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Year 7 English — Transforming sentences

Rewrite a sentence in another form — statement, question, exclamation or negative — without changing what it means.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.Rewrite as a negative sentence without changing the meaning: "Only she can solve it."

    • a) She cannot solve it.
    • b) She can solve nothing.
    • c) Nobody can solve it.
    • d) None but she can solve it.

  2. 2.Sort each sentence by its kind.

    Groups: Assertive — a statement · Interrogative — a question · Exclamatory — a strong feeling · Imperative — an order or request

    • How lovely the garden is!
    • She sings every morning.
    • Sing that song again.
    • Does she sing every morning?
    • Is the garden full of roses?
    • What a voice she has!
    • Water the garden, please.
    • The garden is full of roses.

  3. 3.Match each sentence to the same meaning written another way.

    • Only Ravi knew the answer.
    • He is too weak to walk.
    • What a beautiful garden this is!
    • Who does not love music?
    • It is a very hot day.
    • This is a very beautiful garden.
    • He is so weak that he cannot walk.
    • What a hot day it is!
    • Nobody but Ravi knew the answer.
    • Everybody loves music.

  4. 4.Match each sentence to the same idea written another way.

    • The box is too heavy for me to lift.
    • Everyone respects her.
    • He is not present today.
    • This is the best film I have seen.
    • The box is so heavy that I cannot lift it.
    • Who does not respect her?
    • He is absent today.
    • I have never seen a better film.

  5. 5.Write the missing word so the meaning stays the same. "Only Meera passed" means "____ but Meera passed."

  6. 6.Which sentence means the same as "No sooner did she sit down than the phone rang"?

    • a) As soon as she sat down, the phone rang.
    • b) The phone rang long before she sat down.
    • c) She did not sit down when the phone rang.
    • d) She sat down after the phone rang.

  7. 7.Rewrite as an exclamatory sentence: "It is a very sad story."

    • a) How sad story it is!
    • b) What a sad story it is!
    • c) How a sad story it is!
    • d) What sad story it is!

  8. 8.Rewrite as an assertive sentence — a plain statement: "How kind she is!"

    • a) She is very kind.
    • b) What a kind she is.
    • c) Is she very kind?
    • d) She is kind?

Answer key — Year 7 English — Transforming sentences

  1. 1. d) None but she can solve it.
  2. 2. The garden is full of roses. → Assertive — a statement; Is the garden full of roses? → Interrogative — a question; How lovely the garden is! → Exclamatory — a strong feeling; Water the garden, please. → Imperative — an order or request; She sings every morning. → Assertive — a statement; Does she sing every morning? → Interrogative — a question; What a voice she has! → Exclamatory — a strong feeling; Sing that song again. → Imperative — an order or request
  3. 3. Only Ravi knew the answer. → Nobody but Ravi knew the answer.; He is too weak to walk. → He is so weak that he cannot walk.; What a beautiful garden this is! → This is a very beautiful garden.; Who does not love music? → Everybody loves music.; It is a very hot day. → What a hot day it is!
  4. 4. The box is too heavy for me to lift. → The box is so heavy that I cannot lift it.; Everyone respects her. → Who does not respect her?; He is not present today. → He is absent today.; This is the best film I have seen. → I have never seen a better film.
  5. 5.
    • none
    • nobody
    • no one
  6. 6. a) As soon as she sat down, the phone rang.
  7. 7. b) What a sad story it is!
  8. 8. a) She is very kind.