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Year 8 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: "Everyone was present."

    • a) Not everyone was present.
    • b) Nobody was absent.
    • c) Nobody was present.
    • d) Everyone was not present.

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

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

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

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

  4. 4.Sort each sentence by its kind.

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

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

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

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

  6. 6.Rewrite as a question: "She has finished her work."

    • a) Does she finish her work?
    • b) Is she finished her work?
    • c) Has she finished her work?
    • d) Did she finish her work?

  7. 7.Put the words in order to make one correct exclamatory sentence.

    • What
    • surprise
    • wonderful
    • a
    • this is!

  8. 8.Write the missing word so the meaning stays the same. "He is too tired to walk" means "He is ____ tired that he cannot walk."

Answer key — Year 8 English — Transforming sentences

  1. 1. b) Nobody was absent.
  2. 2. a) What a sad story it is!
  3. 3. d) As soon as she sat down, the phone rang.
  4. 4. 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
  5. 5. a) None but she can solve it.
  6. 6. c) Has she finished her work?
  7. 7. 1. What 2. a 3. wonderful 4. surprise 5. this is!
  8. 8. so