Practice
đ Affirmative to Negative
đ 1. Only/alone āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤā§
- āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ/āϏā§āώā§āĻāĻŋāĻāϰā§āϤāĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϞ⧠â none but
- āĻŦāϏā§āϤ⧠āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϞ⧠â nothing but
- āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϞ⧠â 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.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ: āϝāĻĻāĻŋ only/alone āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠none but āĻŦāϏ⧠āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠only/alone āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ āϝā§āĻāύā§āĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĻ āύāĻž āĻā§āύ, none but āϏāϰā§āĻŦāĻĻāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§ āĻŦāϏāĻŦā§āĨ¤
A: Only God can help us.
N: None but God can help us. â
A: He loves only his father.
N: None but his father does he love. â
A: She alone can solve the problem.
N: None but she can solve the problem. â
đ 2. Must āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠â cannot but
A: You must obey your parents.
N: You cannot but obey your parents.
đ 3. Every āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠â there is no + every āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰā§āϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ + but + āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻ āĻāĻļ
A: Everyone hates a liar.
N: There is no one but hates a liar.
đ 4. Both âĻand āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠â not only âĻ but also
A: Both Maduri and Mim can do it.
N: Not only Madury but also Mim can do it.
đ 5. As âĻ as āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠â not less âĻ than
A: Mim is as wise as Maduri.
N: Mim is not less wise than Maduri.
đ 6. Many āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠â not a few
A: There are many students in the class.
N: There are not a few students in the class.
đ 7. A few āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠â not many
A: There are a few students in the class.
N: There are not many students in the class.
đ 8. A little āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠â not much
A: I have a little rice.
N: I have not much rice.
đ 9. Much āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠â not a little
A: I have much rice.
N: I have not a little rice.
đ 10. Affirmative sentence āĻā§ negative āĻ āϰā§āĻĒāĻžāύā§āϤāϰā§āϰ āϏāĻŽā§ Sentence āĻāϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ affirmative āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻāĻŋāϰ negative āϰā§āĻĒ āĻŦāϏāĻžāϤ⧠āĻšā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻā§āϤ negative āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ not āĻŦāϏāĻžāϤ⧠āĻšā§āĨ¤
A: I shall remember you.
N: I shall not forget you.
đ 11. Always āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠â never āĻŦāϏ⧠āĻāĻŦāĻ affirmative āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻāĻŋāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰā§āϤ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĨ¤
A: He always speaks the truth.
N: He never tells a lie.
đ 12. As soon as āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠â No sooner had + āϏ⧠āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ āĻāϰā§āϤāĻž + verb past participle + āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧠than + āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰā§āϰ āĻ āĻāĻļ
A: As soon as he arrived here, we welcomed him.
N: No sooner had he arrived here than we welcomed him.
đ 13. Too âĻ to āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠â āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāϤā§āϤ sentence āĻāϰ sub + verb + too āĻāϰ āĻāĻžā§āĻāĻžā§ so āĻŦāϏ⧠+ too āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰā§āϰ adjective /adverb āĻŦāϏ⧠+ that + āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ sub āĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻŦāϏ⧠+ tense cannot/could not āĻŦāϏ⧠+ to āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰā§āϰ āĻ āĻāĻļ āĻŦāϏā§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.
đ Assertive to Interrogative
đ 1. Assertive sentence āĻā§ Interrogative āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāϞā§, affirmative āĻšāϞ⧠negative interrogative āĻāĻŦāĻ negative āĻšāϞ⧠affirmative interrogative āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
Ass: He is genius.
Int: Isnât he genius?
Ass: He is not genius.
Int: Is he genius?
đ 2. Assertive sentence āĻ auxiliary verb āύāĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠tense āĻ āύā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ donât/doesnât/didnât āĻŦāϏāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ interrogative āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Ass: I play football.
Int: Donât I play football?
Ass: He plays football.
Int: Doesnât he play football?
Ass: I played football.
Int: Didnât I play football?
đ 3. Everybody/somebody/anybody/everyone/anyone/someone/All/nobody/no one/none āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠Who āĻŦāϏāĻžāϤ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Ass: Everybody loves him.
Int: Who doesnât love him?
Ass: Nobody could ever count my love for you.
Int: Who could ever count my love for you?
đ 4. Assertive sentence āĻ Never āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠Ever āĻāĻŦāĻ Nothing āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠Anything āĻŦāϏā§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?
đ Exclamatory to Assertive
đ 1. What/How āϝā§āĻā§āϤ Exclamatory sentence āĻā§ assertive āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ: sub + verb + a/an + very/great + adjective + āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻ āĻāĻļ
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.
đ 2. Hurrah āϝā§āĻā§āϤ Exclamatory sentence āĻā§ assertive āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāϞ⧠Hurrah āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠It is a matter of joy that āĻŦāϏ⧠+ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻ āĻāĻļ
Ex: Hurrah! We have won the game.
Ass: It is a matter of joy that we have won the game.
đ 3. Alas āϝā§āĻā§āϤ Exclamatory sentence āĻā§ assertive āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāϞ⧠Alas āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠It is a matter of sorrow that āĻŦāϏ⧠+ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻ āĻāĻļ
Ex: Alas! He has failed.
Ass: It is a matter of sorrow that he has failed.
đ 4. If/Would that āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž Exclamatory sentence āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻšāϞā§: Sub + wish + if āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰā§āϰ āĻ āĻāĻļ
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.
đ 5. Had/Could āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž Exclamatory sentence āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻšāϞā§: Sub + wish + āĻĒā§āύāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ sub + Had/Could āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰā§āϰ āĻ āĻāĻļ
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.
đ Voice Change
đ Voice Change
āĻā§āϰāĻŋā§āĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļāĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§ Voice āĻŦāϞā§āĨ¤ Verb-āĻāϰ āĻāĻ āύ āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž subject āύāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāϰ⧠āĻŦāĻž āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻžāύ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻžāĻā§ Voice āĻŦāϞā§āĨ¤ Voice Change-āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻž āϝāĻžā§ āϝ⧠āĻā§āύ⧠āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ subject āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϰā§āĻā§, āĻāϰāĻā§, āĻāϰāĻŦā§, āύāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ subject āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§ā§āĻā§, āĻšāĻā§āĻā§, āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
āĻĻā§āĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāϰā§āϰ Voice āĻāĻā§:
đ¸ Active Voice
đ¸ Passive Voice
đ Active Voice:
āϝ⧠sentence-āĻ subject āύāĻŋāĻā§ āϏāĻā§āϰāĻŋā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦāĻž active āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϰā§, āϏā§āĻ sentence-āĻ verb-āĻāϰ Active Voice āĻšā§āĨ¤
đ Passive Voice:
āϝ⧠sentence-āĻ subject āύāĻŋāĻā§ āϏāĻā§āϰāĻŋā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦāĻž active āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϰ⧠āύāĻž, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠object-āĻāϰ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§, āϏā§āĻ sentence-āĻ verb-āĻāϰ Passive Voice āĻšā§āĨ¤
đ Active voice āĻā§ Passive āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋā§āĻŽ:
1ī¸âŖ Object-āĻā§ Subject āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
2ī¸âŖ āĻ
āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻā§āϤ be verb āĻŦāϏāĻžāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§:
a) be/am/is/are/was/were/been/ āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠āĻ
āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻā§āϤ being āĻŦāϏāĻŦā§āĨ¤
b) have/has/had āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠āĻ
āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻā§āϤ been āĻŦāϏāĻŦā§āĨ¤
c) shall/will/ (modal verb) āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠āĻ
āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻā§āϤ be āĻŦāϏāĻŦā§āĨ¤
d) present indefinite tense āĻšāϞ⧠āĻ
āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻā§āϤ am/is/are āĻŦāϏāĻŦā§āĨ¤
e) past indefinte tense āĻšāϞ⧠āĻ
āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻā§āϤ was/were āĻŦāϏāĻŦā§āĨ¤
3ī¸âŖ āĻŽā§āϞ verb āĻāϰ past participle āĻŦāϏāĻŦā§āĨ¤
4ī¸âŖ by āĻŦāϏāĻŦā§āĨ¤
5ī¸âŖ Subject-āĻā§ Object āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
đ Person āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāύā§āύ Form:
Subject Form | Object Form |
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I | Me |
We | Us |
You | You |
They | Them |
He | Him |
She | Her |
It | It |
āϝ⧠āĻā§āύ⧠āύāĻžāĻŽ | āĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāύ |
đ Double Object Rule
Active voice-āĻ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ double object āĻĨāĻžāĻā§, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠āϝā§āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ object-āĻā§ subject āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāϰ⧠passive-āĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāύ āĻāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
đ¸ Active: He gave me a book.
đ¸ Passive: A book was given me by him.
đ¸ Or I was given me by a book.
Imperative Sentence Rules
đ¸ Active: Tell her to wait here.
đ¸ Passive: Let her be told to wait here.
Let āϝā§āĻā§āϤ Imperative Sentence
đ¸ Active: Let her do it.
đ¸ Passive: Let it be done by her.
Please/Kindly āϝā§āĻā§āϤ Imperative Sentence
đ¸ Active: Please do the laundry.
đ¸ Passive: You are requested to do the laundry.
āύāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž āĻšāϞ:
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Active: They will be discussing the project.
Passive: The project will be being discussed by them. -
Active: I am doing my homework.
Passive: My homework is being done by me. -
Active: She is painting a picture.
Passive: A picture is being painted by her. -
Active: They are playing football.
Passive: Football is being played by them. -
Active: He was watching a movie.
Passive: A movie was being watched by him. -
Active: The students were writing essays.
Passive: Essays were being written by the students. -
Active: She has been completing the project.
Passive: The project has been being completed by her. -
Active: They have finished the work.
Passive: The work has been finished by them. -
Active: He has written a book.
Passive: A book has been written by him. -
Active: She had completed the task.
Passive: The task had been completed by her. -
Active: I shall complete the assignment.
Passive: The assignment shall be completed by me. -
Active: She will buy a new phone.
Passive: A new phone will be bought by her. -
Active: You should follow the rules.
Passive: The rules should be followed by you. -
Active: He would help the poor.
Passive: The poor would be helped by him. -
Active: She can solve the problem.
Passive: The problem can be solved by her. -
Active: They could finish the work on time.
Passive: The work could be finished on time by them. -
Active: She may buy a new book.
Passive: A new book may be bought by her. -
Active: He might find the solution.
Passive: The solution might be found by him. -
Active: You must obey the teacher.
Passive: The teacher must be obeyed by you. -
Active: I take care of my plants.
Passive: My plants are taken care of by me. -
Active: She cooks delicious food.
Passive: Delicious food is cooked by her. -
Active: They play cricket.
Passive: Cricket is played by them. -
Active: He wrote a novel.
Passive: A novel was written by him. -
Active: They built a bridge.
Passive: A bridge was built by them.
đ Degree Of Adjective
Symbols:
- S = Subject (āĻāϰā§āϤāĻž)
- V = Verb (āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž)
- D = Degree (āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώāĻŖā§āϰ āĻŽāĻžāϤā§āϰāĻž)
- E = Extension (āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŖ)
đ āĻŽāύ⧠āϰāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§:
- Superlative Degree āĻāϰ āĻāĻā§ āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ the āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦā§
- āϝ⧠Degree āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻŦā§ āϏā§āĻ Degree-āϰ form āĻŦāϏāĻžāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§
đ Rule 1: āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āϤā§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.
đ Rule 2: one of āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞā§
- 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.
đ Rule 3: Duble Subject Positive â Comparative
- Positive:
1st Sub + V + as + D + as + 2nd Sub - Comparative:
2nd Sub + V + not + D + than + 1st Sub
Positive āĻ not āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠Comparative āĻ āĻāĻ ā§ āϝāĻžāĻŦā§, āĻāϰ not āύāĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠Comparative āĻ āϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
Example:
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Positive: Rahim is as tall as Karim.
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Comparative: Karim is not taller than Rahim.
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Positive: She is not as beautiful as her sister.
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Comparative: Her sister is more beautiful than she.
đ Simple â Complex â Compound
đ Rule 1: In spite of â Though/Although â 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.
đ Rule 2: Without â If you do not/Unless â 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.
đ Rule 3: By â If â 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.
đ Rule 4: TooâĻto â SoâĻthat â VeryâĻand
- 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.
đ Rule 5: To/In order to â So that/In order that â 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.
đ Rule 6: (V+ing) Present participle â Since/As/When â 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.
đ Rule 7: Sub + V + Adj + N â Sub + V + N + who/which â 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.
đ Rule 8: Sub + V + Object â It is + Sub + who/which â Sub + V + and + it isâĻ
- 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.
đ Rule 9: (Adj+ly) clause â It is + Adj + that â 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.
đ Rule 10: Immediate actions āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ
- No sooner had + S + Vâ + Obj + than/before + S + Vâ + Obj
- Hardly had + S + Vâ + Obj + when + S + Vâ + Obj
- Scarcely had + S + Vâ + Obj + when + S + Vâ + Obj
- As soon as + S + Vâ + Obj + , + S + Vâ + Obj
đ§Š Examples
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No sooner: No sooner had the burglar seen the cop than he ran away.
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Hardly: Hardly had the burglar seen the cop when he ran away.
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Scarcely: Scarcely had the burglar seen the cop when he ran away.
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As soon as: As soon as the burglar saw the cop, he ran away.
đ Rule 11: Immediate actions āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ
- Simple: Vâing + Object, āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āύ Clause
- Complex: No sooner had / Hardly had / Scarcely had + S + Vâ + Obj + than/when + S + Vâ + Obj
- Compound: āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āύ Clause (S + Vâ + O) + and + āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āύ Clause (S + Vâ + O)
đ§Š 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.
đ Rule 12: Relative Pronoun (That / Wh-word)
Simple Sentence āĻ â
- R.P (Relative Pronoun) āĻāĻ āϝāĻžā§
- Auxiliary āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠āϤāĻž āĻāĻ āϝāĻžā§
- V+ing āĻšā§ āϤāĻŦā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠Vâ āĻāĻ ā§ āύāĻž
đ§Š 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.
đ Rule 13: Time Clause with âWhenâ
đ Structure:
Complex: When âĻ āĻŦā§āϏ
Simple: āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āύ Clause + at the age of + āĻŦā§āϏ
Compound: āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āύ Clause + and + āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϧā§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 âĻ āϏāĻžāϞ/āĻāϤā§
Simple: āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āύ Clause + in + āϏāĻžāϞ/āĻāϤā§
Compound: āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āύ Clause + and + āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϧā§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 âĻ āĻ
āύā§āϝāĻžāύā§āϝ
Simple: āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āύ Clause + at the time of + v-ing + obj
Compound: āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āύ Clause + and + āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϧā§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.