Sentence Transformation

Which of the following are types of statements?

• Assertive

• Negative

• Positive

• Exclamatory

• Interrogative

I admit that there was negligence on my part.
(Change to negative)

• I do not deny that there was negligence on my part.
• I deny there was negligence on my part

As soon as we received your message , we heaved a sigh of relief.
(Change to negative)

• As soon as we received your message we did not heave a sigh of relief.
• No sooner did we receive your message than we heaved a sigh of relief. 

O that I could fly like birds!
(Change to assertive)

• I wish that I could fly like birds.
• How i wish I could fly like birds.

Alas! How quickly do children lose their innocence!
(Change to assertive)

• It is a matter of sorrow that children quickly lose their innocence.
• Alas children quickly lose their innocence.

These mangoes are too cheap to be good. (Change to negative)

• These mangoes are so cheap that they cannot be good.
• These mangoes are very good.

Study the following examples.
(Change to interrogative)

• Are you going to study the following examples?
• Will you study the following examples?

We won the match by 12 runs

(Change to interrogative)

• How many runs did you win the match by?

• Did we win the match by 12 runs?

When can their glory fade?

(Change to assertive)

• Their glory can never fade.

• Their glory won't fade .

Is this the kind of dress to be worn for a school function?

(Change to Assertive)

• This isn't the kind of dress to be worn to a school function.

• This is not the kind of dress to be worn for a school function.