is no mother but will take of her chaild

4. As soon as Affirmative
Affi: As soon as I saw him, he ran away
Neg: No sooner had I seen him than he ran away (saw = had I seen য় য় than
য় )

5. By + Ving Affirmative
Affi: She will pass the exam by working hard
Neg: She will not pass the exam without working hard
Or, Unless she works hard, she will not pass the exam

Unless By + Ving য় Affirmative য়


Neg: Unless she works hard, she will not pass the exam
Affi: She will pass the exam by working hard

5. Sometimes/Often Affirmative (sometimes = not always)


Affi: He is sometimes good at English
Neg: He is not always good at English
Aff: He sometimes does the work
Neg: He does not always do the work
Aff: He sometimes visited my house
Neg: He didn’t always visit my house
Affi: He often meets me
Neg: Ne does not always meet me

6. Always Affirmative (always = never & antonym য় হ )


Affi: He is always good at Mathematics
Neg: He is never bad at Mathematics (always = never & good = bad)

7. Positive/Comparative affirmative/negative sentence:


Affi: He is as good as i
Neg: I am not better than he

Neg: He was not wiser than she


Affi: She was as wise as he

Affi: She is more important than any other girl


Neg: No other girl is as important as she

8. Many/More/lot of Affirmative (Many/More/lot of = not a few)


Affi: There are many people in Dhaka
Neg: There are not a few people in Dhaka

Remember that:
Much/enough = not a little
There is much water in the jar = There is not a little water in the jar
I have enough money = I have not a little money

9. স স য় । হয় হ
য়ম স
Affi: Honesty is the best policy ( য়)
(a) Neg: It is not that/We cannot deny that honesty is not the best policy ( , It is not that//We
cannot deny that Tense য় )
(b) Neg: Isn’t honest is the best policy? ( , শ )

AffI: Ice floats on water


(a) Neg: It is not that ice doesn’t float on water
(b) Doesn’t ice float on water?

continuous Tense য় It is not that য় য়


He is going to school = It is not that he is going to school

10. Bothe ……..and Affirmative (Both ….. and = not only but also)
Affi: Both kamal and his father did the work
Neg: Not only kamal but also his father did the work

11. Too……to Affirmative (Too….to = so……that)


Affi: He is too weak to walk
Neg: he is so weak that he cannot walk
Affi: he was too ill to attend the class
Neg: he was so ill that he couldn’t attend the class

12. synonym / antonym হ ঺ affirmative / negative য়


He is very competent = He is not incompetent at all (very = at all, competent = incompetent)
It is difficult to do = It is not easy to do (difficult = easy)
She looks gorgeous = she doesn’t look ordinary (gorgeous = ordinary)
He is agile in his activity = he is not fragile in his activity (agile = fragile)
He left no plan untried = He tried all plans
No one can deny that he is honest = Everyone admits that he is honest (deny = admit)
No one can escape his destiny = All must submit to destiny (escape = submit)
He would not wait any longer = he refused to wait any longer
I’m not sure that he would come = I am doubtful that he would come
Man is mortal = man is not immortal

13. য় affirmative / negative য়


This was not the last attack = More attacks followed
No man could have done the work = All men could have refrained themselves from doing the work
He loves you = He is not without love for you
It always pours when it rains = It never rains but (it) pours
I come here for the last time = Never again shall I come here
There is none but wishes to be happy = everyone wishes to be happy
I found none who was not moved = I found everyone was moved
He has given up the gambling forever = He has never accepted the gambling again

12+13 ঺ এ ।

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