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🔖 Affirmative to Negative

📌 1. Only/alone āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇

  • āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ/āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤāĻž āĻŦ⧁āĻāĻžāϞ⧇ → none but
  • āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ āĻŦ⧁āĻāĻžāϞ⧇ → nothing but
  • āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻŦ⧁āĻāĻžāϞ⧇ → not more than

A: Only the virtuous are happy.
N: None but the virtuous are happy.

A: God alone can help us.
N: None but God can help us.

A: A child likes only sweets.
N: A child likes nothing but sweets.

A: She is only ten.
N: She is not more than ten.

āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ: āϝāĻĻāĻŋ only/alone āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ none but āĻŦāϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧇ only/alone āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āϝ⧇āĻ–āύ⧇āχ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧁āĻ• āύāĻž āϕ⧇āύ, none but āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻĻāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§‡ āĻŦāϏāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤

A: Only God can help us.
N: None but God can help us. ✅

A: He loves only his father.
N: None but his father does he love. ✅

A: She alone can solve the problem.
N: None but she can solve the problem. ✅


📌 2. Must āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ → cannot but

A: You must obey your parents.
N: You cannot but obey your parents.


📌 3. Every āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ → there is no + every āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ + but + āĻŦāĻžāĻ•āĻŋ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ

A: Everyone hates a liar.
N: There is no one but hates a liar.


📌 4. Both â€Ļand āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ → not only â€Ļ but also

A: Both Maduri and Mim can do it.
N: Not only Madury but also Mim can do it.


📌 5. As â€Ļ as āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ → not less â€Ļ than

A: Mim is as wise as Maduri.
N: Mim is not less wise than Maduri.


📌 6. Many āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ → not a few

A: There are many students in the class.
N: There are not a few students in the class.


📌 7. A few āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ → not many

A: There are a few students in the class.
N: There are not many students in the class.


📌 8. A little āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ → not much

A: I have a little rice.
N: I have not much rice.


📌 9. Much āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ → not a little

A: I have much rice.
N: I have not a little rice.


📌 10. Affirmative sentence āϕ⧇ negative āĻ āϰ⧂āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ Sentence āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ affirmative āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋāϰ negative āϰ⧂āĻĒ āĻŦāϏāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻšā§Ÿ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āωāĻ•ā§āϤ negative āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇ not āĻŦāϏāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤

A: I shall remember you.
N: I shall not forget you.


📌 11. Always āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ → never āĻŦāϏ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ affirmative āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻŦāϏ⧇āĨ¤

A: He always speaks the truth.
N: He never tells a lie.


📌 12. As soon as āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ → No sooner had + āϏ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤāĻž + verb past participle + āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧇ than + āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ

A: As soon as he arrived here, we welcomed him.
N: No sooner had he arrived here than we welcomed him.


📌 13. Too â€Ļ to āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ → āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻ¤ā§āϤ sentence āĻāϰ sub + verb + too āĻāϰ āϜāĻžā§ŸāĻ—āĻžā§Ÿ so āĻŦāϏ⧇ + too āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ adjective /adverb āĻŦāϏ⧇ + that + āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ sub āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻŦāϏ⧇ + tense cannot/could not āĻŦāϏ⧇ + to āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻŦāϏ⧇āĨ¤

A: He is too weak to go.
N: He is so weak that he cannot go.

A: He was too weak to go.
N: He was so weak that he could not go.

🔖 Assertive to Interrogative

📌 1. Assertive sentence āϕ⧇ Interrogative āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϞ⧇, affirmative āĻšāϞ⧇ negative interrogative āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ negative āĻšāϞ⧇ affirmative interrogative āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤

Ass: He is genius.
Int: Isn’t he genius?

Ass: He is not genius.
Int: Is he genius?


📌 2. Assertive sentence āĻ auxiliary verb āύāĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ tense āĻ…āύ⧁āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ don’t/doesn’t/didn’t āĻŦāϏāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ interrogative āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

Ass: I play football.
Int: Don’t I play football?

Ass: He plays football.
Int: Doesn’t he play football?

Ass: I played football.
Int: Didn’t I play football?


📌 3. Everybody/somebody/anybody/everyone/anyone/someone/All/nobody/no one/none āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ Who āĻŦāϏāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

Ass: Everybody loves him.
Int: Who doesn’t love him?

Ass: Nobody could ever count my love for you.
Int: Who could ever count my love for you?


📌 4. Assertive sentence āĻ Never āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ Ever āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ Nothing āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ Anything āĻŦāϏ⧇āĨ¤

Ass: Mim never tells a lie.
Int: Does Mim ever tell a lie?

Ass: They had nothing to do.
Int: Did they have anything to do?

🔖 Exclamatory to Assertive

📌 1. What/How āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ Exclamatory sentence āϕ⧇ assertive āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ: sub + verb + a/an + very/great + adjective + āĻŦāĻžāĻ•āĻŋ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ

Ex: What a fine bird it is!
Ass: It is a very fine bird.

Ex: What a fool he is!
Ass: He is a great fool.

Ex: How charming the scenery is!
Ass: The scenery is very charming.


📌 2. Hurrah āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ Exclamatory sentence āϕ⧇ assertive āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϞ⧇ Hurrah āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ It is a matter of joy that āĻŦāϏ⧇ + āĻŦāĻžāĻ•āĻŋ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ

Ex: Hurrah! We have won the game.
Ass: It is a matter of joy that we have won the game.


📌 3. Alas āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ Exclamatory sentence āϕ⧇ assertive āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϞ⧇ Alas āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ It is a matter of sorrow that āĻŦāϏ⧇ + āĻŦāĻžāĻ•āĻŋ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ

Ex: Alas! He has failed.
Ass: It is a matter of sorrow that he has failed.


📌 4. If/Would that āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž Exclamatory sentence āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāϞ⧇: Sub + wish + if āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ

Ex: If I were a king!
Ass: I wish I were a king.

Ex: Would that I could be child again!
Ass: I wish I could be child again.


📌 5. Had/Could āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž Exclamatory sentence āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāϞ⧇: Sub + wish + āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ sub + Had/Could āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ

Ex: Had I wings of a bird!
Ass: I wish I had wings of a bird.

Ex: Could I go home in time!
Ass: I wish I could go home in time.

🔖 Voice Change

🔖 Voice Change

āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ⧟āĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻ­āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋāϕ⧇ Voice āĻŦāϞ⧇āĨ¤ Verb-āĻāϰ āĻ—āĻ āύ āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž subject āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻžāύ⧋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ Voice āĻŦāϞ⧇āĨ¤ Voice Change-āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻž āϝāĻžā§Ÿ āϝ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ subject āĻ•āĻžāϜāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇, āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇, āύāĻžāĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϜāϟāĻŋ subject āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇, āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇, āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤

āĻĻ⧁āχ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ Voice āφāϛ⧇:

🔸 Active Voice
🔸 Passive Voice


📌 Active Voice:

āϝ⧇ sentence-āĻ subject āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡ āϏāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ⧟āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻž active āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āϏ⧇āχ sentence-āĻ verb-āĻāϰ Active Voice āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤


📌 Passive Voice:

āϝ⧇ sentence-āĻ subject āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡ āϏāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ⧟āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻž active āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻž, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ object-āĻāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšā§Ÿ, āϏ⧇āχ sentence-āĻ verb-āĻāϰ Passive Voice āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤


📌 Active voice āϕ⧇ Passive āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋ⧟āĻŽ:

1ī¸âƒŖ Object-āϕ⧇ Subject āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
2ī¸âƒŖ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ be verb āĻŦāϏāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇:
a) be/am/is/are/was/were/been/ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ being āĻŦāϏāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
b) have/has/had āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ been āĻŦāϏāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
c) shall/will/ (modal verb) āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ be āĻŦāϏāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
d) present indefinite tense āĻšāϞ⧇ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ am/is/are āĻŦāϏāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
e) past indefinte tense āĻšāϞ⧇ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ was/were āĻŦāϏāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
3ī¸âƒŖ āĻŽā§‚āϞ verb āĻāϰ past participle āĻŦāϏāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
4ī¸âƒŖ by āĻŦāϏāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
5ī¸âƒŖ Subject-āϕ⧇ Object āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤


📌 Person āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ Form:
Subject FormObject Form
IMe
WeUs
YouYou
TheyThem
HeHim
SheHer
ItIt
āϝ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ

📌 Double Object Rule

Active voice-āĻ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ double object āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧇ āϝ⧇āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ object-āϕ⧇ subject āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇ passive-āĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

🔸 Active: He gave me a book.
🔸 Passive: A book was given me by him.
🔸 Or I was given me by a book.


Imperative Sentence Rules

🔸 Active: Tell her to wait here.
🔸 Passive: Let her be told to wait here.


Let āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ Imperative Sentence

🔸 Active: Let her do it.
🔸 Passive: Let it be done by her.


Please/Kindly āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ Imperative Sentence

🔸 Active: Please do the laundry.
🔸 Passive: You are requested to do the laundry.


āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻšāϞ:
  1. Active: They will be discussing the project.
    Passive: The project will be being discussed by them.

  2. Active: I am doing my homework.
    Passive: My homework is being done by me.

  3. Active: She is painting a picture.
    Passive: A picture is being painted by her.

  4. Active: They are playing football.
    Passive: Football is being played by them.

  5. Active: He was watching a movie.
    Passive: A movie was being watched by him.

  6. Active: The students were writing essays.
    Passive: Essays were being written by the students.

  7. Active: She has been completing the project.
    Passive: The project has been being completed by her.

  8. Active: They have finished the work.
    Passive: The work has been finished by them.

  9. Active: He has written a book.
    Passive: A book has been written by him.

  10. Active: She had completed the task.
    Passive: The task had been completed by her.

  11. Active: I shall complete the assignment.
    Passive: The assignment shall be completed by me.

  12. Active: She will buy a new phone.
    Passive: A new phone will be bought by her.

  13. Active: You should follow the rules.
    Passive: The rules should be followed by you.

  14. Active: He would help the poor.
    Passive: The poor would be helped by him.

  15. Active: She can solve the problem.
    Passive: The problem can be solved by her.

  16. Active: They could finish the work on time.
    Passive: The work could be finished on time by them.

  17. Active: She may buy a new book.
    Passive: A new book may be bought by her.

  18. Active: He might find the solution.
    Passive: The solution might be found by him.

  19. Active: You must obey the teacher.
    Passive: The teacher must be obeyed by you.

  20. Active: I take care of my plants.
    Passive: My plants are taken care of by me.

  21. Active: She cooks delicious food.
    Passive: Delicious food is cooked by her.

  22. Active: They play cricket.
    Passive: Cricket is played by them.

  23. Active: He wrote a novel.
    Passive: A novel was written by him.

  24. Active: They built a bridge.
    Passive: A bridge was built by them.

🔖 Degree Of Adjective

Symbols:

  • S = Subject (āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤāĻž)
  • V = Verb (āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž)
  • D = Degree (āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāϪ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻž)
  • E = Extension (āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŖ)

📌 āĻŽāύ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇:

  1. Superlative Degree āĻāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ the āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŦ⧇
  2. āϝ⧇ Degree āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻŦ⧇ āϏ⧇āχ Degree-āϰ form āĻŦāϏāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇

📌 Rule 1: āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻž

  • Superlative:
    S + V + the + D + E
  • Comparative:
    S + V + D + than any other + E
  • Positive:
    No other + E + V + as + D + as + S

Example:

  • Superlative: Dhaka is the largest city in Bangladesh.
  • Comparative: Dhaka is larger than any other city in Bangladesh.
  • Positive: No other city in Bangladesh is as large as Dhaka.

📌 Rule 2: one of āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇

  • Superlative:
    S + V + one of the + D + E
  • Comparative:
    S + V + D + than most other + E
  • Positive:
    Very few + E + V(Plural) + as + D + as + S

Example:

  • Superlative: He is one of the best students in the class.
  • Comparative: He is better than most other students in the class.
  • Positive: Very few students in the class are as good as he.

📌 Rule 3: Duble Subject Positive ⇆ Comparative

  • Positive:
    1st Sub + V + as + D + as + 2nd Sub
  • Comparative:
    2nd Sub + V + not + D + than + 1st Sub

Positive āĻ not āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ Comparative āĻ āωāϠ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇, āφāϰ not āύāĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ Comparative āĻ āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤

Example:

  • Positive: Rahim is as tall as Karim.

  • Comparative: Karim is not taller than Rahim.

  • Positive: She is not as beautiful as her sister.

  • Comparative: Her sister is more beautiful than she.

🔖 Simple ⇆ Complex ⇆ Compound

📌 Rule 1: In spite of ⇆ Though/Although ⇆ But

  • Simple: In spite of his being healthy, he is lazy.
  • Complex: Though he is healthy, he is lazy.
  • Compound: He is healthy but he is lazy.

📌 Rule 2: Without ⇆ If you do not/Unless ⇆ Or

  • Simple: Without working hard, you cannot succeed in life.
  • Complex: If you do not work hard, you cannot succeed in life.
  • Compound: Work hard, or you cannot succeed in life.

📌 Rule 3: By ⇆ If ⇆ And

  • Simple: By working hard, you can succeed in life.
  • Complex: If you work hard, you can succeed in life.
  • Compound: Work hard and you can succeed in life.

📌 Rule 4: Tooâ€Ļto ⇆ Soâ€Ļthat ⇆ Veryâ€Ļand

  • Simple: He is too weak to work.
  • Complex: He is so weak that he cannot work.
  • Compound: He is very weak and he cannot work.

📌 Rule 5: To/In order to ⇆ So that/In order that ⇆ And

  • Simple: We worked hard to prosper in life.
  • Complex: We worked hard so that we could prosper in life.
  • Compound: We worked hard and we prospered in life.

📌 Rule 6: (V+ing) Present participle ⇆ Since/As/When ⇆ And

  • Simple: Completing the work, he went home.
  • Complex: When he completed the work, he went home.
  • Compound: He completed the work and he went home.

  • Simple: Being ill, I could not go to school.
  • Complex: As I was ill, I could not go to school.
  • Compound: I was ill and I could not go to school.

  • Simple: Having done the work, he went away.
  • Complex: When he had done the work, he went away.
  • Compound: He had done the work and he went away.

  • Simple: The water being dirty, I could not drink it.
  • Complex: Since the water was dirty, I could not drink it.
  • Compound: The water was dirty and I could not drink it.

📌 Rule 7: Sub + V + Adj + N ⇆ Sub + V + N + who/which ⇆ Sub + V + and + it is + Adj

  • Simple: I met a little boy.
  • Complex: I met a boy who was little.
  • Compound: I met a boy and he was little.

  • Simple: Tina took cold coffee.
  • Complex: Tina took coffee which was cold.
  • Compound: Tina took coffee and it was cold.

📌 Rule 8: Sub + V + Object ⇆ It is + Sub + who/which ⇆ Sub + V + and + it isâ€Ļ

  • Simple: The man called me.
  • Complex: It is the man who called me.
  • Compound: It is the man and he called me.

  • Simple: I love a girl.
  • Complex: It is I who love a girl.
  • Compound: It is I and I love a girl.

  • Simple: Honey tastes sweet.
  • Complex: It is honey which tastes sweet.
  • Compound: It is honey and it tastes sweet.

📌 Rule 9: (Adj+ly) clause ⇆ It is + Adj + that ⇆ Clause + and + it is + Adj

  • Simple: Naturally we must grow old one day.
  • Complex: It is natural that we must grow old one day.
  • Compound: We must grow old one day and it is natural.

  • Simple: Actually he is close-fisted.
  • Complex: It is actual that he is close-fisted.
  • Compound: He is close-fisted and it is actual.

📌 Rule 10: Immediate actions āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ

  • No sooner had + S + V₃ + Obj + than/before + S + V₂ + Obj
  • Hardly had + S + V₃ + Obj + when + S + V₂ + Obj
  • Scarcely had + S + V₃ + Obj + when + S + V₂ + Obj
  • As soon as + S + V₂ + Obj + , + S + V₂ + Obj

🧩 Examples

  • No sooner: No sooner had the burglar seen the cop than he ran away.

  • Hardly: Hardly had the burglar seen the cop when he ran away.

  • Scarcely: Scarcely had the burglar seen the cop when he ran away.

  • As soon as: As soon as the burglar saw the cop, he ran away.


📌 Rule 11: Immediate actions āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ

  • Simple: V‑ing + Object, āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύ Clause
  • Complex: No sooner had / Hardly had / Scarcely had + S + V₃ + Obj + than/when + S + V₂ + Obj
  • Compound: āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύ Clause (S + V₂ + O) + and + āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύ Clause (S + V₂ + O)

🧩 Examples

  • Simple: Seeing the accident, he became senseless.
  • Complex: Scarcely had he seen the accident when he became senseless.
  • Compound: He saw the accident and he became senseless.

  • Simple: Hearing the news, she wanted to justify it.
  • Complex: As soon as she heard the news, she wanted to justify it.
  • Compound: She heard the news and she wanted to justify it.

📌 Rule 12: Relative Pronoun (That / Wh-word)

Simple Sentence āĻ →

  • R.P (Relative Pronoun) āωāĻ  āϝāĻžā§Ÿ
  • Auxiliary āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ āϤāĻž āωāĻ  āϝāĻžā§Ÿ
  • V+ing āĻšā§Ÿ āϤāĻŦ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ V₃ āωāϠ⧇ āύāĻž

🧩 Examples

  • Simple: I met a little boy cutting harvest.
  • Complex: I met a little boy who was cutting harvest.
  • Compound: I met a little boy and he was cutting harvest.

  • Simple: Sonia presented me a book written in English.
  • Complex: Sonia presented me a book which is written in English.
  • Compound: Sonia presented me a book and it is written in English.

  • Simple: We will help the children living in slums.
  • Complex: We will help the children who live in slums.
  • Compound: We will help the children and they live in slums.

📌 Rule 13: Time Clause with ‘When’

👉 Structure:
Complex: When â€Ļ āĻŦ⧟āϏ
Simple: āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύ Clause + at the age of + āĻŦ⧟āϏ
Compound: āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύ Clause + and + āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύ Clause

  • Complex: When she was 10, she met me first.
  • Simple: She met me at the age of 10.
  • Compound: She was 10 and she met me first.

Complex: When â€Ļ āϏāĻžāϞ/āĻ‹āϤ⧁
Simple: āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύ Clause + in + āϏāĻžāϞ/āĻ‹āϤ⧁
Compound: āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύ Clause + and + āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύ Clause

  • Complex: When it was winter, she was born.
  • Simple: She was born in winter.
  • Compound: She was born and it was winter (then).

Complex: When â€Ļ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ
Simple: āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύ Clause + at the time of + v-ing + obj
Compound: āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύ Clause + and + āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύ Clause

  • Complex: When Tumpa reads books, she becomes attentive.
  • Simple: Tumpa becomes attentive at the time of reading books.
  • Compound: Tumpa reads books and she becomes attentive.
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