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The document provides a comprehensive guide for Grade 8 students on transforming sentences between affirmative and negative forms. It outlines various rules and examples for making these transformations while maintaining the original meaning. Additionally, it includes tasks for students to practice changing sentences from affirmative to negative and vice versa.

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Grade 8

Sentences – Interchange
(Affirmative to Negative and vice-versa)

Learning Intention
To be able to use targeted grammatical structures meaningfully and appropriately in oral and written
expressions.
Learning Objective:
To transform sentences from one kind to another.
Success Criteria:
✓ Identify the type of sentence by purpose
✓ To be able to transform a sentence from Affirmative sentence to negative sentence and vice versa.
Rules:
Interchange of affirmative to negative sentences and vice-verse
The affirmative sentence can be changed into a negative sentence in different ways:
(a) By putting ‘no’ or ‘not’ before the antonym of a noun, adjective, verb or an adverb:

Affirmative: Rahul is Rajiv’s enemy.


Negative: Rahul is not Rajiv’s friend.

(b) By using double negative:

Affirmative: We should be satisfied with our lot.


Negative: We should not be dissatisfied with our lot.

(c) By the interchange of degree of comparison:

Affirmative: Maria is as beautiful as Bertha.


Negative: Maria is not less beautiful than Bertha.

(d) By removing the adverb ‘too’

Affirmative: He is too weak to rise from his bed.


Negative: He is so weak that he cannot rise from his bed.

(e) By the use of certain words as “no sooner… than”, “but” etc.,

Affirmative: As soon as the chief guest arrived all stood up


Negative: No sooner did the chief guest arrive than all stood up.

(f) Sometimes we can transform the sentence by omitting the words “refrain”, “abstain”, ‘neglect”,
“omit” etc.,

Affirmative: Abstain from smoking and drinking.


Negative: Do not smoke and drink.
We can change affirmative sentences to negative sentences without changing the meaning of the original
sentence.
Study the example given below.
All the students liked the program. (Affirmative) / None of the students disliked the program. (Negative)
/ No student disliked the program. (Negative)
Chennai is hotter than Mumbai. (Affirmative) / Mumbai is not as hot as Chennai. (Negative)
The scorpion is shyer than other wall inhabitants. (Affirmative) / No other wall inhabitant is as shy
as the scorpion. (Negative)
The farmer was too weak to walk. (Affirmative) / The farmer was so weak that he could not walk.
(Negative)
He is always on time. (Affirmative) / He is never late. (Negative)
James runs faster than Peter. (Affirmative) / Peter does not run as fast as James. (Negative)
The water is too cold for me to drink. (Affirmative) / The water is so cold that I cannot drink it.
(Negative
James can write faster than me. (Affirmative) / I cannot write as fast as James. (Negative)
Everyone found the play interesting. (Affirmative) / No one found the play uninteresting. (Negative)
This medicine is cheap. (Affirmative) / This medicine is not expensive. (Negative)
Iron is a heavy metal. (Affirmative) / Iron is not a light metal. (Negative)
Rahul is the tallest boy in the class. (Affirmative) / No other boy in the class is as tall as Rahul.
(Negative)
Remember!
1. Sentences with ‘only/alone’, changes into ‘none but/nothing but/not more than/not
less than’
Examples:
Affirmative: A brave man alone can do this.
Negative: None but a brave man can do this.

2. ‘Must/have to/can’ turns into ‘cannot but’


Examples:
Affirmative: You have to drink clean water.
Negative: You cannot but drink clean water.

3. ‘And/both’ becomes ‘not only ..but also’


Example:
Affirmative: He ate eggs and vegetables.
Negative: He ate not only eggs but also vegetables.

4. Universal truths are changed into ‘interrogative negative sentences’:


Example:
Affirmative: Knowledge is power
Negative: Isn’t knowledge power?

5. ‘Sometimes’ in affirmative becomes ‘not always’ in negative:


Example:
Affirmative: The poor are sometimes happy.
Negative: The poor are not always happy.

6. ‘As soon as’ in Affirmative becomes ‘No sooner had...than’ in Negative:


Example:
Affirmative: As soon as he came, the students stood up.
Negative: No sooner had he came than the students stood up.

7. ‘As+ adjective + as’ in affirmative becomes ‘not less + adjective... than’ in negative
sentence:
Example:
Affirmative: Rahim is as good as Karim.
Negative: Rahim is not less good than Karim.
Exceptions:
Affirmative: Where there is smoke, there is fire.
Negative: There can be no smoke without fire.
Affirmative: All must die.
Negative: None can escape death.
Affirmative: I come here for the last time.
Negative: I will never come here again.
Task 1

Change the sentences into negative:


1. He is honest.
2. I will always remember you.
3. Where there is fire, there is smoke.
4. Jamil is the best student.
5. As soon as the teacher arrived, the noise stopped.

Exercise B
Change the sentences into affirmative:
1. The old man is so weak that he cannot walk.
2. None but the brave deserve the fair.
3. No sooner had I reached the station than the train left.
4. Nobody likes a liar.
5. Not only Rina but also Rahim will go there.

Task 2
Interchange of Affirmative and Negative Sentences
Transform the following Affirmative Sentences into Negative Sentences :-
1. Hardly had Ram seen me when he called me.
Negative –

2. It is unlikely that Rakesh will help you.


Negative –

3. Only good girls got good marks.


Negative –

4. My shirt is loose.
Negative –

5. As soon as the clock struck ten, we went to sleep.


Negative –

6. As soon as he came, it began to rain.


Negative –

7. He is too much of a miser to spend any money.


Negative –

8. He loves all.
Negative –

9. Iron is more useful than gold.


Negative –

10. He found him dishonest.


Negative –

11. They should attend the marriage.


Negative –

12. She is as dull as Sita.


Negative –

13. Ram is taller than Sita.


Negative –

14. The question is difficult.


Negative –

15. He goes to bed after midnight.


Negative –

16. Only a little child would talk like this.


Negative –
17. He is too old to work hard.
Negative –

18. He saw the Taj.


Negative –

19. I was doubtful whether it was you.


Negative –

20. He is richer than I.


Negative –

21. As soon as he saw us, he ran away.


Negative –

22. He is greater than I.


Negative –

23. A great man makes a sacrifice when necessary.


Negative –

24. Karim is taller than Sohan.


Negative –

25. Gopal is very careful about his studies.


Negative –

26. As soon as we came out, it started raining.


Negative –
27. Only good boys are successful.
Negative –

28. He helped me in my need.


Negative –

29. Fortune favours the brave.


Negative –

30. False friends will come to you only when you have money.
Negative –

31. She proved to be a faithful.


Negative –

Transform the following sentences from Negative to Affirmative :

1. They did not find the road very bad.


Affirmative –
2. He is not so rich as his brother.
Affirmative –
3. There is no smoke without fire.
Affirmative –
4. She is not dull.
Affirmative –
5. I did not fail to see your brother.
Affirmative –
6.
7. There is no rose without thorn.
Affirmative –
8. He will never be forgotten.
Affirmative –
9. The knife is not blunt.
Affirmative –
10. I am not richer than she is.
Affirmative –
11. I did not fail to return his book.
Affirmative –
12. Old men are not always wise.
Affirmative –
13. There is no rose without fall.
Affirmative –
14. I am not so industrious as he is.
Affirmative –
15. None but a coward would flee from his duty.
Affirmative –
16. The two sisters are not unlike each other.
Affirmative –
17. No sooner did he see the tiger than he fled.
Affirmative –
18. None but Ram was selected in the college.
Affirmative –
19. We should not disobey our parents.
Affirmative –
20. He did not fail to join the marriage party.
Affirmative –

Task 3
1. You are not very kind.
2. She was not present.
3. He is never late for meetings.
4. She is not obedient.
5. This is not a big problem.
6. You are not allowed to enter my home.
7. You have not paid your fee.
8. He was not given admission.
9. She was not allowed to enter the house.
10. We must not make insensitive remarks.
11. There aren't many apples on the tree.
12. She doesn't have many friends.
13. I didn't get good grades.

Task 4
1. India is a very big country.
2. She is old.
3. She is happy.
4. He rejected our plea for help.
5. Does anyone enjoy poverty?
6. I have forgotten his name.
7. She always arrives on time.
8. She has very few friends.
9. It was a stupid idea.
10. She seemed interested in the offer.

Task 5
1. Stella is prettier than Mary.
2. Jack always agrees to help his friends.
3. He drives his car very carefully.
4. They have accepted the invitation for the party.
5. Very few children participated in the program.
6. A fox is cleverer than a jackal.
7. This shop only sells expensive articles.
8. She always keeps her room tidy.
9. He is polite to everyone.
10. He is very industrious.

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