These are the harder examples of sentence transformations in English grammar:
1. Active Voice to Passive Voice with Complex Tenses:
Original: The scientists had been conducting research on the virus for years before they made a breakthrough.
Passive: A breakthrough had been made by the scientists after years of research on the virus.
2. Direct Speech to Indirect Speech with Multiple Clauses:
Original: "I will not attend the meeting if she doesn't apologize," said John, "but I hope she understands my reasons."
Indirect: John stated that he would not attend the meeting unless she apologized, adding that he hoped she understood his reasons.
3. Conditional Sentences with Mixed Conditionals:
Original: If she had studied harder in the past, she would be working in a better company now.
Mixed Conditional: If she had studied harder in the past, she would have been working in a better company now.
4. Transformation of Modals in Complex Sentences:
Original: He must have finished his assignment, and he ought to have submitted it by now.
Transformed: He is expected to have finished his assignment, and it is necessary that he has already submitted it by now.
5. Changing Active Voice to Active Voice with Different Verb Forms:
Original: They make him sing at the talent show.
Transformed: They have him sing at the talent show.
6. From Positive to Negative and Vice Versa:
Original: Everyone liked the movie.
Transformed (Negative): No one disliked the movie.
Original: Nobody believed his excuse.
Transformed (Positive): Everybody doubted his excuse.
7. Changing to Emphatic Form:
Original: She has won the award.
Emphatic: It is she who has won the award.
8. Transformation of Comparatives and Superlatives:
Original: She is taller than any girl in the class.
Transformed: No other girl in the class is as tall as she is.
9. Transformation of Complex Sentences to Simple Sentences:
Original: While I was studying for the exam, my phone rang, and I had to talk to my friend.
Transformed: I was studying for the exam when my phone rang, and I had to talk to my friend.
These examples cover a range of different grammatical structures and may require some thought to properly transform. Practice with these types of sentences will help you become more proficient in English grammar.
