Affirmative To Negative Transformation

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Affirmative to Negative

 

Rule-1. Adjective এবং adverb সমূহের negative করতে Not যুক্ত বিপরীত Adjective ব্যবহার করে হয়। এগুলো হলঃ

Affirmative	Negative	Affirmative	Negative
A few	Not many	A little	Not Much
All	None	Bad	Not good
Everybody	Nobody	Only/alone	None but/ Nothing but
cruel	Not Kind	just	Not unjust
innocent	Not guilty	Rich	Not poor
Love	Not hate	Sweet	Not sour
Some times	Not always	Always	never
Sure	Not doubtful	Much	Not a little

I.e.

Affirmative: mango tests sweet. Negative: Mango doesn’t test sour.

Affirmative: I respect everybody. Negative: I disrespect nobody. Or I don’t disrespect anybody.

Exercise: 1. I am able. 2. He is absent. 3. You are active.5. We will be happy. 6. They are competent. 7. She is correct. 8. This is real. 9. Bakul is a regular student. 10. Success is possible. 11. My father is a wise person. 12. We accept this. 13. He is admitted. 14. You are agreed. 15. They should mind it.

 

Rule-2. Only বা alone থাকলে

ব্যাক্তির ক্ষেত্রেঃ None but বসে। যেমনঃ Affirmative: Only Allah can help us. Negative: None but Allah can help us.

বস্তুর ক্ষেত্রেঃ Nothing but বসে। যেমনঃ Affirmative: Only book is our real friend. Negative: Nothing but book is our real friend.

সংখ্যার ক্ষেত্রেঃ Not more than/Not less than বসে। যেমনঃ Affirmative: I need only 10 taka. Negative: I need not more than/ Not less than 10 tk.

Exercise: 1. only an honest can be happy.  2. I ate only one thing for the supper. 3. He reads only English. 4. Money alone can save him now. 5. Allah alone can help us. 6.  Allah alone knows what is good for us. 7. Kamal needs only a book. 8. Karim is only 21 years old. 9. Only book is allowed. 10. Only pen can write. 11. Only man is mortal. 12. Only green is good.13. Only one is right. 14. Only earth is blue.15. He is the only son.

 

Rules 3. Sentence এ bound, must, can, have to, has to থাকলে negative এ “cannot but” বসে।

I.e.

Affirmative: we must obey our parents. Negative: We cannot but obey our parents.

Affirmative: we can love our country. Negative: We cannot but love our country.

Affirmative: we have to drink pure water. Negative: We cannot but drink pure water.

Affirmative: we bound to give you thank.  Negative: We cannot but give you thank.

 

Exercise: 1. we have to go home now. 2. We bound to obey our constitutions. 3. You can get out. 4. They must listen to their parents. 5. She has to read attentively. 6. I have to listen the elders. 7. I have to clean my room. 8. You have to get a new book. 9. We have to pick up the laundry. 10. They have to have a notebook. 11. He has to eat dinner now. 12. She has to go to work now. 13. It has to work. 14. In such a hurry, she was bound to leave something behind that she would need later.15. "It was bound to happen," I said as I passed the Boston paper to the others as they joined us.

 

Rule-4: Affirmative sentence এর ক্ষেত্রে ব্যবহৃত Conjunction হিসেবে ব্যবহৃত and/both……..and এর পরিবরতে Negative –এ Not only……but also ব্যবহৃত হয়।

I.e.

Affirmative: The producers ended up both extending and expanding their filming hours.

Negative: The producers ended up Not only extending but also expanding their filming hours.

Exercise: 1. The game is suitable for both children and adults. 2. The game is suitable both for children and for adults. 3. He was both determined to beat the record and to win over the crowd. 4. The game is both suitable for children and enjoyable for adults. 5. It is for him both a tunnel of love and death. 6. It is for him a tunnel of both love and death. 7. It is for him both a tunnel of love and a tunnel of death.8. A plant that grows in both Chile and Argentina. 9. The results of the research are both impressive and alarming. 10. Both she and her sister now live in New Orleans.11. Both she and her sister now live in New Orleans.12. I liked both the movie and the play. 13. The actors were both engaging and skillful in their performances. 14. The plot moved both swiftly and artfully throughout the movie.15. The movie is being shown both at The Fox Theater and in neighborhood theaters.16. Ebert both likes and recommends the movie.17. The directors wanted both to win and to receive recognition for their work.

Rule-5:  Affirmative sentence এর ক্ষেত্রে ব্যবহৃত subject এর পূর্বে যদি adjective হিসেবে A/All/Every ব্যবহৃত হয় সে ক্ষেত্রে এর পরিবরতে Negative –এ There is no ব্যবহৃত হয় verb এর পূর্বে But বা who বসে।

Example:

Affirmative: Every player wants to be in a winning team. Negative: There is no player but wants to be in a winning team.

Exercise: 1. Every cook needs good knives and a chopping board. 2. Every store has a manager in charge of it. 3. Every area has its own park. 4. Every student gets a laptop. They have to give it back at the end of the course. 5. Every user has their own password. 6. Every user has their own password. 7. Everyone enjoyed themselves. 8. All my friends are away at university.9. All tickets cost 25 pounds. 10. All information about the new product is confidential. 11. All children love stories.12. I spent all day looking for my car keys.13. The party went on all night and some of the neighbors complained.14. I need to speak to all of you for a few minutes. 15. He brought gifts for all of us.16. All (of) this has to go out into the rubbish bin.17. All (of) the workers were given a pay-rise at the end of the year.

 

Rule-6: আবার Affirmative sentence এর ক্ষেত্রে ব্যবহৃত subject এর পূর্বে যদি adjective হিসেবে A/All/Every ব্যবহৃত হয় সে ক্ষেত্রে এর পরিবরতে Negative –এ No+Subject ব্যবহৃত হয় এবং verb এর Negative Form বসে।

i.e.

Affirmative: Every mother loves her child.  Negative: No Mother hates her child.

Affirmative: Every person hates a lair.  Negative: No person loves a lair.

 

Rules-7: আবার Affirmative sentence এর ক্ষেত্রে ব্যবহৃত adverb ব্যবহৃত হয় সে ক্ষেত্রে এর পরিবরতে Negative –এ negative adverb ব্যবহৃত হয় এবং verb এর Negative Form বসে।

 

Affirmative: They always remember us.  Negative: They never forget us.

Affirmative: Always speak the truth.  Negative: Never tell a lie.

Affirmative: I am always against smoking.  Negative: I never patron smoking.

 

Exercise:

1. We never talk to him. 2. It never rains in January. 3. Tom never spoke to her. 4. I went nowhere yesterday.5. This road goes nowhere.6. Tom has nowhere to go. 7. He swims well. 8. He ran quickly. 9. She spoke softly. 10. James coughed loudly to attract her attention.11. He plays the flute beautifully. (After the direct object). 12. He ate the chocolate cake greedily. (After the direct object) 13. He gave us the money generously. 14. The child ran happily towards his mother. 15. He ate the chocolate cake greedily.

Rules-8:  চিরন্তন সত্য প্রকাশ করে এ জাতীয় sentence কে Negative- Interrogative sentence এ রূপান্তরিত করে Negative করা হয়। (যদি object হিসেবে কোন noun থাকে।)

i.e.

Affirmative: Health is wealth.  Negative: Isn’t health Wealth?

Affirmative: Knowledge is power.  Negative: Isn’t knowledge power?

Affirmative: The sun rises in the east   Negative: Doesn’t the sun rise in the east?

 

Exercise: 1. Ignorant parenting causes a lot of trouble in the world. 2. We all want love and acceptance. 3. If your parents consistently attended to your needs you will more than likely have a “secure attachment?” 4. Lack of control in our lives are just a few of the catalysts for stress. 5. Happiness is a fleeting feeling. 6. Happiness is a fleeting emotion. 7. We all experience intrusive thoughts. 8. Society conditions us. 9. Toxic, nasty people are projecting their inner misery. 10. Money automatically brings happiness. 11. Someone close to you will let you down. 12. Thoughts can create heaven or hell under the exact same circumstances. 13. Change and uncertainty is equal to certain, guaranteed elements of life. 14. Congruency adds to contentment and peace of mind. 15. True fulfillment comes from thinking beyond yourself.

 

Rules-8:  চিরন্তন সত্য, অভ্যাসগত কোন কাজের প্রকাশ করে এ জাতীয় sentence কে Negative-sentence এ রূপান্তরিত এভাবেও করা হয়।

I.e.

Affirmative: Man is mortal.  Negative: Man is not immortal.

Affirmative: I used to miss the train. Negative: I cannot catch the train.

Affirmative: the boy is lazy. Negative: the boy is not active.

Affirmative: Dhaka is a new city Negative: Dhaka is not an old city.

 

Exercise: 1. The man is wise. 2. He rises early. 3. The weather is favorable.

 

Rules-10:  Too……… to যুক্ত Affirmative sentence কে negative করতে হলে, Too এর স্থানে so এর পর to এর স্থানে that বসে একটি sub-ordinate clause তৈরি করে। যাতে subject এর পর verb অনুসারে can বা cannot+ verb বসে।  

i.e.

Affirmative: The news is too good to be true. Negative: The news is so good that it cannot be true

Affirmative: The tea was too hot to drink. Negative: The tea was so hot that it could not be drunk. Affirmative: He is too proud to beg.  Negative: He is so proud that he will not beg.

 

Exercise: 1. He is too poor to send his children to school. 2. The puzzle was too difficult for me to solve (it). 3. He is too strong for you to beat (him). 4. The house is too small to accommodate everybody. 5. He is too stupid to pass the test. 6. He is too old to walk without support. 7. She was too distressed to answer my questions 8. You are too young to get married. 9. She is too shy to perform on stage. 10. His ideas are too complicated for me to comprehend (them). 11. The water is too salty to drink. 12. We arrived too late to have dinner.

 

Rules-11:  as....as যুক্ত positive sentence কে negative করতে হলে, প্রথম as এর স্থানে not + comparative degree form এবং পরের as এর স্থানে than বসাতে হয় আর প্রথম subject এর জায়গায় শেষের subject আর শেষের subject এর জায়গায় প্রথম subject বসবে ।

 

i.e.

Affirmative: You can eat as much as you want.   Negative: You want eat not more than you can.

Affirmative: She is as tall as her brother.              Negative: her brother is not less tall than She.

Affirmative: He is too proud to beg.                      Negative: He is so proud that he will not beg.