Use of Changing Sentences -Part 05

Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets.

Change in Sentences – 41

(a) Shomapti is the most intelligent girl in the class. (Comparative)

(b) Literary figures are celebrated across ages, cultures, and places. (Active)

(d) I shall never disrespect you. (Affirmative)

(e) Bangladesh the most beautiful country in the world. (Positive)

Answer: (a) Shomapti is more intelligent than any other girl in the class. (b) People celebrate literary figures across ages, cultures and places. (C) Man is not immortal. (d) I shall always respect you (e) No other country in the worklis as beautiful as Bangladesh.

Change in Sentences – 42

(a) No other thing is as important as the computer. (Comparative)

(b) We can’t think of a day without it. (Interrogative)

( c) Students also need computers. (Negative)

( d) The computer is one of the greatest inventions of science. (Positive)

(e) But the computer was not invented overnight. (Active)

Answer: (a) Computer is more important than any other thing. (b) Can we think of a day without it? ( c) Students cannot do without computers either. (d) Very few inventions of science are as great, as computer (e) But the scientists did not invent computer overnight.

Change in Sentences – 43

(a) !he wedding planner is making all the reservations. (Passive)

(b) For the bake sale, two dozen cookies will be baked by Susan. (Active)

(d) Very few cities in India are as rich as Mumbai. (Comparative)

(e) No one could deny that she is pretty. (Affirmative)

Answer: (a) All the reservations are being made by the wedding planner. (b) Susan will bake two dozen cookies for the bake sale. (c) Everybody likes gold. (d) Mumbai is richer than most other cities. in India. (e) Everyone admitted that she is pretty.

Change in Sentences – 44

(a) Road accident is acurse· (Negative)

(b) They cause a great loss to life and property (Negative)

( d) Most of them hardly know that traffic rules (Passive)

(e) Most often they don’t care for the traffic rules (Affirmative)

Answer: (a) Road accidents are not a blessing. Or, Road accidents are nothing but a curse. (b) They don’t cause a little loss to life and property. Or They cause a great loss not only to life but also to property. Or, Don’t they cause a great loss to life and property? ( c) No other person is as responsible as the drivers for the accidents. ( d) Traffic rules are hardly knowri to most of them. ( e) Most often they are careless of the traffic rules. Or, Most often they neglect the traffic rules.

Change in Sentences – 45

(a) I like the poems of Kazi Nazrul Islam very much. (Negative)

(b) Bidrohi is one of his most famous poems. (Positive)

( c) I have committed the poem to memory. (Voice)

( d) I have also read many other poems written by him. (Interrogative)

(e) His songs are very popular. (Exclamatory)

Answer: (a) I don’t dislike the poems of Kazi Nazrul Islam at all. (b) Very few of his poems are as famous as ‘Bidrohi’. (c) The poem has been committed to memory by me. (d) Haven’t I also read many other poems written by him? (e) How popular his songs are!

Change in Sentences – 46

(a) Everybody believes that education is the backbone of a nation. (Interrogative)

(b) No nation can prosper neglecting education. (Affirmative)

(d) Only education gives us the light of knowledge. (Negative)

(e) So everybody should realize it (Passive)

Answer: (a) Who doesn’t believe that education is the backbotle of a nation? Or, Is there anybody who does not believe that education is the backbone of a nation? (b) Every nation can prosper by taking educatiqn. (c) It 1s the most powerful thing. (d) Nothing but education gives us the light of knowledge (e) So it should be realized by everybody.

Change in Sentences – 47

(a) Mohsin was more benevolent than all other people. (Superlative)

(b) A great man like him is very rare. (Negative)

(.d) It is known to all that he inherited a very handsome amount of property. (Interrogative)

(e) He spent a great amount of his property in serving humanity. (Exclamatory)

Answer: (a) Mohsin was the most benevolent of all people. (b) A great man like him is not common. (c) Mohsin tried his best to assist the downtrodden. (d) Isn’t it known to all that he inherited a very handsome amount of property? ( e) What an amount of his property he spent in serving humanity!

Change in Sentences – 48

(a) Everybody lives in society. (Negative)

(b) We should not disturb social order. (Passive)

(d) Society is not as vast as a state. (Comparative)

(e) Nobody is allowed to break social rules. (Affirmative)

Answer: (a) There is nobody but lives in society. (b) Social order should not be disturbed by us. ( c) Isn’t man a social being? (d) A state is vaster than society. ( e) Everybody is obliged to follow social rules.

Change in Sentences – 49

(a) Hazi Mohammad Mohsin was a very kind man. (Negative)

(b) He inherited vast property from his father and sister. (Interrogative)

( c) He did not marry. (Affirmative)

(d) During his lifetime, he spent money lavishly to help the poor. (Passive)

(e) He was one of the most generous persons. (Positive)

Answer: (a) Hazi Mohammad Mohsin was not an unkind man at all. Or, Wasn’t Hazi Mohammad Mohsin a very kind man? (b) Didn’t he inherit vast property from his father and sister? (c) He was unmarried. (d) During his life time, money was spent lavishly by him to help the poor. (e) Very few persons were as generous as he.

Change in Sentences – 50

(a) No other festival in Bangladesh is as big as Pahela Boishakh. (Superlative)

(b) People wear traditional dress on this day. (Interrogative)

( d) People forget their miseries for the time being. (Passive)

( e) The day is observed all over the country. (Active)

Answer: (a) Pahela Boishakh is the biggest festival in Bangladesh. (b) Don’t people wear traditional dress on this day? (c) There is nobody but attends a Boishakhi Mela. Or, There is nobody who does not attend a Boishakhi Mela. (d) Their miseries are forgotten for the time being by people. (e) People/We observe the day all over the country.