Sentence Structure upper_intermediate hard
Rewriting the same meaning in different structures.
Sentence Structure — How sentences are built and transformed.
1. Active ↔ Passive: The cat chased the rat ↔ The rat was chased by the cat. 2. Direct ↔ Indirect speech. 3. Affirmative ↔ Negative: He is honest ↔ He is not dishonest. 4. Exclamatory ↔ Assertive: What a pity! ↔ It is a great pity. 5. Too...to ↔ so...that: He is too weak to walk ↔ He is so weak that he cannot walk. 6. Degree change: Ravi is the tallest boy ↔ No other boy is as tall as Ravi.
Transformation keeps meaning identical while changing structure. Learn the paired patterns; watch for verb tense changes in passive and reported speech.
हिंदी में
वाक्य रूपांतरण में अर्थ वही रखकर ढाँचा बदला जाता है — active↔passive, direct↔indirect, affirmative↔negative आदि।
Q1. Transform: "As soon as the bell rang, the students left." → "No sooner ___ the bell rang than the students left."
Answer: did
💡 No sooner + did + subject: No sooner did the bell ring...
Q2. Transform: "He is too weak to walk." → "He is so weak ___ he cannot walk."
Answer: that
💡 Too...to → so...that transformation.
Q3. Transform into passive: 'People speak English here.'
Answer: English is spoken here.
💡 Present simple passive: am/is/are + past participle → 'English is spoken here.'
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Open Sentence Transformation lesson → Free practice — Sign up| Topic | Level | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Subject & Predicate | beginner | Every sentence splits into subject and predicate. |
| Subject-Verb Agreement | elementary | The verb must agree with its subject in number and person. |
| Objects | elementary | Direct and indirect objects receive the action of the verb. |
| Complements | elementary | Subject and object complements complete the meaning of the sentence. |
| Phrase | elementary | A phrase is a group of words without a subject-verb unit. |
| Clause | intermediate | A clause is a group of words with a subject and a verb. |
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